The 5th Annual Research and Service Leadership Symposium

9:30

RSLS Opening Ceremony

Welcome

Allison Herman & Michael McCusker, RSLS Coordinators

President’s Address

Foothill President Bernadine Chuck Fong

Keynote Address: "Finding Your Voice, Finding Community"

Jamila Wignot, Documentary Filmmaker, Director of Ailey

Event Launch & Instructions

RSLS Team

10-6

Art Gallery

The student Art Gallery
is open all day

Viewer's Choice Award

VOTE for the project with the greatest impact in the new Viewer's Choice Award.

On Campus Events

On the Foothill College Campus during the RSLS? Check out the list of activities and campus maps!

10:00

Foothill (virtual)

Spanish Language & Non-binary Pronouns presented by Litzi Carera
Earth Data Visualization Using NASA’s Web WorldWind SDK presented by Disha Shidham
Diversity, Inclusion and the Economics of the Labor Market presented by Ranjan
How to Exercise to Live Longer presented by Ethan Simeon

Ohlone (virtual)

Dental Health Education Program for Asian Geriatric Population presented by Duyen Huynh, ZhaoJun Lin, Zijia He, Nahal Ershaghi & Michelle Luong
The After School Dental Experts presented by Betty Vu, Brina Dimas, Luan Nguyen & Calvin Lom
Radiation Safety: Healthcare Should Know Better! presented by Haley Sugimoto, Brett Johnson & Josefina Murrar
Scrub Your Scrubs presented by Stephanie Sunshine Valencia, Roselia Guardado & Michael Dobson
The Burnout Crisis and Potential Physician Shortage presented by Cameron Lau

Owl (virtual)

Captivating Classics and Celebrated Composers: A Song from Each Era of Classical Music presented by Baylie Jett Mills
Picture Perfect: Women's Body Standards presented by Jasmine Rose Marin, Annika Abad & Amy Leons
Photoshop for Photographers Portfolios Winter 2022 presented by Erica Becker, Peggy Marik, Holly Crower & Kathy Franceschini
Desolate Dreamstate presented by Katherine Pham-Huynh

11:00

Foothill (virtual)

Synthesis of a Noncovalently Bonded Soft Material presented by Elias Vlastos
Teach Computers Organic Chemistry presented by Junyue Lin, Daniel Chavez & Vivian Truong
Generation and validation of an inducible CSF1R knockout mouse presented by Hailie Le
The Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Pediatrics presented by Sadaf Tasawar, Ezie Andrade & Isabelle Lefebvre
Copper Depletion for the Treatment of Cancer presented by Natalia Franchuk

Ohlone (virtual)

I Can't Learn This Way! An Investigation into the Factors that Go Into Choosing Academic Courses presented by Elizabeth Nguyen, Maddison Gubser & Abigail Manalese
Autism, The Important Disorder presented by Uriel Jr. Hernandez
Foothill's Family Engagement Institute presented by Pedro Ruiz
Nicotine Use Among Adolescent and Impact on Educational Performance presented by Giovanni Talledos Sanchez & Larry Luviano Hernandez
The Gay Agenda: Creating LGBTQ+ Spaces on Campus presented by Amy Shannon, Jillian Marie Baile & Senja Johnson

Owl (virutal

How America’s Bail System Rejects the Principle of Innocent Until Proven Guilty presented by Lia
The Clever Captive: The Importance of the Captivity Narrative and a Revised Version of Mary Rowlandson’s Narrative presented by Baylie Jett Mills
Detention Centers Exposed presented by Sonia Hernandez & Noelia Guzman
Is it really getting better? The factors affecting modern-day segregation in our local communities presented by J. Carlos López

12:00

Foothill (virtual)

Post Mortem Computed Tomography in Disaster Victim Identification presented by Abigail Lotten, Alexander Young & Esmeralda Morales Velasco
F2 Fast 2 Injurious: Ergonomics and Repetitive Stress Injury Among Imaging Professionals presented by Brittany Wong, Erik Johnsgard & Hai Ly
The Value of Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) presented by Anna Tran, Javier Almaguer & Alyssa Basurto
Where the Wild Things Grow? ...Or No? - An Experiment on Pathogenic Bacterial Growth on Portable X-Ray Machines in Hospitals presented by Antonia Nguyen, Jaden Labra & Kate Rygiel

Ohlone (virtual)

To Break Dreamland: A Poetry Reading presented by Sophia Falco
Queer Artistic Expression in the Renaissance presented by Elizabeth Johnson
Marvels On and Off the Playing Field: Muslim Athletes in Professional Sports presented by Adam Hashmi
The Ideologies of the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks During the Russian Revolution presented by Alexandra Sasha Volos
Dynamics of Parabolic Flight - And Passenger Perceptions presented by Jack Collins

