2021-2022 King Scholars
Using Hands-on Learning to Engage in Physics at an Early Age
Jon Smart ’23, Alex Spinn ’22, Emily Ely ’22, Cade Thompson ’24, Katie Rosenkrantz ’22, Domenic Cordova ’23, Vallan Kouragian ’22
Dr. Steve Alexander
Are You Stressed or Are You Hungry?: A Cortisol Study Under Stress Versus Hunger Stimulus
Shelby Wilhite ’22 Dr. Ed Merritt, Dr. Scott McLean
A Gaze into the Past: A Look into Midwifery and Obstetrics in Early 20th Century Mexico City
Saul Zuniga ’22 Advisor: Dr. Jethro Hernandez-Berrones
A Garden Where I Found Myself, and I Found You: An Immersive Art Installation
Ila Dannelley ’22 Advisor: Dr. Ron Geibel
2020-2021 King Scholars
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2019-2020 King Scholars
Using Hands-on Learning to Engage in Physics at an Early Age
Christina Nissen ’20, Jon Smart ’23, and Audrey Colegrove ’21
Advisor: Pooja Shrestha, Coordinator of First-Year Physics Labs
Using AI to Sort Recycled Matrials
Claire Harding ’20 and Cameron Henkel ’21
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
Thermoacoustic Energy Generation
Michael May ’20 and Hayden Smith ’20
Advisors: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics and Lee Fellows, Coordinator of Science Facilities and Equipment
Stars Among Us
Claire Harding ’20, Emma Harting ’21, Shea Henry ’21, and Sarah Friday ’21
Advisor: Mark Bottorff, Associate Professor of Physics
Reconstruction and Structural Design of a Scaled-down Historic Swedish Langskip
Colton Creasey ’21
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
PVC Instruments
Katie Rosenkrantz ’22 and Max Schein ’22
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
“Impact”: a sculptural mixed media performance presentation
Hannah Mitchell ’22, Ila Dannelley ’22 , Lily Loose ’22, Calie Bell ’22, Paisley Humpert ’22, and Madison Mintline Wisniewski ’22
Advisor: Mary Visser, Professor of Art
Food Delivery Robot
Christine Gutierrez ’20, Sara Boyd ’20, Kirby Steckel ’21, and Joseph Roybal ’21
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
Finding Beauty in Disease
Sebastian Somolinos ’20, Karen Rativa ’20, Luis Ramirez ’21, and Vicente Lopez ’20
Advisor: Stacie Brown, Director of First Year Biology Laboratories
Exploring Relationships: The Art of Science
Lauren Muskara ’20
Awarded: KCF Walt Potter Award 2019-2020
Advisor: Victoria Star Varner, Professor of Art
Combined Desktop Computer Input Device for Limited Visibility Applications
Aris Wells ’20
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
Children’s Literature and Nutrition Education in Low Socioeconomic Status Communities
Emma Astad ’21
Advisor: Maria Todd, Professor of Biology
Automated Ice Bag Maker
Madison Delmer ’21 and Mercedes González ’21
Advisors: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics and Debika Sihi, Associate Professor of Economics and Business
2018-2019 King Scholars
Human Frontiers Towards 3D Printable Prosthetics
Saarah Cantú ’19
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
SU Radio App
Cameron Henkel ’21, Colin Scruggs ’19
Advisor: Barbara Anthony, Associate Professor of Computer Science
San Gabriel River Research
Scout Gockel ’22, Nicole Rajtak ’22
Advisor: Rebecca Edwards, Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering, Stacie Brown, Director of First-Year Biology Laboratories, and Willis Weigand, Director of General Chemistry Labs
Ocean Energy Conversion: Electrical Energy Conversion and Desalination
Michael May ’20, Justin McCormack ’20, Hayden Smith ’20, Kyle Howard ’20
Advisors: Lee Fellows, Coordinator of Science Facilities and Equipment and Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
Minimizing Mouse Friction to Reduce Fatigue and Improve Response Times
Aris Wells ’20
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
Interpreting the Fourth Dimension Through Ceramics
Jacob Jimerson ’20, Aiden Steinle ’20
Advisors: Fumiko Futamura, Professor of Mathematics, Ron Geibel, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, and Melanie Hoag, Instructional Technologist
GoGeo Improvement
Claire Harding ’20, Madison Godleski ’19
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
Flex Controlled Wheelchair
Claire Harding ’20, Sara Boyd ’20, Cameron Henkel ’21
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
Electromagnetic Accelerator
Ty Stubbs ’19, William “Chris” Crawford ’20
Advisor: Steve Alexander, Professor of Physics
Determining Analyte Through NMR and IR Spectroscopy Software
Elijah Ballesteros ’21, Ethan Iverson ’21, Theo Perisic ’21, Luis Ramirez ’21
Advisor: Michael Gesinski, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Bringing Global Awareness to Antibiotic Resistance Through “Lecture in a Box”
Sebastian Somolinos ’20, Alexis Dimanche ’20,
Dean Dulthummon ’20, Karen Rativa ’20
Awarded: KCF Walt Potter Ward 2018-2019
Advisor: Stacie Brown, Director of First Year Biology Laboratories
Bias in Machine Learning
Elyssa Sliheet ’19, Will Price ’19
Advisor: Jacob Schrum, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
2017-2018 King Scholars
Exploring the Figure Through Fractals
Sophia Anthony
Awarded: KCF Walt Potter Award 2017-2018
Advisor: Victoria Star Varner
You Say You Wanna Gloss With Us: Encountering the Bodies of Communication by Translating Music for Deaf Audiences
Audrey Davis
Advisor: Alicia Moore
Dynamic Video and Facial Recogniation Through a Raspberry Pi and Arduino
Yash Gandhi
Advisor: Steve Alexander
Cryptocurrency Mining
Devon Fulcher, Alexander Hoffman, Bobby Garza, Stan Kannegieter
Advisor: Chad Stolper
Bound: Art as a Locus of Social Justice and Environmental Activism
Elena Gonzalez
Advisor: Victoria Star Varner
Automated Bacterial Counter Through Image Processing
Alexis Dimanche, Elyssa Sliheet, Sebastian Somolinos
Advisors: Dr. Rebecca Edwards and Dr. Steve Alexander
