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.
California State University, Sacramento (Sac State)
Winter Freeze Decreases the Emergence of Fauna and Flora in California Vernal Pools, Korena S. Hendryx and Jamie Kneitel
Detection of Catecholamines Produced in Planktonic P. aeruginosa and S. aureus Treated with Adult Bovine Serum, Jorge A. Serrano, Anil Serrano, Shaleni Singh, Jaime Fuentes, Robert Crawford Dr., Rivkah Isseroff, and Thomas Peavy
Mother Convict Cichlids Inflict More Bites Upon an Intruder in Hot Temperatures, Jesse L. Heckendorf
Complex Biotic Interactions in a California Vernal Pool Ecosystem, Korena S. Hendryx and Jamie Keitel
Aquaponics and Basil Plant Density, Danika L. MacMaster, Brook Murphy, and Dudley Burton
Local Buckling Behavior of Round Steel Tubes Subjected to Compressive Loads, Joseph Moore and Ben Fell
Assessment of Salmon Habitat on the Feather River, Nathan Sweem
Updating and Revising Star Camera for Future Flights of Balloon Borne Experiment, Krystle N. Sy and Seth Hillbrand
NASA Armstrong (Formerly Dryden) Flight Research Center
Digital Motor Control for Hybrid-Electric Aircrafts, Aala M. Al Hasan and Kurt J. Kloesel
Streamlining Computational Methods in Industrial Hygiene, Rebecca Baiman and Miriam Rodón-Vachon
Wind Climatology: A Study of Trends on Rodgers' Dry Lakebed, Dana Coppernoll-Houston
Landing on Mars: Operational Engineering, Cailtin Kennedy
Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Telescope Assembly Alignment Simulator, ALEX T. QUYENVO, ZOE SHARP, and JENNIFER BRIGGS
Optimizing the Telescope Assembly Alignment Simulator for SOFIA, Zoe E. Sharp, Alex QuyenVo, Jennifer Briggs, and Brian Eney
FOSS Big Data Storage Solution, Gary L. Jaffe
Big Data Storage Solution, Dulce P. Ramirez
FOSS Big Data Storage Solution, nurdeen salami
Characterization of Samples for Optimization of Infrared Stray Light Coatings, Carey L. Baxter, Rebecca Salvemini, Zaheer A. Ali, Patrick Waddell, Greg Perryman, and Bob Thompson
Program Performance Analysis for the Flight Opportunities Program, Kirsten M. Fogg and Ronald M. Young
Chemical Compatibility Study of Anti-Corrosive Materials for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), Belyn Nicole Grant, Zaheer Ali, Greg Perryman, Stefan Teufel, and Brian Eney
Designing a Cold Source to be Integrated with the Existing Telescope Assembly Alignment Simulator, Rebecca L. Salvemini, Carey Baxter, Zaheer Ali, Greg Perryman, Robert Thompson, and Daniel Nolan
Tools and Methods to Optimize the Analysis of Telescopic Performance Metrics on SOFIA, Steven R. Wilson, Holger Jakob, Stefan Teufel, Zaheer Ali, Jeffrey Van Cleve, Brian Eney, and Greg Perryman
Evaluation and Calibration of the Focusing, and Tilting and Chopping Mechanisms of SOFIA, Brian Eney, Joshua Thompson, Holger Jakob, Jeffrey Van Cleve, Zaheer A. Ali, Alan Hatakeyama, and Matt Dillman
Mathematical Modeling of Technology Payloads to Predict Expected Flight Need, Kirsten M. Fogg and Mark Collard
Telescope Assembly Alignment Simulator Performance Optimization, Joshua G. Thompson, Brian Eney, Zaheer Ali, and Bob Thompson