CSUSM Symposium 2017
31st Annual CSU Statewide Competition
The 2017 CSU Statewide Competition was held by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in April of 2017.
Congratulations to our 1st Place Winner in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Undergraduate Category!
Andrea Flores - Dr. Dustin Calvillo, Faculty Mentor
Psychology, Undergraduate
Mindfulness Induction After Encoding Decreases False Recognition
2017 Symposium Finalists
Congratulations to all the finalists at the 2017 Symposium on Student Research, Innovation, and Creative Activities. These finalists will advance to the CSU Statewide Student Research Competition in April of 2017.
Maylin Caldwell Dr. Matthew Escobar, Faculty Mentor
Biology, Undergraduate
Characterization of the Internal NAD(P)H Dehydrogenases in Arabidopsis thaliana
Arthur J. Castaneda -Dr. Kimberly D'Anna-Hernandez, Faculty Mentor
Experimental Psychology, Graduate
Stress and Maternal Behavior: The Effects of Hypocretin-1 Antagonism During the Postpartum
Period
Tiersa Cosaert - Dr. Judit Hersko, Faculty Mentor
Visual Arts, Undergraduate
Curios of the Future (Weather on Steroids: The Art of Climate Change Science).
Francisco Fernandez - Dr. Matthew Escobar, Faculty Mentor
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Undergraduate
Defining the expression domains of the Arabidopsis glutaredoxin genes AtGRXS5, AtGRXS6,
and AtGRXS8.
Andrea Flores - Dr. Dustin Calvillo, Faculty Mentor
Psychology, Undergraduate
Mindfulness Induction After Encoding Decreases False Recognition
Petrona Gregorio -Dr. Heike Mahler, Faculty Mentor
Psychology, Graduate
Effects of Social Norms and Self-Affirmation on Changes in Sugar-Sweetened Beverage
Consumption Intentions and Behaviors
Karina Guadalupe - Dr. Jose Mendoza, Faculty Mentor
Biochemistry, Undergraduate
Stability of Hsp60 from Helicobacter pylori: Effect of GTP Binding
Kathryn Layton - Dr. Sara Bufferd, Faculty Mentor
Psychology, Graduate
Day-to-Day Associations Between Anxiety and Impairment in Preschool-Aged Children
James Oakley - Dr. Robert Iafe, Faculty Mentor
Chemistry, Undergraduate
Gold(I)-Catalyzed Friedel–Crafts-Like Arylation of Benzylic Alcohols to Afford 1,1-Diarylmethanes
Stephanie Price - Dr. Heike Mahler, Faculty Mentor
Psychology, Undergraduate
Refinement of a Self-Report Scale for Measuring Subjective Emptiness
For Finalist Information prior to 2017, please contact the Office of Graduate Studies and Research at OGSR@csusm.edu.