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.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
An Evaluation and Preliminary Update for the LBL Circumsolar Telescope, Elin Deeb and Daryl Myers
Sulfur Characterization of Biochar, Shealyn Malone and Singfoong Cheah
Identification of the Enzymes Responsible for the Detoxification of Furfural and 5-Hydroxymethyl-2-furalaldehyde in Zymomonas moblis, Joshua Myatt, Mary Ann Franden, and Min Zhang
Determination of an Efficient Method for the Extraction of Xylan from Delignified Corn Stover Using Dimethyl Sulfoxide, John Rowley and Stuart Black
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
UV-Vis Characterization of Aromatic Content in Bio-oil, Emily Bladorn and Asanga Padmaperuma
Visualization using R to Support Scientific Research and Data Analysis, Samantha L. Claveau, Romarie Morales Rosado, Lyndsey Franklin, Lee Burke, and Paul Whitney
Electric Field Performance Evaluation of the nEXO Detector, Tri Duong and Richard Saldanha
Computing Homology of Hypergraphs, Jackson Earl
Cosmic Ray Secondary Exposure Model for Low Background Detectors, Casey Flynn
Dripline: A Distributed Experiment Control System, Eric Gonzalez, Ben LaRoque, and Noah Oblath
PNNL Dark Matter Bubble Chamber Simulation, Carl M. Krutz
Exploring Delay Dispersal in US Airport Network, Brandon Sripimonwan and Arun Sathanur
Can we Detect Undeclared Facilities in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle using Mathematical Simulations?, Kassandra Guajardo, Lee Burke, and Romarie Morales Rosado
ToF-SIMS Analysis of Plant Seed Interactions with Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria, Tammy Pheuphong, Rachel Komorek, and Xiao-Ying Yu
PNNL Dark Matter Bubble Chamber, Ryan Robinson
Comparative Analysis of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) Using ToF-SIMS, Danielle Baur and Xiao-Ying Yu
Bio-oil Characterization via UV-Vis Spectroscopy: Phenols and Aromatic content, Emily S. Bladorn, Asanga B. Padmaperuma, and Mariefel Olarte
MinT-Net: Novel and Scalable Network-enabled Comparative Tools for Stress Studies of Microbiomes in Transition, Alexis Gomez, Arun Sathanur, and Mahantesh Halappanavar
Development and implementation of an optimization model to improve airport security., Kassandra Guajardo, Angela Waterworth, and Robert Brigantic Ph.D.
Using In Situ Liquid Single Photon Ionization Mass Spectrometry (SPI-MS) to Probe Lithium Polysulfide Electrolyte in Motion, Aala M. Al Hasan, Jiachao Yu, Juan Yao, Vijayakumar Murugesan, Manjula Nandasiri, and Xiao-Ying Yu
Comparative Analysis of In situ Fibronectin Using ToF-SIMS, SPI-MS, and dropDESI-MS in a Microfluidic Reactor, Shannon Fasing, Xiao-Ying Yu, Juan Yao, and Jiachao Yu
Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence Lifecycle Cost Modeling, Kassandra Guajardo, Angela Waterworth, and Aimee Holmes
Density Functional Theory based Electrolyte Design Formulation for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Cynthia Ly, Carolyn Sturges, and Vijay Murugesan
The Evaluation of the Response of American Eels to Rapid Decompression, Christina MacMillan, Alison Colotelo, John Stephenson, Briana Rhode, and Trevor Macduff
Measurement and modeling of cosmic ray exposure for SuperCDMS dark matter detectors., Kameron McCall, John Orrell, and Jared Yamaoka