The 6th Annual Research and Service Leadership Symposium

9:30

RSLS Opening Ceremony

Welcome

Allison Herman & Michael McCusker, RSLS Coordinators

President’s Address

Foothill President Dr. Kristine Whalen

Keynote Address: "Pandemic as Portal"

Dr. Camilla Hawthorne, UC Santa Cruz, Sociology

Event Launch & Instructions

RSLS Team

10-6

Poster Sessions 12-1

Poster Session & Art Gallery in the Dining Hall: 12:00-1:00PM

Viewer's Choice Award

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

Event Guide

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10:00

Altos

Mapping Census Data with ArcGIS Online: A Beginner’s Guide presented by Alexis Aguilar
A Tutoring Perspective: ChatGPT and AI as Supplements to College Level Writing presented by Jeffery Thomas, U.D. Kitta, Eirene Li & Aileen Kamgarhaghighi
Less is More: How Frame Rate in Animation is Used for Storytelling ft. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish presented by Nicholas Jean
Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot: How Lighting and Color Manipulate Character presented by Mansi Mistry
Crocheting Toward Compassionate Care: A Creative Approach to Recognizing and Removing Bias from the Medical System presented by Anuka Dhir

Council Chambers

Stock Trading Using Artificial Intelligence presented by Benjamin Le
Archaeology to Archives to Archaeology Again: A Pathfinder Effort for Potential Future Collaborations between Hidden Villa & Foothill College presented by Eric Flint
Measuring the Size of a Prehistoric Civilization's Economy presented by Robert Lensch
Operation: Fluoridation presented by Steve Petersen, Nicole Jeffery & Zhen Yang

Hearthside

Impact of Pesticide Exposure on ALDH2 Activity presented by Jason Sias
Variable Star Simulation for Astro-Education presented by Jayden Ramirez
Systems and Methods of Immunological Research: Integrating Genetics and Green Tea Polyphenols presented by Jazelle Rose Flores
Say No Way to Tooth Decay presented by Emily Kong, Ann Marie Talento, Nilo Mohmand & Deion Dela Paz
Cell Migration in Glioblastoma Tumors Using CRISPR Technology presented by Elliot Grant

11:00

Altos

Reawakening Foothill's Garden: Restoring the Native Plant Habitat presented by Ethan Simeon, Cameron Lau, Yin Xiang, Ayaka Sonehara & Gina Hua
Investigate the Optimal Number of Pulsed-Focused Ultrasound Stimulation to Increase the Release of Extracellular Vesicles From Stem Cells: Bringing Hope in the Fight Against Type-1 Diabetes presented by Krizza Shae C Millare
PRICE: Developing a flexible and scalable software for rapid protein recovery from large sequencing datasets presented by Louise Nguyen
How do misconceptions about the science behind addiction inhibit drug users from recovery? presented by Kellyn Scheel

Council Chambers

Is Being an Introvert a Disadvantage to Well-Being?: The Challenges Introverts Can Face and Solutions for Self-Acceptance presented by Wakana Matsumoto
In Their Own Words: Students’ Perspectives About The Factors Affecting Modern-Day Segregation In Our Local Communities presented by Juan "Carlos" Lopez
What Does it Take to Support Students of ALL Backgrounds to Succeed in STEM at Foothill? presented by Trisha Nguyen, Fatima Sanchez, Hooseok Lee, & Elena Halstead
The Geriatric Population’s Access to Oral Health Care presented by Alysha Di Ramos, Amanda Park, Nhi Doan & Vivian Quach
What types of barriers do women in law enforcement face, and what are the most effective ways to combat them within the existing institutional structures? presented by Anna Wingard

Hearthside

TikTok Memory Challenge: Exploring the Link Between TikTok and Memory Retentionpresented by Yash Shahani
Takashi Murakami and His SuperSales: Has Blending The Lines Between Consumer Products and Fine Art Created A New Buyer? presented by Holly Ricci
The Symbolism of Japanese Traditional Tattoos and Art presented by John Emsun
Oral Health Disparities in Low Income Children presented by Samantha Dacanay, Sandra Chen, Angela Hoang & Maira Martinez
Changes Effective Environmental Educational Programs Due to the Presence of COVID-19 presented by Molly O.

12:00

Altos

Asian Mental Health: How do we create effective mental health resources? presented by Eunchae Hong
Mental Health Outcome Prediction among Youth: Comparing the Accuracy of Logistic Regression and Neural Network Models presented by Avi Verma
The Mental Health Access Gap in Bay Area Middle Schools presented by Julia Maecker (former lead: Sophia Tilghman)
Support for Survivors presented by Sophia Turean & Annabel Honigstein

Council Chambers

Solving the Corruption within FIFA presented by Asher Friedman
Highschool Sports Participation Rates Effect on Suspension Rates in Santa Clara County presented by Charlie Miller
Successful Solutions Of Trafficking For Young Women And Girls To Be Applied To Places Impacted By Trafficking presented by Kaila Chun
The Civic Engagement and Education Project: Voting Education for High School Students presented by Elizabeth Jackson
2023 Foothill Teacher Corps presented by Michelle Nguyen, Noelia Guzman, Seymour Keola Asing & David Kim

Hearthside

Public health approach in preventing dental decay for low- income children presented by Gia Hoang, Natalie Dinh, Virginia Ramirez, Truc Nguyen & Ngoc Nguyen
The challenges and opportunities for students who participate in the Voluntary Transfer Program presented by Oliver Marburg
A Study on the Effectiveness of Different Conservation Strategies on the Leopard Shark Population presented by Nicholas Balboa Iribarren
BEEP (Bus Electrification Environmental Proposal) presented by Theo Waltuch, Maya Perkash & Antonia Minion

