The Houston-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation
program is funded, in part, by the National Science Foundation.
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Direct.
Connect.
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Suleima Alkusari
Major: industrial engineering
Minor: technology
Faculty mentor: Dr. Clara Novoa
CLC Tutor: engineering, technology,
physics
Spring ‘10 Conference:
Society for Women in Engineering, Fort
Worth TX
Career goals: graduate school,
architectural engineering
Hometown: Kyle, Texas
Shelter Anyama
Major: biology
Minor: chemistry
Faculty mentor: Dr. Noland Martin
Spring ‘10 Scholar Project:
MCAT Prep Course
Career goal: physician
Hometown: Stafford, Texas
Sherille Bradley
Major: microbiology
Minor: chemistry
Faculty mentor: Dr. Robert McLean
Spring ‘10 Research Project:
Basic Research Techniques in
Microbiology - Research Supervisor:
Dr. Robert McLean, Biology
Spring ‘10 Conference:
ASM Texas Section Meeting
Career goals: graduate school, cancer
research
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Inspiration: “My inspiration is my desire to
do something great that will impact the
world in a positive way.”
Sara Camacho
Majors: manufacturing engineering &
applied mathematics
Faculty mentors: Dr. Raghav Pandey &
Dr. Bahram Asiabanpour
CLC Tutor: mathematics, engineering
Spring ‘10 Conferences:
Society for Women in Engineering, Fort
Worth TX; Women in Science and
Engineering Conference (TX State)
Career goal: engineering design
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Inspiration: “Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow,
not some more convenient season. It is today that our best
work can be done and not some future day or future year. It
is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of
tomorrow. Today is the seed time, now are the hours of work,
and tomorrow comes the harvest and the playtime.”
~ W.E.B. Du Bois
Miguel Cazares
Major: computer science
Minor: mathematics
Faculty mentor: Dr. Roger Priebe
CLC Tutor: computer science,
mathematics
Spring ‘10 Research Project:
Web Application for Texas State
University Building to Building Walking
Times - Research Supervisor: Dr. Mark
McKenney, Computer Science
Career goal: CS industry, graduate
school
Hometown: Del Rio, Texas
Brittany Charlton
Major: microbiology
Minor: biochemistry
Faculty mentor: Dr. Carolyn Pessthy
Spring ‘10 Conferences:
UTMB (Galveston) Annual Pre-med
Conference; Women in Science and
Engineering Conference (TX State)
Career goal: physician
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Shelby Dumas
Major: electrical engineering
Minor: mathematics
Faculty mentor:
Dr. Robert Habingreither
Spring ‘10 Scholar Project:
IEEE Science Student Organization,
Robotics Project
Career goal: electrical engineer
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Amanda Duran
Major: biochemistry
Minor: psychology
Faculty mentor: Dr. Reiko Graham
CLC Tutor: biology, chemistry
Spring ‘10 Research Project:
“Effect of N-acylhomoserine lactonase on
competitive formation of biofilms in
Escherichia Coli and Pseudomonas
aeruginosa” - Research Supervisor:
Dr. Robert McLean, Biology
Spring ‘10 conference:
Women in Science & Engineering (TX
State)
Career goal: graduate school, PhD
Hometown: Buda, Texas
Juan Gonzalez
Major: computer science
Minors: mathematics and business
administration
Faculty mentor: Dr. Byron Gao
CLC Tutor: computer science,
mathematics
Spring ‘10 Research Projects:
Web Application for Texas State
University Building to Building Walking
Times - Research Supervisor: Dr. Mark
McKenney, Computer Science; IEEE
Science Student Organization, Robotics
Project
Career goal: CS industry, graduate
school
Hometown: McAllen, Texas
Alejandro Herrera
Major: manufacturing engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jitendra Tate
CLC Tutor: engineering, mathematics,
physics
Spring ‘10 Research Project:
“Nano-Modified Soy-Based
Polyurethane/E-Glass Composites “
Research Supervisor: Dr. Jitendra Tate,
Ingram School of Engineering
Spring ‘10 Conference:
Society for the Advancement of Material
and Process Engineering National
Conference
Career goal: engineer
Hometown: San Marcos, Texas
Kyle Hughes
Major: geography-resource and
environmental studies
Minor: biology
Faculty mentor: Mr. Mark Carter
CLC Tutor: chemistry, mathematics
Spring ‘10 Research Project:
Water quality analyses
Research Supervisor: Mr. Victor Castillo,
Edwards Aquifer Research Data Center
Career goal: environmental attorney
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Gabriel Hurtado
Major: microbiology
Minor: biochemistry
Faculty mentor: Lenore DePagter, M.D.
