LSAMP Undergraduate Research Scholars Program

How to Apply

Applications must include:

1. Your updated resume
2. A one-page research project proposal (see below for directions)
3. A one-half page motivation statement (see below for directions)
4. A letter or email of commitment from a Cal Poly faculty member
   (may be submitted separately)

Application materials should be submitted via email to lsamp@calpoly.edu.

Application deadline EXTENDED: Friday, March 22, 2024

**If you are not an LSAMP student but think you may be eligible, visit the Apply to LSAMP page to learn more! 

Summer 2023 Scholars (NSF Grant no. HD-1826490)

• Ryan Adams - Biomedical Engineering
  Research Title: Injectable 3D Vascular System Proposal
• Heather Burns – Mechanical Engineering
  Research Title: Understanding the Development of Sociotechnical Thinking in Engineering Design
• Yen Nguyen – Electrical Engineering
  Research Title: Multimode Wideband Spherical Dielectric Resonator Antennas for Modern Wireless Systems
• Diego Ortega – Environmental Earth and Soil Sciences
  Research Title: Global Sand Sample Characterization
• James Rounthwaite – Computer Science​​​​​​​
  Research Title: Phenom Detection for Summary Generation of Government Hearings
• Nathan Tran – Biomedical Engineering
  Research Title: Studying Functionality of Collateral Arteries after Arteriogenesis

Summer 2022 Scholars (NSF Grant no. HD-1826490)

• Ryan Adams - Biomedical Engineering
  Research Title: Injectable 3D Vascular System Proposal
• Jose Gonzalez – Mechanical Engineering
  Research Title: Temperature Modeling of the Cal Poly Gold Tree Solar Panels
• Made I. Rogers – Agricultural and Environmental Plant Sciences
  Research Title: Pollen deprivation studies to quantify the impacts of diet on butterfly biology
• Justin Self – Aerospace Engineering
  Research Title: Virtual Aperture Multispectral Imaging for Atmospheric Reentry Studies Using High-Altitude Reflective Arrays
• Nathan Tran – Biomedical Engineering
  Research Title: Studying Functionality of Collateral Arteries after Arteriogenesis
• Rachel Wright – Environmental Management and Protection
  Research Title: Impact of Grazing Removal on an Island Endemic Buckwheat
• Nicholas Zarate – Biological Sciences
  Research Title: De-novo genome and transcriptome assembly of Kelletia kelletii, the Kellet’s Whelk
   

Summer 2021 Scholars (NSF Grant no. HD-1826490)

• Ryan Adams - Biomedical Engineering
  Research Title: Injectable 3D Vascular System
• Maya Avendano – Environmental Management and Protection
  Research Title: The Extent of Implementation of Soil Ecological and Biological Knowledge in Restoration Ecology
• Bridget Mancillas – Nutrition
  Research Title: Assessing the San Luis Obispo Food System
• Oliver Parker – Mechanical Engineering  
  Research Title: Sensing Nanocomposites for Resisting and Detecting Spatially Distributed Impact Damage
• Hector Reyes – Agricultural Systems Management
  Research Title: Contextual variability in real-world neuroscience learning
• Made I. Roger – Agricultural and Environmental Plant Sciences
  Research Title: Riparian revegetation of San Luis Obispo farms for multiple benefits
• Sam Vila – Statistics
  Research Title: Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Cal Poly Students Through Statistical Design and Analysis
• Srirag Vuppala  – Computer Science
  Research Title: Modeling Mean Field Equations for Cardiac Tissue
   

Summer 2020 Scholars (NSF Grant no. HD-1826490)

• Amman F. Asfaw - B.S. + M.S. Electrical
  Research Title: The CAR (Confront, Address, Replace) Strategy
• Andres Elzaurdia – Mechanical Engineering
  Research Title: Design and Preliminary Testing of an Inverted Bottle Experiment
• Reymil Fernandez – B.S. + M.S. Electrical
  Research Title: Investigating Knee Loads Among Overweight and Obese Youth Population
• Sarah Miles – B.S. + M.S. CE & ENVE 
  Research Title: End-of-life Assessment of Sinclair Label Materials
  Phase II: Biodegradable under Home Compost and Landfill Conditions 
• Leo Navarro – Biological Sciences
  Research Title: The Effects of Anthropogenic Light and Sound on Insect Communities
• Mary Rose R. Ronquillo – Biological Sciences
  Research Title: Synthesis of Compounds Targeting TonB 
• Ada Tadeo – Biomedical Engineering
  Research Title: Using Functional Vasodilation to Determine Arteriogenesis Potential in Collateral Arteries
• Maetja Verbarendse  – Biomedical Engineering
  Research Title: Cal Poly’s Medicinal Chemistry Lab - Project CK2
   

Summer 2019 Scholars (NSF Grant no. HD-1826490)

• Rebeca Almeida – Public Health & Ethnics Studies
  Research Title: Mammographic Breast Density & Acculturation: Looking at Chinese Immigrants
• Juan Gonzalez – Electrical Engineering
  Research Title: Algae Biofuel Renewable Energy 
• Mia Pinedo – Biomedical Engineering 
  Research Title: Tissue on A Chip 
• Ada Tadeo – Biomedical Engineering
  Research Title: Microcirculation and Vascular Regeneration