1:00

Altos

Building Bridges Across Language Barriers: Using Linguistic Similarity to Empower Low-Resource NLP presented by Arjun Rewari & Phoenix Wilson
Color Grading and Culture in Contemporary Philippine Cinema presented by Joaquin Arig
Alzheimers Disease: The Scientific, Psychological, and Behavioral Approach presented by Fakhrunnesa Samim, Jennie Zhou, Lotus Lee, Neha Patel & Ava Sarab
Iran's Web of Conflict presented by Sara (Tita) Nikravesh
The Monster Society Made: A Creative Exploration Into The History And Representation Of Queer Society presented by Catherine Stewart

Council Chambers

Women In STEM's Child Care Project presented by Alisha Sinha, Dr. Araceli Castillo-Sánchez & Marichuy Fonseca
The Physics Show: Foothill College’s educational outreach project presented by Nitya Kashyap
Researching the best metrics to build a science identity to recruit more first-gen/low-income students to pursue careers in science presented by Gabriela Cruz Sanchez & Esmeralda Garcia
The Sunflower Sprout presented by Addison Otto
Hort Supports Hort: The Creation and Maintenance of the Foothill Horticulture Department Community presented by Gabe Shain

Hearthside

Does CPAP improve mood in obstructive sleep apnea? Investigating PAP-treated Apnea-Hypopnea Index versus subjective mood using a bipolar mood scale by Danny Nguyen
Optimizing the Creation of Ghostly Spinach Leaves presented by Yin Xiang, Ethan Simeon, Nathan Le & Gina Hua
Immersive Learning: Enhancing Classroom Education with Virtual Reality Uriel "Yuri" Valencia
It hurts to breathe: a political & personal novella presented by Jharna Sutaria
If My Hands Were Birds: A poem presented by Sophia Falco

2:00

Altos

Medical Grade Honey: A Counter to Antibiotic Resistance? presented by Gina Hua
Modeling and Comparison of Solutions to Renewable-Caused Electric Grid Instability presented by Patrick Xue
IUU Fishing in Indonesia presented by Caroline Mostofizadeh

Council Chambers

Mental training’s impact on golfers’ performance presented by Joshua Wang
The Effects of Media Representation on Wage and Athletic Success presented by Cameron Toland Yeh
Inspiring Prospective Nurses: A Guide to Transferring to UC/CSU Nursing Schools as a Community College Student presented by Megan Nim
2023 Foothill Teacher Corps presented by Michelle Nguyen, Noelia Guzman, Seymour Keola Asing & David Kim

Hearthside

How a Circular Business Model in the Eyewear Industry Impacts People’s Eyewear Disposal Habits presented by Brooke Threlkeld
Decreasing the Enrollment Gender Gap in Computer Science Classes at a Silicon Valley Public High School presented by Alina Lari
Effect of High School Math skills on the Types of Professions presented by Brandon Yea
The consequences of environmental and artificial Ultraviolet radiation exposure on the epidermis increases the risk of Basal Cell Carcinoma presented by Dana Kim

3:00

Altos

The Personalized Accessible College Tutors Project presented by Angelina Rosh, Lise Desveaux & Danny Cox
Building Relationships Between English Learning Students and English Speaking Students At a High School In Silicon Valley presented by Parker Vale & Elizabeth Gehring
Female artists during the Renaissance and how they are overlooked present day presented by Juliet Young
Differences in indie and corporate game development processes presented by Megan Ho
How has Chinese higher education development since the 1990s affected national education quality and equality? presented by Bryan Xiao

Council Chambers

Automated Segmentation and Measurement of Aortic Aneurysms in Computed Tomography Angiography Using Deep Learning presented by Adrit Rao
Improving General Health Education for Elementary School Students presented by Caitlin Ginn & Anika Thapar
Improving Mental Health for Youth Through Collaborative Art and Community Building presented by Nishi Goyal
Improving students self reliance through cooking classes and food education presented by Quinn Sarrazin
The Effect of Oversexualization of Female Video Game Characters on Youth presented by Marissa Tang

Hearthside

No presenters

4:00

Altos

Examining STEAM Education: Its Role in Repairing the Persistent Gender Divide in STEM presented by Nicole Nguyen, Lucia Chen, Jonathan Nguyen & Allison Dayton
Title: The landscape of childcare in California and the role of family child care providers Subtitle: To empower and equip family childcare providers to deliver high-quality care while running their small businesses. presented by Shaista Soroya
Ethnic Identity Priming: Effects on AAPI Students’ Mental Health Attitudes presented by Eirene Li & Leo Kim
From the Blocks to the Charts: Tracing the Evolution of Hip Hop, Mainstream Messages, and Role in Advocating Social Justice through Music presented by Rohan Panchal
The impacts of climate change on children's cognitive development and education, emotional wellbeing, and physical development presented by Katherine Stein

Council Chambers

Forced Sterilization and the Legacy of Racism in Reproductive Healthcare presented by Seymour Keola Asing
Analyzing the predictive power of kinematics factors in predicting force and conditions of head impacts presented by Daisy Fragoso
What is Happening With the Class of 2023: Males are using drugs and alcohol twice as often than women at Palo Alto High School presented by McKenna
Kids With Domesticated Animals presented by Kristy Rueff
Marsh Bird Observational Study to Determine Effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas presented by Ashley Seow

Hearthside

No presenters

7:00

Awards Ceremony

Musical Guests

Foothill Beats & Oneself DaVinci

Ceremony Opening & Gratitude

Allison Herman & Michael McCusker, RSLS Coordinators

RSLS Reflections

Foothill President, Kristina Whalen

Viewers’ Choice Award

Laura Gamez, Foothill Equity Librarian

Judges’ Award

Judges Panel Members

Closing Remarks

RSLS Team