CLC Tutor: biology, chemistry,
biochemistry
Spring ’10 Research Project:
“Manipulation of Gut Microbiota”
Research Supervisor: Dr. Vatsala Maitin,
Family and Consumer Science
Career goal: physician
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Felipe Muñoz
Major: industrial technology –
construction technology
Minor: business administration
Faculty mentor: Dr. Clara Novoa
CLC Tutor: engineering technology
Spring ‘10 Scholar Project:
HBSA, Bobcat Build, Relay for Life
Career goal: construction project
management
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Arissa Nath
Major: biology
Minor: psychology
Faculty mentor: Claire Whisenant, M.D.
CLC Tutor: biology
Spring ‘10 Conference:
University of Texas Medical Branch 2010
Premedical Conference, Galveston TX
Career goal: physician
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Cindy Obioha
Major: microbiology
Minor: biochemistry
Faculty mentor: Dr. Gary Aron
CLC Tutor: biology, biochemistry,
chemistry
Spring ‘10 Conferences:
University of Texas Medical Branch 2010
Premedical Conference, Galveston TX;
Women in Science & Engineering
(TX State)
Career goal: physician
Hometown: Missouri City, Texas
Inspiration: my peers
Nathan Robson
Major: electrical engineering
Minor: mathematics
Faculty mentor: Dr. Larry Larson
CLC Tutor: engineering, mathematics
Spring ‘10 Research Project:
"Smart Resistive Exercise Device For
Free Weight Simulation In Microgravity“
Research Supervisor:
Dr. John Underwood, Biology-ACC
Career goal: electrical engineer, power
energy
Hometown: Round Rock, Texas
Humberto René Sanchez
Major: mathematics with teacher
certification
Minor: English
Faculty mentor: Mr. Luis Sosa
CLC Tutor: mathematics
Spring ‘10 Conference:
ASCD Critical Transformations National
Conference, San Antonio TX
Career goal: mathematics teacher,
graduate school, U.S. Air Force
Hometown: San Marcos, Texas
Christina Vasquez
Major: electrical engineering
Minor: mathematics
Faculty mentor: Dr. Hsing-Huang Tseng
CLC Tutor: engineering, physics,
mathematics
Spring ‘10 Research Project:
"Smart Resistive Exercise Device For
Free Weight Simulation In Microgravity“
Research Supervisor:
Dr. John Underwood, Biology-ACC
Career goal: electrical engineer
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Saul Villarreal
Major: industrial engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jitendra Tate
CLC Tutor: engineering, mathematics
Spring ’10 Research Project:
“Automod Simulations “
Research Supervisor:
Dr. Jesus Jimenez, Ingram School of
Engineering
Career goal: industrial engineer
Hometown: Brownsville, Texas
Diana Villegas
Majors: biology and Spanish
Faculty mentor: Dr. Debra Feakes
Spring ‘10 Conference:
8th Annual Pre-Optometry Conference Texas Optometric Association, Austin TX
Career goal: optometrist
Hometown: Elgin, Texas
Lindsey Whitworth
Major: manufacturing engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. Clara Novoa
CLC Tutor: engineering, engineering
technology
Spring ‘10 Research Project:
“Alternative forms for petroleum in
composites using nano-particle H.N.T. “
Research Supervisor: Dr. Jitendra Tate,
Ingram School of Engineering
Career goal: manufacturing engineer
Hometown: Bastrop, Texas
Austin Williamson
Major: electrical engineering
Faculty mentor: Dr. Hassan Salami
CLC Tutor: engineering, mathematics,
physics
Spring ‘10 Research Projects:
“Literature Review – Computer
Engineering”
Research Supervisor:
Dr. Hassan Salamy, Ingram School of
Engineering; IEEE Science Student
Organization - Robotics Project
Career goal: electrical engineer
Hometown: Lockhart, Texas
James Zuniga
Major: biology
Minor: chemistry
Faculty mentor: Dr. Luyi Sun
CLC Tutor: chemistry, biochemistry,
biology
Spring ‘10 Research Project:
"Synthesis of Alpha-Zirconium
Phosphate“
Research Supervisor: Dr. Luyi Sun,
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Career goal: physician
Hometown: Cypress, Texas
Stephen B. Seidman, Dean
Principal Investigator, H-LSAMP Scholars Program
Texas State University, College of Science
office: Centennial Hall, 201
phone: 512.245.2119
email: seidman@txstate.edu
Susan M. Romanella, M.A.
Director, H-LSAMP Scholars Program
Texas State University, College of Science
office: RF Mitte, 4205
phone: 512.245.7464
email: sr23@txstate.edu
Texas State University-San Marcos is a member of The Texas State University System