STEM Research Fellowship Awardees

We are pleased to award the 2020 STEM Research Fellowship (SRF) to the following undergraduate researchers to conduct research with their respective faculty mentors:

Matthew Anderson, Dr. Sandor Volkan-Kacso (Physics)

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of F1-ATPase with A GPU Supercomputer

Isaac Benitez, Dr. Aisha Chen (Computer Science)

Sensor-Based Activity Recognition

Mia Brantley, Dr. Jon Milhon (Biology)

Investigation of Zinc Ion Binding Affinity by smMAK16 Protein from Schistosoma Mansoni

Zack Conner, Dr. Bryant Mathews (Math)

Game of Cycles

Will Cook, Dr. James Yeh (Computer Science)

IoT Gesture Based Inventory System

Tonhi Gailey, Dr. Charles Chen (Biology)

Paddy Warming Stimulates Greater CO₂ Fertilization Effect on Grain Yield and Biomass in Two Rice Varieties

Beau Groom, Dr. George Thomas (Engineering)

Interstellar Space Communications

Sarah Petry, Dr. Enson Chang (Physics)

Subwavelength Resolution Imaging with Tensor SVD

Andrew Rivas, Dr. Chris Bassey (Physics)

Sensors for Dielectric Thickness Measurements

Annelise Shaw, Dr. Jon Milhon (Biology)

Investigation of Zinc Ion Binding Affinity by smMAK16 Protein from Schistosoma Mansoni

Nathan Suiter, Dr. Sandor Volkan-Kacso (Physics)

Evaluation of P. denitrificans F1-ATPase Rotary Motion Using Automated Methods to Detect Hidden States

Congratulations again to these awardees! We look forward to the dissemination of their research project results at the 2021 STEM Research Symposium or other conferences.

For the fourth year, the SRF is funded through the STEM Workforce Development Program of the California Space Grant Consortium.