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Baker/Koob Endowments Awarded Projects

The purpose of the Baker and Koob Endowments is to support hands-on, project-based learning opportunities for individual students and groups at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Because of their similar purpose, distributions of the two endowments will be pooled and used to fund multiple student projects via a competitive process that utilizes a single application. Fundable projects include, but are not limited to, student support, student and faculty travel, student and faculty expenses associated with participation in student research, group projects, conferences, competitions, and equipment and materials related to student research. The use of funds is not restricted to a specific major or college, but rather is intended to support multi-disciplinary, cross-college collaborative Learn by Doing activities. In addition, the Koob Endowment seeks to support students with financial need.

For more information, please visit http://provost.calpoly.edu/endowments.

Awarded Projects from 2019 2019

Strawberries and Gut Health, Mia Abram, Karli McCarthy, Margaux Greb, Hannah Sanders, and Morgan MacNiell

Project Mobius - A novel solar aircraft for long duration flight, Lexy Aguirre, Luke Bughman, Trey Chambers, Patrick Chizek, Samuel Chung, Hans Kehney, Dani Lopez, Claire Luce, Paul Vankeppel, and Angela Wong

UAV Wildlife Tracking, Kevin Bender, Tyler Couvrette, Nicolas Cucinella, Katie White, Sarah Bartak, Christopher Boone, and Olivia Lockhart

Effects of a behavioral weight loss intervention on reducing bisphenol exposure in women with overweight and obesity, Hannah Brunner-Gaydos, Shelby Thomas, Madison Hibbs, and Lily Medrano

Can oral contraceptives increase antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli?, Allison Helene Clatch and Leah Van Otterloo

Impact of Probiotics on Gastrointestinal Pathogenic Growth and Host Tight Junction Integrity, Rachel Cohen

Engineering Injectable, Self-Assembling 3D Vasculature, Kendyl Cohn

Adjustable Seating Systems, Zachary Dworaczyk, Jasper Lewin, Grace Timken, and Eric Voss

Unbreakable Black Holes Show the Solidity of Spacetime, Laura Fleischman

Does the acorn barnacle Balanus glandula exhibit predictable gradients in metabolic performance across the intertidal zone?, Kali Horn

Development of a Sub-$200 Quantum Tunneling Current Measurement Device, Justin Jee

A Paper-Based ELISA Device for The Rapid Detection of Ischemic Stroke, Andrea Larsen

Vaccine Cooler for the Global Poor, Ben Larson, Cooper Gibson, Eilbron Younan, and Cody Volk

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Electrode Material for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Glenn Lee, Nicholas Greco, and Gabriela Remulla

Elucidating the Structure-Function Relationship of human protein kinase MEK1, Rebecca Lee and Leandre Ravatt

Influences of fiber length on nutrient digestion in leopard tortoises (Stigmochelys pardalis): Evaluating titanium dioxide as a fecal transit marker, Allison G. Mullin

Effect of vine age on performance of Vitis vinifera L. cv. Zinfandel grapes and wines in the Central Coast of California, Vegas Riffle and Samantha Stauch

A Qualitative Evaluation of Teacher Change after an International Experience, Jana Russell and Sierra Taylor

Group Effectiveness and Questioning Processes in an IBL Math Classroom, Joelle Saute

Optimizing Novel Cosmetic Formulations Using Natural Microbial Resistant Additives, Kiersten Smith and Stephanie Wong

Effect of prolonged probiotic supplementation in a high-fructose diet in a pig model of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Victoria Smith and Meghan Melnyk

The Effect of Grape Rootstock Parentage on Non-structural Carbohydrate Establishment Factors, Samantha Stauch

Fabrication of Microfluidic Devices with Integrated Electronic Components via Dual Extrusion-Based 3D Printing, E. Brandon Strong, Ward Kirschbaum, Siddharth Prabhu, Aditya Jangid, and Jonah Holbrook

The National Dairy Council® New Product Competition: Developing Novel Performance Nutrition Beverage Using Dairy Protein Ingredients, Tina Truong and Patricia Lai

Insulated Solar Electric Cooking In Ghana, Matthew Walker