May 2, 2025
Reception & Presentations 2pm to 5pm
Cal Poly Humboldt Library
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On-Campus Student Physical Activity and Community Explooration During COVID-19
Kaelani Jones
Kinesiology
Undergraduate Student
Dr. Whitney Ogle
Kinesiology
Faculty
Liliana Amador
Kinesiology
Undergraduate Student
Emigdia Macario
Kinesiology
College of Professional Studies
Conducting this research study to learn more about how on-campus students participate in physical activity and explore the local
community. You are invited to participate in this survey if you are a student at HSU and live on campus. Your part in this study involves responding to a 10-minute online survey on Survey Monkey about your current participation in physical activity and community engagement. Your participation in this study is voluntary. Risks and Benefits: There are minimal possible risks involved for participants. You may feel uncomfortable answering questions about your physical activity participation.
Analyzing Soil Quality & Forage Potential of Solar Microhabitats in Coastal Grasslands
Claudia
Alfaro Hernandez
Forestry, Fire & Rangeland Management
Undergraduate Student
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
As the global population grows, ensuring sustainable food and energy systems becomes increasingly important. While solar panels support clean energy goals, they can displace prime agricultural land and critical habitat for native grazers in coastal grasslands. Agrovoltaics—integrating solar infrastructure with land used for agriculture or grazing—offers a promising compromise. However, research on solar microgrids in coastal grassland ecosystems remains limited. This study examines how solar microgrids impact soil quality and forage potential in these sensitive landscapes.
Dymaxion Projection
Brian Murphy
ESM: Geospatial Science
Undergraduate Student
Gilbert Trejo
Geography
Undergraduate Student
Erika Granadino
ESM: Policy and Managment
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
An exploration of various spatial phenomena using the Dymaxion Projection (aka Fuller Projection).
3D Panorama of Lake Clark, Alaska
Aaron Taveras
Department of Geography
Faculty
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
This project describes the 3D cartographic methods used to design a panorama map of Lake Clark, Alaska.
Mock Codes, Emergent Scenarios, Nursing Confidence and Team Performance
Kelsey Lee
Nursing
Undergraduate Student
College of Professional Studies
Critical care nurses specialize in caring for human responses to life-threatening problems. Nursing confidence in codes has shown direct correlation in improved patient outcomes, reduced time to compressions and adherence to American Heart Association guidelines. Currently, in a high-acuity critical care unit in Northern California, mock code scenarios and simulations are not a common practice. A quality improvement program is being developed to improve resuscitation efforts on this unit. It will include a self-assessment, mock codes and emergency scenario days. The goal is to increase nursing and staff confidence in resuscitation efforts, as well as improve team performance.
Sand Crab, Emerita analoga, Burrowing Time in Relation to Relative Abundance in Humboldt County
Andrew
Cha
Wildlife
Undergraduate Student
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
Finding the relation between grain size and burrowing time of sand crabs at study sites of Samoa, Mad River, Moonstone, Clam and Trinidad state beach. Relative abundance is measured at each study site to determine if there is a correlation between grain size, burrowing time and habitat selection.
Does cleft palate repair surgery restore normal neural processing for infant faces?
Francesca
Messina
Psychology
Graduate Student
Nathan
Boone
Psychology
Graduate Student
David
Harris
Psychology
Graduate Student
Amanda
Hahn
Psychology
Faculty
College of Professional Studies
Infant faces readily capture our attention and elicit enhanced neural processing, likely due to their importance in facilitating bonds
with caregivers. Cues of poor health are associated with a lower degree of parental investment and facial malformations have been
shown to negatively impact early infant-caregiver interactions, possibly due to altered perceptual processing of these faces compared to unaffected infant faces. The current study used eye tracking and electroencephalography (EEG) to investigate responses to infant faces before and after cleft palate repair surgery.
V.R. Gaming Could Break Our Sedentary Habits
Tyler
Voner
Other
Undergraduate Student
Other
My research is on Virtual Reality or "Active Gaming" and how it can indirectly have the potential to reduce Obesity and Heart Disease, by being a leisurely activity with some amount of activity rather than something sedentary.
College Corps: Mental Health Matters In Elementary Schools
Ruth
White
Other
Undergraduate Student
Other
My project is based on what I've observed during my time in local elementary schools through my work in the College Corps program. It quickly became very clear to me that both teachers and students alike needed more mental health support.
Cal Poly Humboldt Earth Week Quest/ Treasure hunt Evan Mack and Joe Watson Recreation Administration
Evan
Mack
Other
Undergraduate Student
Joe
Watson
Other
Undergraduate Student
College of Professional Studies
Our project idea involves hosting a campus-wide scavenger hunt that will span three days; Mon April 22-25, 2024, featuring four quests/scavenger hunts daily, participants will be given a riddle that will lead to one of 12 buildings on campus. In these buildings, we have hidden a piece of paper with a QR code. Students must bring this QR code back to our table on the quad and win a gift card. This activity is being held in part by WRRAP. Our aim is to offer an exciting recreational opportunity for participants to engage in interactive and social activities outside of their dormitories, fostering a sense of community and camaraderie among students.