Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center

Fall Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activity Competition

The Fall Research Competition is designed to highlight and support undergraduate research projects, scholarship, and creative activity at CSUMB. Students, under the guidance of one or more faculty members within their department, or multiple departments for interdisciplinary projects, are eligible to submit a project to be considered for the competition. Winning presentations will be strongly encouraged to apply for the statewide California State University Student Research Competition, held each spring to promote and recognize outstanding student accomplishments throughout the 23 campuses of the CSU system. UROC models the presentation format and evaluation criteria after the CSU Research Competition.

Fall Showcase 2015 presenters

2024 Fall Research Competition

Congratulations to the students selected to compete at the 10th annual Fall Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activity Competition!

The Fall Research Competition will take place on Thursday, November 14th, 2024 from 2:30 - 6 p.m. at the University Center Living Room. We hope to see you there!

Student Presenters

  • Sofia Barajas, Marine Science
    • Project Title: La Niña Vs. El Niño: How Hypoxic Events Affect the Reproductive Output of Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus)
    • Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Logan
  • Skye Cardoza, Marine Science
    • Project Title: Demystifying Stress: A model to identify and quantify stress in captive southern sea otters, Enhydra lutris nereis
    • Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Logan
  • Hailey Christian & Paola Cabezas, Biology
    • Project Title: Modeling TSC dependent LAM using Drosphilla muselce precursor cells
    • Faculty Mentor: Dr. Frank Macabenta
  • Sameer Dingore, Computer Science
    • Project Title: Curated dataset for benchmarking of RNA Base-Pairing Annotations Tools
    • Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shahidul Islam
  • Audrey Longan, Environmental Science, Technology, and Policy
    • Project Title: The Effects of an Increase in Fine Sediment from Wildfire on Filter-feeding Stream Benthic Macroinvertebrates
    • Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Olson
  • Sam Minard, Social and Behavioral Sciences
    • Project Title: The Interaction of Political Views and Extreme Weather in Shaping Climate Change Concern
    • Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tolga Tezcan
  • Mariah Moreno, Psychology
    • Project Title: Identify Overreporting on the Personality Inventory for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (PID-5) Brief Form
    • Faculty Mentor: Dr. Danielle Burchett
  • Abraham Porras-Vargas, Biology
    • Project Title: Creeping, Charging, and Cessant Hillslopes: Investigating Environmental Controls on Earthflow Occurrence and Activity near Hollister, CA
    • Faculty Mentor: Dr. James Guilinger
  • Mahlon Rosenberg, Marine Science
    • Project Title: Impact of coastal upwelling on Sebastes carnatus growth via expression of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1)
    • Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Logan
  • Ty Takahashi & Kaitlyn Alvarez, Marine Science
    • Project Title: Sandy beach habitat variability of Pismo clam (Tivela stultorum) populations within Monterey Bay
    • Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alison Haupt

Judges Panel

  • Dr. Jill Yamashita, Psychology Department
  • Dr. Cindy Juntunen, Office of Graduate Studies and Research
  • Dr. Erin Ramirez, College of Education and Leadership
  • Dr. Arlene Haffa, College of Science
  • Guest Judge: Dr. Gail Newel, County of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency (retired)
  • Guest Judge: Dr. David MacFarlane, Michigan State University