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Presenters & Abstracts: 2018
Small Town, Big Hearts: Peer Counseling in Rural Mendocino
- Cecelia GillespieSocial WorkGraduate Student
College of Professional Studies
This Peer Counseling program was dedicated to creating a healthy community culture through mentoring younger students, youth advocacy, and peer education. Peer mentors received training in topics including communication, conflict resolution, cultural humility, and self esteem building. Throughout the program peer mentors met several times a month for seminars to process their experiences and receive additional training. Peer counselors also created presentations for middle school classrooms, volunteered at Healthy Start Family Resource Center events and were called upon by the wider community for participating in youth advocacy radio, drug free community focus groups, and more.
Solar + Battery
- Paul AcostaMathematicsUndergraduate Student
- Michael WilsonMathematicsUndergraduate Student
- Ditza GuerraMathematicsUndergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Consumers have similar daily patterns of electricity usage, and this causes peaks in demand. Spikes in electricity demand are inefficient for electricity producers and unnecessary costs are passed on to electricity consumers. Localized solar and battery systems are one way to ‘spread out’ electricity demand and reduce the amount of electricity sent through the grid at a given time. We created a model that describes the reduction in consumer demand by implementing a solar energy generation and battery storage system. Our model predicts >75% decrease in oscillations, and >5% decrease in costs.
Spinel Comparison of Deer Mountain Quarry Cinder Cone, California, and the Trinity Ophiolite, California.
- Joseph DaviesGeologyUndergraduate Student
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
I used the Scanning Electron Microscope in Science B to compare chromium spinels from a volcanic eruption related to Shasta, and spinels from the proximal Trinity ophiolite which has been inferred to lie beneath Shasta by previous authors.
Standards for Analysis of Metals in Seawater
- Sean SandstromChemistryUndergraduate Student
- Robert FreibergerChemistryUndergraduate Student
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
Over the past few decades, trace metals have been shown to have a significant impact on marine biogeochemical cycles. Certain trace metals are essential components in the control of marine primary producer populations. Because of the significant effects that trace metals can have on marine environments, there’s an increasing need for multi-element analytical methods that allow for high sample throughput and quantification over a broad range of element concentrations that reflect the range observed in the oceans. As such, the main objective of this research project is to determine appropriate standards to accurately quantify trace metals in seawater.
Stratigraphic and Mineralogical Characteristics of Cu-Zn-Co-Mn Mantos at Minera Boleo, Santa Rosalía, BCS, Mexico
- Olivia HelprinGeologyUndergraduate Student
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
This poster documents a REU research project investigating the stratigraphic emplacement of ore minerals in a mining district in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Strength and Needs Assessment of the Humboldt State Student Disability Resource Center
- Lydia RowenSocial WorkGraduate Student
Other
Using data collected in 2017 from student consumers of the Humboldt State University (HSU) Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC), a strength and needs assessment of their program was conducted. This project explored the personal and academic experiences of students who are disabled at HSU and utilize SDRC services. The goal of this project was to identify the strengths of the SDRC and to make recommendations for what could be improved upon, specifically in terms of access to resources and support.
Student Legal Lounge
- Reza SadeghzadehCommunicationUndergraduate Student
- Kimo MartinPolitical ScienceUndergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
The Student Legal Lounge (SLL) is an on-campus resource created by students for students. SLL provides the pupils of HSU with legal information, which has been researched by students in many different legal fields; such as housing rights, immigration rights, constitutional rights, and etc. In addition, SLL has commenced an attorney referral program, so that our students have the adequate tools when they are faced with a serious legal quandary. Needless to say, not only is the SLL a great on-campus resource for HSU students, but it also provides an opportunity for involvement for those who are interest in legal work a chance to gain communication, research, organizational skills.
Survey of Extremely High Velocity Outflows in Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey's Ninth Data Release
- Griffin KowashPhysics and AstronomyUndergraduate Student
- Carla QuinteroPhysics and AstronomyUndergraduate Student
- Sean HaasPhysics and AstronomyUndergraduate Student
- Abdul KhatriAstronomy and Astrophysics, University of TorontoUndergraduate Student
- Patrick HallPhysics and Astronomy, York UniversityFaculty
- Paola Rodriguez HidalgoPhysics and AstronomyFaculty
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
We present the first survey of extremely high velocity outflows (EHVO) in quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data release nine quasar catalog (SDSS DR9Q). Our survey draws from the 87,822 spectral targets in DR9Q. EHVO candidates were identified by measurement of one of the transitions due to absorption in carbon ion (C-IV), which appear in the spectrum as broad absorption features. Spectrum analysis was carried out by python codes developed by our group with results confirmed by visual inspection. The presented survey is composed of 45 quasars EHVO ranging in velocity from ~50,000 to 30,000 km/s. Our survey will be made available online as a publicly accessible database.
Switching to Electric Cars , and the Efficiency of Allocating Charging Stations
- Angelica HernandezMathUndergraduate Student
- Dillon SollidayMathUndergraduate Student
- Jackson StillmanMathUndergraduate Student
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
For environmental and economic reasons, there is a global interest in reducing the use of fossil fuels, including gasoline for cars. Whether motivated by the environment or by the economics, consumers are starting to switch to electric vehicles. Several countries are seeing early signs of the potential for rapid growth in the adoption of electric vehicles. In the US and other countries, the release of the more affordable all-electric Tesla Model 3 has resulted in record numbers of pre-orders and long wait lists. Our group set out to find an optimal allocation of electric charging stations in the U.S and South Korea by creating a math model of the number of stations per region.
Synthesis and Evaluation of a Lead Binding Peptoid
- Tara AlizadehChemistry departmentUndergraduate Student
- Parisa GhaffariChemistry departmentUndergraduate Student
- Dr. Jenny CappuccioChemistry DepartmentFaculty
- Dr. Frank CappuccioChemistry DepartmentFaculty
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
Lead is a particularly problematic environmental contaminant. The peptide sequence GGGTNTLSNNGGG has an affinity for binding lead particles. Utilizing solid phase reaction chemistry the peptoid analog was synthesized. The resin bound peptoid has been evaluated for lead binding affinity using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. Initial results show a 27:1 lead to peptoid binding with an average 14% lead decrease in the presence of 1.31× 10-5 per mole of the peptoid. Treatment of peptoid bound lead with hydrochloric acid resulted in release of lead indicating the recyclability of this peptoid modified resin.