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.
Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies (RTC)
Contrasting Effects of Flow on Adult and Juvenile Ascidian Life History Stages, Including the Global Invasive Didemnum vexillum, Tren C. Kauzer and C Sarah Cohen
Analysis of San Francisco Bay Environmental Conditions as they relate to Organismal Abundance, Mary Dournaee, Toby Garfield, and Sarah Cohen
Settlement in Fouling Communities of San Fransisco Bay, Jacqueline Hill and Sarah Cohen
SETI Institute
Planetary Protection Requirements for Robotic and Human Missions, Karen Duenas
Implementation of Planetary Protection Requirements on Robotic Missions, Lauren M. Tran
Remote Exploration: Understanding Martian Surface Processes, Sarah M. Bass, Virginia C. Gulick, Natalie Glines, and Patrick Freeman
Detecting Non-Seismic Precursor Earthquake Signals Using Tree Antennas, Jaqueline O. Lopez
International Space Station Organics Exposure in Orbit Experiment, Kegan W. Powers
Breaking Peroxy Bonds in H20 Ice Doped with H202 to Create Positive Hole Charge Carriers., Corey C. Stockburger
Electric Currents Due to Stress-Activated Positive Hole Charge Carriers in Ice, Cary T. Keller P.E., Friedemann T. Freund, and Dale P. Cruikshank
Exploration of Charge Carriers in Obsidian, Ryan Nordvik and Friedemann Freund
Phoenix Mars Mission Wet Chemistry Laboratory Detection Limit of Martian Soil Oxidants, Lauren B. Petersen and Richard C. Quinn Dr.
Exploring Methods for Earthquake Prediction: The Effects of Water on the Flow of Stress-Activated Electric Currents in Igneous Rocks, Aaron M. Jahoda and Friedemann T. Freund
Radar Reflectivity Experiment: Measurements for Volcano and Earthquake Monitoring, Garrett Benjamin and Freidemann T. Freund
Radar Reflectivity Experiment: Infrared Measurements, Matthew Stemm and Friedemann Freund
San Francisco State University (SFSU)
Links Between Environmental Conditions and Whole Body Regeneration of a Colonial Ascidian, Cecilia Hernandez and Sarah Cohen
Comparing Regional Population Genetic Effects in Leptasterias spp., Kristen N. Runge and Sarah Cohen
Effects of Tidal Elevation on Recruitment and Survival of Barnacles, Jason Thomas, Andrew Chang, and Chela Zabin
Investigation of the Superlubricity of Graphene Coatings on the Macro Scale, Alex Joanis, AKM Newaz Dr., and Jonathan Pont
Drag Reduction Using Graphene in Viscous Laminar Flow with Water and Isopropanol, Jessica M. Patalano and AKM Newaz Dr.
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC)
The Non-Parametric Luminosity Evolution of Long Gamma-ray Bursts and Star Rate Formation, Miguel Aguilar and Maria Dainotti
Measuring Length of Electron Bunches with Optics in LCLS-II, Nathan Ahn and Alan Fisher
Effects of tidal elevation on the recruitment and survival of Balanus and Chthamalus, Evie Borchard and Hasan DeMirci
Dosi Xchange: A Modern Solution to a Laborious Easter Egg Hunt, Helen B. Choi
Development and Optimization of the Protocol for the SSRL Plate for In-situ Crystallization and Automated Diffraction, Brooke Connell, Silvia Russi, and Aina Cohen