26 Students Win First Place in Creative Activities and Research Competition
Students from across disciplines won top awards in Cal State Fullerton’s Student Creative Activities and Research Day competition.
Research and Creative Activities
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Geologist Goes Home to Study Turkey’s Destructive Earthquakes
CSUF’s Sinan Akçiz traveled to Turkey to examine the aftermath along the East Anatolian Fault to better understand how the fault broke and moved during the powerful earthquakes in early February.
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$1.7 Million NIH Grant to Train Students in Biomedical Science
A nearly $1.7 million grant award from the National Institutes of Health is funding a new Cal State Fullerton undergraduate research program to train underrepresented students for graduate school and careers in biomedical science.
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Amazon Scholarship Recipient Discovers the Power of Artificial Intelligence
Graduating senior José “Pepe” Tapia is using artificial intelligence skills he is learning at CSUF to develop real-world computer science projects.
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Derdei Bichara: Empowering Africa’s Future Mathematicians
To give back to his homeland, Cal State Fullerton mathematician Derdei Bichara organized a winter research conference for graduate students from economically disadvantaged countries in Africa.
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Study Reveals How Metaphors Help Women Communicate Emotions During Breast Cancer Testing
A new study by Summer Martin, a health communications scholar at CSUF, explores how women communicate emotions during breast cancer genetic testing.
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Chemistry Study Improves Method to Measure Vibrations of Solids
Chemistry graduate student Kody Acosta and his research mentor Allyson Fry-Petit authored a new study to better understand and measure vibrations of solids.
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Students Reach for the Sky to Launch High-Altitude Balloon Platform
A team of future engineers and computer scientists is working toward launching a high-altitude balloon to provide an affordable launch service for scientific experiments in microgravity environments.
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Kinesiology Expert Makes Inclusion Part of the Game
John Gleaves, a Cal State Fullerton kinesiology professor, studies how physical education spaces can be made more inclusive for young transgender athletes.
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Future Geologist Studies Rare Meteorite From Mars
Geology major Vince Mugica performed a chemical analysis to classify a Martian meteorite discovered in Northwest Africa in 2020.