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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

Monitoring of rangeland plant compositions and soil surface type on Cal Poly grazing pastures using Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) plots and the newly developed app, LandPKS., Katie White and Sarah James

Awarded Projects from 2018 2018

Surface Modification of Polyurethane-Urea Elastomers with Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles, Kyle Aidukas and David Bilger

Comparative analysis of physiological measurements and environmental metrics on predicting heat stress related events, McKenzie Barlow

Leveraging biotechnologies to understand the mechanisms by which California market squid achieve camouflage, Betina Concepcion, Mona Melody Kamranikia, Daniel Sanderson, and Logan Williams

25 Under 25 Fest, Michael Frank

Evaluating recruitment seasonality of red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) to inform fisheries management and conservation policy, Leslie Hart

Indoor air monitoring of select volatile organic compounds in wineries using active sampling and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, Andrew Kaneda

Dreamer Technologies' Home Automation System, David Lennon, Chandler Warne, and Jordan Shaw

Sensory Evaluation of Pinot noir Wines Subjected to Crop Reductions During the Growing Season, Vegas Riffle and Claire Villasenor

Artificial Intelligence Customer Support System, Jenny Wang, Andrew Engel, and Alex Engel

Awarded Projects from 2017 2017

Team 35 - Maize Mill, Jose Delgado, Chad Steese, and Wes Curtis

Pedal-Powered Drivetrain System, Callaghan Fenerty, Geremy Patterson, and Bradley Welch

Cal Poly Compost Chomper, Anthony Jungquist, Cory Parmenter, and Joe McGill

Development and Prototyping of a Smart Wireless Tournament Scale and Supporting Long Range Mesh RF Network, Kye Miranda and Johan Eide

Inclusive Lectern II, Pedro Mogollon and Joanna Moraza

Cal Poly agBOT 2017 Challenge Autonomous Corn Seeding Tractor, Charlie Ross, Nate McCarthy, Dillon Beatty, Austin Della, Matt Valentine, Ryan Vyenielo, and Caleb Fink

Water Fun at Exploration Station, Nicholas Runyan, Raymond Morales, Heriberto Rodriguez, and Alejandro Gonzales-Smith

Joseph's Jogger, Robert Trujillo, Carolina Reyes, Josh Egli, and Luke Kraemer

Avalon Submersible Support Structure, Alexandra Zaragoza, Octavio Mendoza, and Austin Eslinger

Awarded Projects from 2016 2016

Effects of Oral Ingestion of Bisphenol A on Type 2 Diabetes Risk Markers II. Project, Alyssa Bird and Dana Williams

The effect of hormones and hormonal contraceptives on the antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli, Chase Bowen and Rianna Flores

Food Sustainability at Cal Poly: Comparative Analysis Between Global and Local Distribution of Produce Items, Ariana Brandao, Elizabeth Jacobs, Olivia Surnow, and Stacy Olsen

T6SS Expression of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Intraspecific Competition, Alex Campbell

Prado Community Garden Project, Johanna Cogen

Improving Signal Gain for Radio Neutrino Receivers, Alexandra Crawford