Summer HS Internship Program (SHIP) 2013
General Information
The School of Science and Technology (SST) at SSU in partnership with Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE) has created a summer research internship program for Sonoma County high school juniors under the mentorship of SST faculty to stimulate interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) among high school students. The most talented and interested students from Sonoma County high schools are selected competitively. In addition to the $1000.00 stipend, these students are given opportunities to work on challenging projects, become familiar with excellent state-of-the art research and development facilities, university education environment and interact with the faculty as well as our students. These students then act as our ambassadors to relay the highlights of the School of Science and Technology to their classmates and friends, counselors, teachers, and principals during their senior year.
Project List
The Summer 2013 awardees and their respective schools, projects and faculty mentors are as follows. Official SHIP interns are marked with an asterisk; all other students were volunteers.
| Student + High School | Faculty Mentor(s) | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| * Jessica Garcia Roseland University Prep * Christopher O'Connor Healdsburg High School Kieran Bates Analy High School Dylan Johnson Casa Grande High School Dominik Martinez Casa Grande High School |
Dr. Lynn Cominsky Department of Physics and Astronomy; NASA E/PO Group Dr. Kevin McLin NASA E/PO Group |
Monitoring Active Galaxies with the GLAST Optical Robotic Telescope |
| * Carol Shi Maria Carrillo High School |
Dr. Joseph Lin Department of Biology |
Determining the subcellular localization of peroxiredoxin 1 using fluorescence microscopy |
| * Alex Hong Santa Rosa High School Cliff Tai Maria Carrillo High School |
Dr. B. Ravikumar Departments of Computer Science and Engineering Science |
Machine Learning Using EEG Data |
| * Shin Mei Chan Casa Grande High School |
Dr. Suzanne Rivoire Department of Computer Science |
Characterizing the Power Consumption of Supercomputing Applications |
| * Evan Barnell Montgomery High School |
Dr. Ali Kujoory Department of Engineering Science |
End-to-End Electronic Communication System |
| * Audrey Chan Pathways Charter School |
Dr. Jack Ou Department of Engineering Science |
Applications of Digital Signal Processing in Music |
| * Daniel Grubb Rancho Cotate High School |
Dr. Bülent Sökmen Department of Kinesiology |
Effects of Caffeine Intake on Muscle Fiber Recruitments, Muscle Strength, and Oxygen Consumption and Cycling Performance |
| * Axay Patel Cloverdale High School |
Elizabeth Giuliani Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Program Visualization Tools |
| * Diane Vivio Montgomery High School |
Dr. Martha Shott Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
Modeling Features of Traffic Flow at Regulated Intersections |
| * Esther Unti Healdsburg High School |
Dr. Hongtao Shi Department of Physics and Astronomy |
Fabrication and Characterization of MgxZn1-xO Thin Films |
Questions? Contact: Cory Oates (cory.oates@sonoma.edu or 707-664-2171) or Dr. Suzanne Rivoire (suzanne.rivoire@sonoma.edu or 707-664-3337).