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