Caption: Among the Cal State Fullerton students attending the joint Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science and Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists meetings were members of the campus chapter of the Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists, who took part in the academic decathlon. They are, from left, Francisco Rios, Kevin Pham, Mauricio Rodriguez, Connie Medina, Christian Cruz, Luis Alfonso Franco, Kevin Caputa, Roupanshee Sharma, Hugo Lira, Chapter President Angel Castrejon, Chapter Vice President Abel Guadarrama, Kristie Castañeda, Vince Rojas, Rafael Castro and Alvaro Solano.
Winning Research
Student Presentations Earn Recognition at National Meetings
Four students have walked away with honors for their scientific poster presentations at last month’s combined national Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science Conference and the national Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists Symposium in Anaheim. The dual events drew about 4,000 participants and about 85 presentations were recognized.
“It is a great achievement for our students’ research to be recognized at SACNAS,” said Robert Koch, acting dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. “But, I am not surprised. I had the privilege of visiting most of our students at the meeting to see their posters and hear their presentations. They were all remarkably well prepared and understood their research projects thoroughly.
“It was also a great opportunity for these students to attend a national meeting of this caliber, network with faculty and peers from across the country, hear presentations by experts in the field, present their work and be recognized as being among the best in the country. This is recognition of the hard work the faculty mentors and program directors put in on behalf of these students. Success like this is a direct result of close student-faculty collaborations,” he said.
Honorees were:
Anthony Garcia of Diamond Bar
senior biological science major working in the lab of Jayson Smith, lecturer in biological science, and Steven Murray, professor of biological science
“Factors Influencing Human Visitation of Southern California Rocky Intertidal Ecosystems”
Sara Pfremmer of Bellflower
junior biological science major working with Danielle Zacherl, associate professor of biological science
“Settling Preferences of the Native and Non-Native Oysters of Newport Bay”
Ashley Watson of Fullerton
senior psychology major working with Eriko Self, professor of psychology
“Misbinding of Visual Features: Effect of Color, Shape, Motion and Size”
Adrienne Conant of Garden Grove
senior psychology major working with Jennifer Trevitt, associate professor of psychology
“The Effects of Dopamine on Effort-Based Decision Making”
Cal State Fullerton generated a total of 13 poster entries, all from biological science and psychology.
Oct. 19, 2010