Owl (virtual)

3D Structure Protein Analysis of COVID-19 presented by Hyeonseok Choi, Catelina Nguyen, Yin Xiang, Ethan Mathieu Mouloudj & Cameron Lau
VADAR: Vortex Array Detection And Ranging: Novel sensing and communications using orbital angular momentum of electromagnetic waves presented by Roy Gross
An evaluation of the state-of-the-art testing algorithms for Android mobile applications presented by Arul Mathur
Search for Habitable Stellar Environments in Kepler Objects of Interest Systems presented by Justin Hou & Amanda Hao
Imaging in Hip Arthroplasty presented by Laura Depue, Danny Chiu and Sara Zhu

1:00

Foothill (virtual)

The Guatemala Teacher Corps Experience presented by Kaitlyn Khoe, Jayme Albritton, Sarai Angel, & Arielle Seepersad
Veteran Dental Health Education Program presented by Jerika Hipolito, Michaela Santos, Stephanie Sherry, Sheena Dela Cruz & Aaliyah James
Steps2College presented by Sarika M Lakhani, & Adele Davis
Ocean Plastic Products: Repurposing Plastic from the Ocean presented by Lucas Bouguet & Blake Snyder
Equity in Foothill STEM: Influence of Demographic Characteristics on Course Enrollment and Success Rates presented by Leo Kim, Madhav Varshney, Alexandra Sugatan, Michael Owens & Wonseok Choi

Ohlone (virtual)

Fictional Representations of the Mind in Jane Austen's Novels presented by Vandana Ravi
The Teal Butterfly Project- A peer listening curriculum for high school/middle school students presented by Niki Sorensenpresented by Katie Hines, Allegra Tachner & Justin Song
Educating Teenagers on Intimate Partner Violence presented by Lucy Luo, Kat Shabarshina & Bill Lee
Illusion to Enlightenment: Shining a Pink Spotlight on Breast Cancer presented by Theresa Godines
Mind Body Connection: Link between Mental Health and Food presented by Shirley Song

Owl (virtual)

Owl Council on Foreign Relations: Educating the Community on Global Affairs presented by Alexandra Sasha Volos
Community Corners: Quilting Together Stories of Our Unhoused Neighbors presented by Kyra Xue, Amita Ganesh, Cristos Fitzwilliam & Matthew Grupenhoff
Regaining Hegemony: How America Should Respond to the RCEP presented by Elia Ching
Optimizing a Novel Inhibitor for Cdc14 in Magnaporthe Oryzae presented by Charis Ching

2:00

Foothill (virtual)

The Little Known Truth Behind the Connection Between Folic Acid and Depression: A Research Project on the Negative Effect Low Folate Levels Have on Depression presented by Yazmin Tilly
Opinions on Healthcare Among Foothill-De Anza Community College Students presented by Luqman Saib
Behavioral responses of spotted hyenas to interspecific competition presented by Amanda Antonelli dos Santos
Exposure to Untrustworthy Websites in the 2020 US Election presented by Musaab Farooqui
Burnout in a Work-From-Home Sample presented by Farhana Tabassoom

Ohlone (virtual)

COVID-19 policies in Jails: Science Communication & Policy Brief presented by Corinne Ladinez
Sexism in Gaming: Perspectives From Victims of Harassment presented by Kelsey Yeh
Will basic income become basic in the future? presented by Jongmoon Kim
On Gendered Racism and Asian American Mental Health presented by Elizabeth Nguyen & Danny Nguyen

Owl (virtual)

Autonomous Vehicle Tracking using Radars and Kalman Filters presented by Gerardo R Padilla Jr
Finding Physics Project: The 3 Point Shot presented by Dylon Moala
Mitochondrial Health of Mesenchymal Stem Cells presented by Momo Hlaing
Invisible Littering: Exploring Littering on Foothill Campus presented by Refia Aisha Ergelen

3:00

Foothill (virtual)

The Oral Health Promotion and Smoking Cessation Program presented by Doris Lin, Rochelle Galman, Lang Lang & Stacy Hou
Healthy Smiles for Latino Children: An Oral Health Knowledge and Literacy Education Program on Early Childhood Caries for Latino Mothers presented by Eric Tan, Wonyoung Bang, Chunlan Chen, Sally Deng & Allison Der
Development of Cell Culture Techniques to Study Cancer Inhibition presented by Kirsten Takeshima & Steven Tran
Complex PTSD - A Biopsychology Perspective presented by Farhana Tabassoom

Ohlone (virtual)

