Summer 2009 Projects
| Student Researcher | High School | Mentor | Faculty Advisor | Department | Project |
| Lucas Oswald | Santa Barbara | Erin Calkins |
Luc Jeager | Chemistry / Biochemistry | Characterization of a Tetraloop-Binding Receptor |
| Makeda Tekle-Smith | Santa Barbara | Rose Theisen | Alison Butler | Chemistry / Biochemistry | Isolation and Characterization of Siderophores from Marine Bacteria |
| Matthew Welsh | San Marcos | Moriah Sandy | Alison Butler | Chemistry / Biochemistry |
Reactivity of Vanadium Bromoperoxidase |
| Missy Robertson | San Marcos | Hongbo Zeng | Jacob Israelachvili | Chemical Engineering | Preparation of Polymer Nano-films and Characterization of its Surface Properties |
| Natalie Williams | San Marcos | Swapna Joshi | B.S. Manjunath | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Psychopathic Brain MRI Image Processing and Analysis |
| Nate Charest | Santa Barbara | Kai Kristiansen | Jacob Israelachvili | Chemical Engineering | Adhesion and Necking of Polymer / Steel Interface |
| Nicole Schauser | Dos Pueblos | Juliana Bernal Ostos | Galen Stucky | Materials | Mimicking Graded Properties in Cellular Materials |
| Bret Klopfenstein | Ventura (Teacher) | Stephen Gosnell | Steve Gaines | Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology | Important of Temperature to the Non-Comsumptive Effects of Predators in Intertidal Communities |
| Cari Hekhuis | San Marcos | Brian Ruttenberg | Ambuj Singh | Computer Science | Structural Representation of the Mammalian Retina |
| Ellen Feldman | Dos Pueblos | Emre Sargin | B.S. Manjunath | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Extraction of Brain Region Interefaces in Structural MRI Images |
| Emilia Wakamatsu | San Marcos | Shin Sik Choi | Joel Rothman | Neuroscience Research Institute | Identification of Toxicity of Nano-Size Fullerene (C60) Particles in Nematode C. Elegans |
| Gabe Li | Dos Pueblos | Scott Wasko | Herb Waite | Biomolecular Sciences and Engineering | Measuring Diffusion and Flux Across a Biological Membrane Capsule |
| Jordan Maron | Santa Barbara | Jamie Neilson | Daniel Morse | Biomolecular Science and Engineering | Construction of Nanostructured Cobalt Oxide Thin Films |
| Dos Pueblos | Shin Sik Choi | Joel Rothman | Neuroscience Research Institute | RNAi-based Screening to Find Genes Involved in the Transport of Nanoparticles in the Nematode C. elegans | |
| Rashi Singh | Dos Pueblos | Amanda Trent | Matthew Tirrell | Biomolecular Science and Engineering | Designing Peptide Amphiphiles to Facilitate Drug Delivery Through Endosomal Escape |
| Seth Judson | Laguna Blanca | Alice Nguyen | Armand Kuris | Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology | Host-Specifity of a Local Parasite |
| Anina Cooter | Dos Pueblos | Carter De Leo | B.S. Manjunath | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Using Laser Projection to Find Correspondences in a Camera Network |
| Azucena Perez | Dos Pueblos | Juliana Bernal Ostos | Galen Stuckey | Materials | Mimicking Sacrifical Bonds and Hidden Lengths |
