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
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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.
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
Analyzing Catalyst Bed Degradation in Monopropellant Thrusters, Jillian Kimzey
Comparative Solubility of POSS Compounds in Fomblin Y, Shawn PJ Kirby, Jeffrey Alston, and Andrew Guenthner
Usage of Fomblin Y to Improve Water Repellence of Surface Coatings, Shawn PJ Kirby, Jeffrey Alston, and Andrew Guenthner
Usage of Fomblin Y to Improve Water Repellence of Surface Coatings, Shawn PJ Kirby, Jeffrey Alston, and Andrew Guenthner
The Detection of Iridium Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Amelia C. Teare, Matthew L. Burnette, Steve D. Chambreau, and G L. Vaghjiani
Effect of Surface Treatment on Liquid Adhesion Inside 3-D Structures, Madani A. Khan, Jeffrey Alston, Andrew Guenthner, and Jacob Zavala
Effect of Surface Omniphobicity on Drying by Forced Convection, Madani A. Khan, Jeffrey Alston, and Andrew Guenthner
Smooth Representation of Functions on Non-Periodic Domains by Means of the Fourier Continuation Method, Nicholas Rubel, David Bilyeu, and Justin Koo
Evolution of Perturbations in Flow Field Mechanics, Samantha R. Bell, David Forliti, Nils Sedano, and Kriss Vanderhyde
Does a Plastron Improve Heat Transfer?, Madani A. Khan, Jeffrey Alston, and Andrew Guenthner
injector Configuration and Development of a Methodology to Scale Between Cold-Flow and Hot-Fire Evaluations, ILIAN ANGEL ROJAS and Nils Sedano
Particle Image Velocimetry of Transverse Jets in Crossflow, Jesse K. Tsai, Kayla Kuzmich, David Forliti, Kriss Vanderhyde, and Nils Sedano
Extending the Shelf Life of Solid Rocket Motors Through Mechanical Activation of, Emilio J. Cantu, Hope Klukovich, and Timothy Haddad
Use of Thermodynamic Models for Optimizing Fuel Treatment Processes, Shawn PJ Kirby and Andrew Guenthner
NASA Ames Research Center (ARC)
Carbon and Nitrogen Changes Due to Soil Warming, Dana Coppernoll-Houston and Chris Potter
Results of the Magnetorquer Wrapping, Ricardo Wells and Ali Guarneros Luna
Breakpoint Analysis of MODIS Vegetarian Cover Change in Southern California Deserts, Rebecca Baiman
Preparation for the study of gene expression aboard the International Space Station, Amber Paturzo
TechEdSat 7 and 8-NASA Missions for Earth Observation, Andrew Pham
Astrobee: Air Sampling Device and Zero Robotics Game, Bryce Van Ross
Visualization of Geospatial Data as an Analytical and Educational Tool, Richard A. Vu
Invasive Species in the Delta: Segmentation and Classification of Water Hyacinth and Primrose, T’keyah Hamilton, Carolina Nava, Christopher Potter, and Vanessa Genovese
Water Hyacinth and Primrose: Invasive Plants in the California Delta, Carolina Nava, T’keyah Hamilton, and Christopher Potter
Certifying Batteries For TechEdSat Satellites and ADEPT Before Sending Them Onto The International Space Station, ALEX T. QUYENVO
Using the NASA WorldWind AgroSphere Web App as a Climate Change Modeling Tool in the Classroom , Nicholas Rubel, Patrick Hogan, Stacey Chen, Endia Irazarry, Atreya Iyer, John Nguyen, and Mingda Tang