How Roman Architecture and City Planning Is Still Used Today presented by Jack Cole Perry
Frank LaPena: Converging Art, Ancestry, and Identity for California Native Americans presented by Ethan H. Kim
Confronting Anthropology’s Dark Past: Native American Osteo-Reparation in Bay Area Higher Education Institutions presented by Letizia Pastorepresented by Alekos Kapur & Saintra Thai
Bridging the Gap Between the Sciences and the Arts: Greek Architecture/Sculpture and its correlation to the Golden Ratio presented by Darya Kiryashova
Seeds for Our Future: Reviving the Garden Beds at Fletcher Middle School presented by Shira Goldhaber-Gordon

Owl (virtual)

Introducing 8th Graders to the High School Experience presented by Anna Toksvig, Cameryn Holtman & Zoë Wiederhold
Ate (Ah-Teh) presented by Kirsten Real
Palo Alto Youth Mentorship Initiative presented by Nico Ross & Whitley Smith
An Insider’s Guide to Foothill College and the Surrounding Communities of the South Bay and Peninsula presented by Disha Shidham, Annamarie Hernandez, Amy Shannon, Fiona McMahon & Austin Perry
Analysis of the Barriers to Girls' Education presented by Michael X, Shaan Fulton & Chamu Palanappian

4:00

Foothill (virtual)

Characterizing Oxygen Depletion in FLASH - Finding Lifetimes of Phosphorescence Decays with Automation presented by Xuanwei Liang
Imprint: A Film presented by Anna Maria Mojo
Urban Monarch Butterfly Habitat presented by Heather Madison
Interactive Art & Classical Sculpture presented by Skye Bridges
Exploring the Digital Humanities: Augmenting Literary Analysis with Natural Language Processing presented by Madhav Varshney

Ohlone (virtual)

Inspiring Young Women in STEM presented by Sydney Tomaneng & Venicia Massey
Cafeteria Recipe Interventions to Increase Nutrition Quality and Inclusivity in Fremont Union High School District (FUHSD) Teens presented by June Wang & Vy Pham
Bridging the gap of personal understanding between students and school resource officers within the Fremont Union High School District presented by Riya Ranjan
Examining the Value of Peer Tutoring presented by Lorenzo Marconcini, Adam Hashmi, Eirene Li, Viktoria Kremsl & Sydney Tomaneng
Community College Boards: What Does The Shift to Trustee Area Elections Mean for Equitable Representation? presented by Kerri Ryer & Alexis Aguilar

Owl (virtual)

Investigating the susceptibility to believing misinformation through behavioral factors presented by Jasmine Wang & Sally Liao
Human Psychology and Sustainable Change: How Cognitive Biases Affect Our Perspectives and Behavior on Environmental Issues presented by Amanda Yun
Disease Preventive and Economic Effectiveness of Point-of-Care Testing presented by Roy Jeong
Reverse engineering from kinematics to impacts: deduce the impact direction and velocity based on wearable sensor measurement presented by Daisy Fragoso
Health information on Tiktok: Misinformation, Dissemination, and Commiseration presented by Sarah de Vegvar

5:00

Foothill (virtual)

Elucidating the Intermolecular Interactions in Deep Eutectic Solvents presented by Nhu Dao
Random Walk in Applied Physics presented by Erik Mercado
Enhance Sensor Compatibility for a Custom Arduino-Based Datalogger presented by Jasmin Ramos
Pool Table Physics: Rolling Friction presented by Chris Yang
Building Chemistry Bridges presented by Allison Kuan & Cameron Lau

Ohlone (virtual)

Celebrating a Decade of Medical & Dental Brigades presented by Meli Renteria & Anna Jackson
Putin: The Modern Trickster presented by Nicholas Martinez
Climate Justice is Racial Justice: The Implications of Race on Environmental Hazards presented by Keola Asing, Elizabeth Nguyen & Madi Gubser
Showing Love to Vulnerable Persons presented by Mapala
The Neural Network: Empowering and Educating the Future presented by Alexandra Sugatan

Owl (virtual): Special Session

Green spaces: a window into health equity presented by Justin Greene
Sustainable Student Housing presented by Julia Rapoza, Alisa Mack, Jesus Torres, Josue Ventura & Florio Ertl
Bay Area Shore Superfund Sites and Sea Level Rise presented by Heather Madison
Intersection of Environment, Nature, and People in Early American Literature presented by Cheri Pearson
Ground Cover, Ground Squirrels, Water & Carbon presented by Julia Rapoza, Jorn Koh & Yuvan Sharma

7:00

Awards Ceremony

Musical Guest

Foothill Beats

Ceremony Opening & Gratitude

Allison Herman & Michael McCusker, RSLS Coordinators

RSLS Reflections

Foothill Interim President, Bernadine Chuck Fong

Viewers’ Choice Award

Laura Gamez, Foothill Equity Librarian

Judges’ Award

Judges Panel Members

Closing Remarks

RSLS Team