STAR Program

The STAR (STEM Teacher and Researcher) Program provides aspiring and early career K-12 STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) teachers paid summer research experiences at national, university, and independent laboratories. STAR Fellows pursue a prestigious "teacher-researcher" career path starting with an original research project for 9 weeks. Weekly education workshops and conferences support Fellows considering how the "doing of science" can be translated into the "teaching of science. " Each STAR Fellow presents their research at a conference. Many become STEM leaders and go on to present at state and national teaching and professional society meetings.

STAR aims to enhance the recruitment, preparation, and retention of high quality STEM teachers. The STAR program is administered on behalf the California State University system by the Cal Poly Center for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education (CESaME). STAR has supported hundreds of Fellows since its inception in 2006.

This Digital Commons series presents Fellow's research presentations in poster and short-oral presentation formats illustrating the diverse fields of inquiry and depth of research projects engagement provided by our partner lab sites.

For more information visit: StarTeacherResearcher.org

View posters about STAR:

About STAR - STEM Teacher and Researcher Program
Poster presented at the Teacher Research Experience Conference

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under multiple grants and contributions from philanthropic foundations. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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NASA Ames Research Center (ARC)

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Using Data Visualization Software to Aid in the Analysis of Geographical Data, Matthew R. Evers and Inzamam Rahaman

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Towards Bioregenerative Life Support for Extended Human Exploration: Experiment Development for Testing the Fitness of Algae in Space, Audrey Fry, R. Craig Everroad, Jessica E. Koehne, Thomas E. Murphy, and Brad M. Bebout

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Chloroamino Acids as a Chemical Explanation for Viking Labeled Release Soil Activity on Mars, John C. Hironimus

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Stability of Lidocaine Tested by Forced Degradation and its Interactions with Serum Albumin, Lindsay Nichols

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Hypometabolic Stasis in Snails (Cornu aspersum) for Adaptability and Survivability Under Extreme Environmental Conditions, Jamie Lyn D. Pacada, Lauren Mc Keown, Sadaf Esteaneh, Oscar L. Ramos, Yekaterina Popova, and Yuri V. Griko

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Fabrication and Characterization of a Vertically-Oriented Graphene Supercapacitor, Patrick R. Rice, Jiaxin Cui, Ahmad Badr, Michael M. Oye, Jessica E. Koehne, and Meyya Meyyappan

Determining the Effect of Autogenic Feedback Training Exercise (AFTE) on Control of Autonomic Responses, Michelle D. Scire

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Wet Chemical Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials for Solar Cell Applications, Krystle N. Sy, Ramprasad Gandhiraman, and Jessica E. Koehne

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How to Save the World: One life (and UAV) at a time!, Natalie A. Wright

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Analyzing the Performance of the SOFIA Infrared Telescope, Sarah M. Bass, Jeffrey Van Cleve, and Zaheer Ali

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If it Isn’t Tested, it Doesn’t Work: Automated Verification of SOFIA Data Handling Software, Garrett Holthaus, Brett Stroozas, and Zaheer Ali

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Optimizing Electrode Design for Microbial Fuel Cells Used for Wastewater Treatment, Lindsay Nichols and John A. Hogan

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Validation of Data Reduction Interactive Pipeline for FORCAST on SOFIA, Brent C. Nicklas, William T. Reach, and Sachindev S. Shenoy

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The Standard New Astronomy Cryostat for SOFIA: A Design for Cryogen-Free Infrared Astronomy, Carey F. Scott, Jeffrey Van Cleve, Eric Burgh, earl T. Daley, Ali Kashani, and Zaheer Ali

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Mechanical Design of PIRD (Principal Investigator Rack Drawer) for SOFIA, Hari Prasad Shetty Mr., Murali Krishna Kandlagunta Mrs., John Miles Mr., and Zaheer Ali Mr.

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Abundance Patterns in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 33, Melissa A. Siemer and Ravi Sankrit

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Seeing Through A Cloudy Glass: Putting Limits On Planetary Nebulae Abundances Using Photoionization Modeling., Peter R. Sullivan and Ravi Sankrit

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Life Support: Long Term Storage of Solid Waste in an Enclosed Membrane System, Emmy O. Trieu, Michael Flynn, and Rocco Mancinelli

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FLITECAM Data Process Validation, Jesse K. Tsai, Sachindev S. Shenoy, Brent Cedric Nicklas, Zaheer Ali, and William T. Reach

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Integration and Testing of Safety Case Tool Support, Sarah Bass, Ewen Denney, and Josef Pohl

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Integration of FOB System to Crew Transfer Bag, Michaela Brant and Michael Flynn

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Simplified Microbial Mats: Unraveling a complex community one alga at a time., Donna A. Dela Calzada, Brad M. Bebout, and Angela Detweiler

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The effects of low dose gamma radiation on the production of bone cell communication factors, Anna DeNeui, Ruth Globus, L. Tran, and A. Kumar

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Analyzing Wind Turbine Controller Effects on Structure Stress, Leo Groner and Susan Frost

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NASA Flight Opportunities Program (FOP) Platform Tradeoffs Analysis, Stephanie Kugler and Dougal Maclise