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Cal Poly had two first-prize winners among its ten entries
at the 22nd Annual California State University Student Research
Competition, held on May 2 and 3 at CSU East Bay. The Cal Poly students were among nearly 200 students from
22 campuses who took part in this year’s competition. The students’ research and
creative work was judged by scientists, academics and other professionals from
outside the CSU. Biochemistry major Daniel Le, from San Jose, California,
took first prize in the undergraduate physical and mathematical sciences
division for his report on kinetic investigations of a radical-based methodology
for carbocycle ring expansion. Daniel Le Mechanical engineering major Chi-Yeh Hsu, originally from
Taiwan and now residing in Mountain View, California, and electrical engineering
major Xian Wang, from Pleasant Hill, California, won first prize in the
undergraduate engineering and computer science division for their design of a
light-weight, mobile, free-space optical communication system. Chi-Yeh Hsu and Xian Wang Also representing Cal Poly in the competition were:
physics / electrical engineering undergraduate student Eric Albin; chemistry /
polymers and coatings graduate student Eric Appel; aerospace engineering
undergraduate student Brian Butler; animal science graduate student Carrie
Kimmell; microbiology undergraduate student Evan Markegard; biological sciences
graduate student Gloeta Massie; dairy products technology graduate student
Elizabeth Ng; and English undergraduate student David Schwartz. All participants were first
nominated by their respective colleges, and then selected in a preliminary
competition at Cal Poly. Final competitors submitted written papers and made
oral presentations to juries of experts from major California corporations,
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Last Updated: May 2008