Student Project Showcase 2025 Winners

Congratulations to the winners of this year's Student Project Showcase. Click on the project number below to see the full listing which includes the project abstract. 

First Place

2025-BCMB-103    
Distinct Effects of Wntless on WNT1 and WNT3A Signaling: A Difference in Binding Affinity    
Benjamin Lee    
Department of Biology    
Faculty Supervisor: Laura (Kai) Burrus

 

Second Place

2025-BCMB-125   
Defining the Sex-Specific Differences in the MeiosisI/II Transition of C. elegans Spermatogenesis Through CLS-2 Localization    
Emma Harms, Allen Ramsey, Elida Hernandez    
Department of Biology    
Faculty Supervisor: Diana Chu

 

Third Place

2025-BCMB-127   
Mass Screening of Metabolites as Human Glutamine Synthetase Regulators    
Ryan Leung, Rowan Jacobs    
Department of Biology    
Faculty Supervisor: Eric Greene

 

First Place

2025-CME-203 
Real Time Gait Analysis with a Low Cost Smart Shoe Insole 
Emely Villa, Dylan Thai 
School of Engineering 
Faculty Supervisor: David Quintero

 

Second Place

2025-CME-210 
Green Roofs' Impact on Structural Damping 
Minyi Huang 
School of Engineering 
Faculty Supervisor: Jenna Wong

 

Third Place

2025-CME-216 
Steel Bridge 
Angie Cardenas, Diego Lomeli, Yanni Michael Indindoli, Dominic Jason Tating, Amandeep Singh 
School of Engineering 
Faculty Supervisor: Zhaoshuo Jiang

 

First Place

2025-CSEE-302
The Thera-Boot
Cameron Tuttle
School of Engineering
Faculty Supervisor: Alyssa Kubota

 

Second Place

2025-CSEE-322
AURA: Audio-Visual Emotion Recognition Assistant
Aaryan Singh, Bisum Singh Tiwana, Ratish Sharma
School of Engineering
Faculty Supervisor: Sanchita Ghose

 

Third Place

2025-CSEE-321
Making the Grade: Measuring Rigor and Bias in the Classroom
Jonathan Jacobson
Department of Computer Science
Faculty Supervisor: Shahrukh Humayoun

 

 

First Place

2025-ENV-402 
Crab-solutely Resilient: Unraveling the Genomic Basis of Heat and pH Tolerance of Two Porcelain Crabs 
Cecilia Hodson 
Department of Biology 
Faculty Supervisor: Jonathon Stillman

 

Second Place

2025-ENV-401 
Assessing Non-Native Species Prevalence Across Multiple Protection Levels in Central California 
Maggie Stoffer 
College of Science and Engineering 
Faculty Supervisor: Andrew Chang

 

Third Place

2025-ENV-405 
Morphological Diversity, Distribution, and Reproductive Mode of Epiphytic Lichens on Baccharis pilularis 
Katrina McCollough 
Department of Biology 
Faculty Supervisor: Jenna Ekwealor

 

First Place

2025-MPS-532
Optimizing TiO2 Anatase Thin Film Growth for Photocatalysis
Gabriella Chavez, Luis Esquivel, Faven Berhane 
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Faculty Supervisor: Andrew Ichimura

 

Second Place

2025-MPS-508
Evaluating and Mapping Demographic Disparities with Traffic Stop Data
Chad Kite
Department of Mathematics
Faculty Supervisor: Anandamayee Majumdar

 

Third Place

2025-MPS-527
Faceted Copper Nanocubes for Selective CO₂ Reduction to High-Value Products
Robert Lam, Jonah Salman Ambrose Glass-Hussain
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Faculty Supervisor: Michael Enright

 

 

 

First Place

2025-MBS-603
A Conserved but Atypical ABC Transporter in the Alpha-Proteobacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti Confers Resistance to a Range of Antimicrobials
Klara Christensen
Department of Biology
Faculty Supervisor: Joseph C. Chen

 

Second Place

2025-MBS-602
Antibiotic Producers in the Rhizosphere at SFSU: Antibiotic Activity and Plant Proximity
Phway Phway Myat, Lykourgos A. Tsangaropoulos
Department of Biology
Faculty Supervisor: Brinda Govindan

 

Third Place

2025-MBS-625
Cdv Cell Division in the Thaumarchaeon N. yellowstonensis
Juliana De Arman
Department of Biology
Faculty Supervisor: José de la Torre

 

First Place

2025-PZMS-711   
A Bromoform Survey Across California Coastal Seaweeds   
Roman Marquez   
Department of Biology   
Faculty Supervisor: Zheng-Hui He

Second Place   

2025-PZMS-713   
Transgenerational Plasticity as a Mechanism of Heatwave Adaptation in Petrolisthes cinctipes   
Liliana Pruett   
Department of Biology   
Faculty Supervisor: Jonathon Stillman   
 

