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.
NASA Ames Research Center (ARC)
Using Data Visualization Software to Aid in the Analysis of Geographical Data, Matthew R. Evers and Inzamam Rahaman
Towards Bioregenerative Life Support for Extended Human Exploration: Experiment Development for Testing the Fitness of Algae in Space, Audrey Fry, R. Craig Everroad, Jessica E. Koehne, Thomas E. Murphy, and Brad M. Bebout
Chloroamino Acids as a Chemical Explanation for Viking Labeled Release Soil Activity on Mars, John C. Hironimus
Stability of Lidocaine Tested by Forced Degradation and its Interactions with Serum Albumin, Lindsay Nichols
Hypometabolic Stasis in Snails (Cornu aspersum) for Adaptability and Survivability Under Extreme Environmental Conditions, Jamie Lyn D. Pacada, Lauren Mc Keown, Sadaf Esteaneh, Oscar L. Ramos, Yekaterina Popova, and Yuri V. Griko
Fabrication and Characterization of a Vertically-Oriented Graphene Supercapacitor, Patrick R. Rice, Jiaxin Cui, Ahmad Badr, Michael M. Oye, Jessica E. Koehne, and Meyya Meyyappan
Determining the Effect of Autogenic Feedback Training Exercise (AFTE) on Control of Autonomic Responses, Michelle D. Scire
Wet Chemical Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials for Solar Cell Applications, Krystle N. Sy, Ramprasad Gandhiraman, and Jessica E. Koehne
How to Save the World: One life (and UAV) at a time!, Natalie A. Wright
Analyzing the Performance of the SOFIA Infrared Telescope, Sarah M. Bass, Jeffrey Van Cleve, and Zaheer Ali
If it Isn’t Tested, it Doesn’t Work: Automated Verification of SOFIA Data Handling Software, Garrett Holthaus, Brett Stroozas, and Zaheer Ali
Optimizing Electrode Design for Microbial Fuel Cells Used for Wastewater Treatment, Lindsay Nichols and John A. Hogan
Validation of Data Reduction Interactive Pipeline for FORCAST on SOFIA, Brent C. Nicklas, William T. Reach, and Sachindev S. Shenoy
The Standard New Astronomy Cryostat for SOFIA: A Design for Cryogen-Free Infrared Astronomy, Carey F. Scott, Jeffrey Van Cleve, Eric Burgh, earl T. Daley, Ali Kashani, and Zaheer Ali
Mechanical Design of PIRD (Principal Investigator Rack Drawer) for SOFIA, Hari Prasad Shetty Mr., Murali Krishna Kandlagunta Mrs., John Miles Mr., and Zaheer Ali Mr.
Abundance Patterns in the Spiral Galaxy Messier 33, Melissa A. Siemer and Ravi Sankrit
Seeing Through A Cloudy Glass: Putting Limits On Planetary Nebulae Abundances Using Photoionization Modeling., Peter R. Sullivan and Ravi Sankrit
Life Support: Long Term Storage of Solid Waste in an Enclosed Membrane System, Emmy O. Trieu, Michael Flynn, and Rocco Mancinelli
FLITECAM Data Process Validation, Jesse K. Tsai, Sachindev S. Shenoy, Brent Cedric Nicklas, Zaheer Ali, and William T. Reach
Integration and Testing of Safety Case Tool Support, Sarah Bass, Ewen Denney, and Josef Pohl
Integration of FOB System to Crew Transfer Bag, Michaela Brant and Michael Flynn
Simplified Microbial Mats: Unraveling a complex community one alga at a time., Donna A. Dela Calzada, Brad M. Bebout, and Angela Detweiler
The effects of low dose gamma radiation on the production of bone cell communication factors, Anna DeNeui, Ruth Globus, L. Tran, and A. Kumar
Analyzing Wind Turbine Controller Effects on Structure Stress, Leo Groner and Susan Frost
NASA Flight Opportunities Program (FOP) Platform Tradeoffs Analysis, Stephanie Kugler and Dougal Maclise