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.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
Stability of various types of nanolipoprotein particles (NLPs) upon lyophilization, Purna Venkataraman, Craig D. Blanchette, and Nicholas O. Fischer
Carbon Transfer from Labeled Leaf Litter into Mineral Soil at the University of Missouri Baskett Research Area, a Deciduous Forest in the Eastern United States, Shayne Bradshaw, Karis McFarlane, Paula Zermeno, and Paul Hanson
Comparison of Lysis Efficiency for DNA Extraction of Spore-forming Bacillus thuringiensis, Jody Dunkel, Bill Hoppes, Marilyn Ramsey, Anne Marie Erler, and Lewis Wogan
Modernizing Accelerator Mass Spectrometer Data Acquisition, Leo Groner and Ted Ognibene
Characterizing Warm Dense Matter, Ernest Irish and Yuan Ping
Time Resolved UV Spectroscopy on the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak, Jonathan B. Kamp, G.V. Brown, and P. Beiersdorfer
Dual Polarization Interferometry for Small Molecules Drug Development, Sarwia Nawim, Brett Chromy, and Lindsey Evans
Yersinia pestis Proteomics and Vaccine Development, Rebecca Paddack, Lindsey Evans, Jr-Shiuan Lin, Stephen Smiley, and Brett Chromy
Stability of Nanolipoprotein Particles (NLPs) at Different Temperatures and Complex Media, Purna Venkataraman, Nicholas Fischer, and Craig Blanchette
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Process of Developing the Artificial Snow Machine System, Aala Al Hasan and Scott Landolt
A First Look at Sublimation Rates in Toss Island Region, Antarctica, Rebecca Baiman and Scott Landolt
Assessing the Origin of Noise in the Precipitation Gauge Geonor T-200B, Jonah B. Basl, Scott Landolt, and Justin Lentz
Testing and Comparing Precipitation Algorithms, David Jimenez, Scott Landolt, and Kent Goodrich
Spatial variation of snowfall accumulation on Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf, Laura Losmozos and Scott Landolt
Assessing Climatological Impacts of Precipitation and Temperature at the NCAR Marshall Field Site from 1994-2018, Caleb N. Scott and Scott Landolt
A 12 Year Temperature and Wind Speed Climatology for the Marshall Field Site near Boulder Colorado 2006-2018, John Nicholas Adrian and Scott Landolt
Analyzing the Atmospheric Conditions that Caused Two Unexpected Tornado Events, Daniel J. Gonzalez, Scott Landolt, and Jennifer Shepard
Snowfall Simulator Quick-Release Retrofit, Nicholas M. Runyan and Scott Landolt
Effective communication to 4th graders about vector borne diseases, Ricardo Wells, Rebecca Haacker, and Lorena Luna
Analyzing Accuracy of the Lufft WS600 in Remotely Measuring Precipitation Events, Justin Gay
Analysis of the Precipitation Detection Algorithm for the GEONOR T-200B Precipitation Gauge to Improve Accuracy, Megan Lerman and Robert K. Goodrich
Applying a transfer function to correct snowfall climatology data at several automated weather stations across the United States, Kameron McCall and Scott Landolt
Rainwater to flush toilets on a volcano, Robert A. Buchan
Correcting Wind Bias for a Shielded GEONOR Solid Precipitation Gauge Using Transfer Functions, Stacey Wheeler and Scott Landolt