Third Place

2025-PZMS-708   
Mapping the Rod Photoreceptors of the Little Skate, Leucoraja erinacea, a Unique Retina Model   
Amir Chirar   
Department of Biology   
Faculty Supervisor: Ivan A. Anastassov

 

First Place

2025-SOC-810
Voices from Within: Incarcerated Workers on Labor and Liberty
Amber Avila, Caitlynn Blanquera, Cameron Chan, Nhan Doan, Jazmine Finuliar, Anya Kugler, Isabella Pacho, Andrew Rogel, Ryo Tuso, Carrie Lee Walker
Department of Psychology
Faculty Supervisor: Amy Smith

 

Second Place

2025-SOC-809
How Student Perceptions of Lab and Lecture Relate to Ideas on “Thinking Like a Chemist”
Seiham Alansary, Angelica Kochkarova
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Faculty Supervisor: Michelle Sinapuelas
 

Third Place

2025-SOC-822
Facilitating Personalized Learning with Real-time Support in STEM Using Large Language Models
Jose Torres, Andre Bouvier, Zhenyu Lin
School of Engineering
Faculty Supervisor: Zhuwei Qin
 

Thank you to all who made our 2025 Student Project Showcase a success!

Planning Committee

Teaster Baird, Jr.    
Ron Marzke    
Caroline Alcantara    
Holly Fincke    
Lannie Nguyen    
Adria O’Dea    
 

Event Assistants  

Omshree Rajanikant Bharodiya    
Sofia Michael Brazda    
Gwenndolyn Campbell    
Manuel Paredes Cerano    
Denzel Dehoyos    
Krushit Moradiya    
Diya Patel    
Manan Hiteshkumar Patel    
Vrunda Alpesh Patel    
Tuan Pham    
Mikayla Robinson    
Sanjana Thiyagarajan    
Leo Hong Wen

 

SF State

Vincent W. Cheung, College of Science & Engineering 
Carmen Domingo, College of Science & Engineering 
Noel F. De Dios, Integrated Waste Management 
Wilson Fan, CTRL+P Digital Print Shop 
Emanuel Francis, EFrancisWorks 
Nicholas Holmes, Capital Planning, Design and Construction 
Christopher E. Johansson, College of Science & Engineering 
Crystal Kam, College of Science & Engineering 
Vernon Piccinotti, Student Life Event Center 
Chris De La Torre, CTRL+P Digital Print Shop 
Jenny Tu, College of Science & Engineering 
Minling Zhang, College of Science & Engineering 
 

Special thanks to: 

Gilead Sciences Foundation 
Genentech Scholars Foundation 
Alberts Engagement Fund 
CoSE Student Success Fund 
San Francisco State University

Judges

Timothy Acker  
Henry Ainley 
Imran Alavi  
Haris Alijagic  
Ivan Anastassov  
Niny Arcila-Maya  
Mojtaba Azadi  
Joseph Barranco  
Stephanie Bazarini  
Akhilesh Bhambhani  
Diana Bogorodskaya  
Erin Bray  
Renu C  
Cristhian Cadena 
Lara Cala Alvarez  
Juan Castillo  
Nicole Catly 
Angus Chan  
Jenny Chang  
Singing Chen  
Emily Cole  
Esmeralda Cuevas Juarez  
Jerry Davis  
Alan Deng  
Michael Enright  
Jessica Fielder  
Nancy Gerber 
Richard Gerber  
Melissa Hagan  
Nazmul Haque  
Shandy Hauk  
Zheng-Hui He  
Tina Herrera  
Esthelle Hoedt  
Dustin Holley  
Amy Hsu  
Hugh Hui  
Shahrukh Humayoun  
Shasta Ihorn  
Shyam Iyer 

 

 

Zhaoshuo Jiang 
Katie Kulha 
Bruce Manning 
Ornella Mattei 
Kenya Mejia 
Fjodor Melnikov 
Ellen Mills 
Alex Miłowski 
James Morris 
Devin Munoz 
Alexander Ngo 
Anthony Ogawa 
Andrew Oliphant 
Mitzy Porras 
Zhuwei Qin 
Kazi Rahman 
Joseph Ramahi 
Jan Randall 
Malori Redman 
Natalie Reeder 
Terry Reyes 
Alexander Saeboe  
Charli Sakari 
Eric Salgado 
Frederick Santana 
Alexander Schuster 
Steven Shia 
Alan Shimoide 
Michelle Sinapuelas 
Anisha Singh 
Amy Smith 
Jonathon Stillman 
Elias Tannous 
Taimoor Tariq 
Camilla Teng 
Beth Walters 
Qun Wang 
Nancy Wilkinson 
Jaclyn Wolf 
Chris Wright

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