The CSU Student Research Competition showcases excellent research conducted by CSU graduate and undergraduate students in the full range of academic programs offered by the CSU. Student participants conduct an oral presentation before juries of professional experts from major corporations, foundations, public agencies, and colleges and universities in California.
Cash prizes are awarded for the best presentations in each category of the competition. In addition, following the competition, selected research summaries are published in Conference Proceedings. Please note that students are encouraged to present and discuss creative projects in the Creative Arts and Design category.
Each CSU campus forwards a maximum of ten presentations and is free to promote the competition, establish a campus selection process, and screen the final submissions in whatever manner the campus coordinator deems best. Local competitions are held in early spring and local winners nominated to represent the campus in the system wide competition present in early May.
The SJSU Research Forum precedes the CSU Student Research Competition and is usually held in March with the CSU competition being held in early May. At the SJSU Research Forum, students will be available to discuss their research at a poster session; family and friends are encouraged to attend.
Each college may send forward a total of four students (undergraduate and/or graduate) who have done outstanding research or creative activity. The divisions of competition have been arranged to parallel the system wide procedures and the judges for the selection will be faculty experts within the disciplines. The winners from this competition will then move forward to the CSU Student Research Competition.
Interested students are encouraged to contact their faculty advisor or department to receive instructions on how to submit their research to the SJSU Research Forum held in early March.
The SJSU Research forum was held on March 4th and 5th. This year's winners are:
John Shrader
The Barry Bonds Home Run Chase
Faculty mentor: Dr. Robert Rucker
MS: Mass Communication
Julie Chun
Reexamining Korean Modernist Painting Under Japanese Colonialist, 1920-1945
Faculty mentors: Dr. Anne Simonson and Dr. Beverly Grindstaff
MA: Art History
Andrew Ingram
Advancing the Use of Chiral Europium and Terbium Complexes in Circularly Polarized Luminescence
Faculty mentor: Dr. Gilles Muller
BS: Chemistry
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!
The 30th annual CSU Research Forum will be held on May 1st and 2nd at CSU Los Angeles. We wish our SJSU winners the best of luck!
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