Awardees
14th Annual Student Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities Conference (Past Awardees)
On March 7, 2026, over 200 student projects were showcased at the 14th Annual Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Conference at Cal Poly ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½. Congratulations to all RSCA Conference Student Presenters!
We would also like to aknowledge the faculty mentors, judges, moderators, and students who volunteered this day to make the event a success. The award announcements for the RSCA Conference are provided below.
RSCA Conference Exemplary Oral Presentations
Congratulations to the nine student projects that were recognized as exemplary by a panel of judges in their sessions. Each exemplary project will be nominated to represent Cal Poly ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ at the 40th Annual California State University Systemwide Student Research Competition to be hosted by San Jose State University on April 23-25, 2026.
Session OC1: Behavioral, Social Sciences, and Public Administration
Title: Inadequate Interpretation Services in Court Proceedings
Author: Ashley Orellana
Faculty Mentor: Elli Menounou
Session OC2: Behavioral, Social Sciences, & Public Administration, Creative Arts & Design
Title: The Impact of Immigration Age on Cultural Identity
Author: Mareen Riad
Faculty Mentor: Lori Barker
Session OC3: Humanities & Letters, Weglyn Social Justice
Title: Necropolitics & the Biases of the UNDRIP within Canada
Author: Amary Corona
Faculty Mentor: Marcos Scauso
Session OC3: Humanities & Letters, Weglyn Social Justice
Title: Paternalistic Power and Control: Clinton and Operation Restore Democracy
Author: Juliett Garcia
Faculty Mentor: Marcos Scauso
Session OC4: Biological and Agricultural Sciences
Title: EFFECT OF MAILLARD CONJUGATES VS. ELECTROSTATIC DEPOSITION ON THE FORMATION OF LUTEIN-ENRICHED EMULSIONS
Author: Jocelyne Argueta
Faculty Mentor: Gabriel Davidov-Pardo
Session OC5: Engineering and Computer Science
Title: BANSHEE UAV
Authors: Kai Arellano, Nathan Thompson, Kyle Sakuda, Sabah Abdelhameid, Jason Nicolson, Juan Bosque
Faculty Mentors: Steven Dobbs , Zhen Yu
Session OC6: Engineering and Computer Science
Title: Sensorless Brushed DC Motor PID Speed Control System in Verilog
Author: Ryan Lui
Faculty Mentor: Mohamed El-Hadedy
Session OC7: Engineering and Computer Science
Title: Effects of Aluminizing Stainless Steels
Authors: Quentin Owens, Andreas Zimmermann, Jocasta Do, Jonathan Garcia, Alvaro Sanchez, Narek Teimourian
Faculty Mentor: Vilupanur Ravi
Session OC8: Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Title: Reduction of CO2 with with N-Hetercyclic Carbene Manganese Complexes
Author: Daena Cabral
Faculty Mentor: Chantal Stieber