2022 Station1 Frontiers Fellowship (SFF) Capstone Ceremony and Undergraduate Research Symposium on Socially-directed Science and Technology

Friday, August 12, 2022

2022 SFF Capstone Ceremony: 

12noon - 1pm ET | 11am - 12pm CT | 10am- 12pm MT | 9am - 10am PT

Welcome remarks

Alumni keynote address Justin Muñoz Station1 Fellow Alum ‘21
Undergraduate student physics and engineering, Bunker Hill Community College
Undergraduate Research Intern Summer 2022, Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Acknowledgement of the 2022 Station1 Fellows by Name

2022 SFF Capstone Poster Presentations: 

1pm - 2:00pm ET | 12 noon - 1:00pm CT | 11am - 12:00pm MT| 10am - 11:00am PT 

Analysis of Additive Manufacturing Post-Processing Technologies and Potential for Adoption

 Hannah Sierra (1, 2), Samir Ali (2, 4), Mike Vasquez (3)

(1) University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, Maryland), (2) Station1 (Lawrence, Massachusetts), (3) 3Degrees (Chicago, Illinois),  (4) University of Central Florida (Orlando, Florida)

Design and Evaluation of Flexible Tether Protection and Railing Systems For Implementation in Remote Aerial Telecommunications Infrastructure 

Jamie Alvarez (1, 2), Paola Muñoz (2, 4), Ryan Kist (3), Jesse Caira (3)

(1) California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Pomona, California), (2) Station1 (Lawrence, Massachusetts), (3) Altaeros (Somerville, Massachusetts), (4) Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts)

Inquiry of User Interface Design Limitations, Technical Functionalities, and Content Which Create Difficulties to Website Accessibility for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Michelle Barnhart (1, 2), Fiyori Kidane (1, 4), Sassy Outwater-Wright (3), Shawn Welker (3), Laura Alpert (3) 

(1) Station1 (Lawrence, Massachusetts), (2) University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, New Mexico), (3) Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (Brookline, Massachusetts), (4) University of Washington, Bothell (Bothell, Washington)


Howlett Brook Watershed Restoration Suitability Assessment

Somi Ahmed (1, 2), Mirabai Davè (2, 4), Ryan O’Donnell (3)

(1) Hunter College (New York, New York), (2) Station1 (Lawrence, Massachusetts), (3) Ipswich River Watershed Association (Ipswich, Massachusetts), (4) Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York)


Depression and Hippocampal Neurogenesis: Targeting Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) Signaling As a Potential Pathway to Treat Depression 

Andrea C. Meyer (1, 3), Joel Gutierrez (1, 4), John Page (2), Anne Valat (2)

(1) Station1 (Lawrence, Massachusetts), (2) Bolden Therapeutics (Cambridge, Massachusetts), (3) Boise State University (Boise, Idaho), (4) Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)

A Deep Learning-Assisted Platform for Online Public Discourse

Doulos Htet (1, 3), Andrew Jensen (1, 4), Xiaorui Ma (2), George Whitfield (2)

(1) Station1 (Lawrence, Massachusetts), (2) FindOurView (Cambridge, Massachusetts), (3) University of Massachusetts Lowell (Lowell, Massachusetts) (4) Utah Valley University (Orem, Utah)

Developing a Next Generation Programmable Controller for Electrochemically-based Water Purification

Grace Jimenez (1, 2), Victor Mukora (2, 4), Ljiljana Rajic (3)

(1) Santa Monica College (Santa Monica, California), (2) Station1 (Lawrence, Massachusetts), (3) Elateq (Amherst, Massachusetts), (4) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Virginia)


Assessment and Analysis of Biomedical Remote Temperature Sensors for Advancing Women’s Cardiovascular Health

Katrina Liang (1, 2), Jodi Zangari (2, 4), Elizabeth Gadsby (3), Alicia Chong Rodriguez (3)

(1) University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas), (2) Station1 (Lawrence, Massachusetts), (3) Bloomer Tech (Cambridge, Massachusetts), (4) Middlesex Community College (Bedford, Massachusetts)


The Sensitivity of Energy Production to Weather Indices

Noire Meyers (1, 2), Daniel Tong (2, 4), Joel Cofield (3), Sam Koebrich (3)

(1) Wake Technical Community College (Raleigh, North Carolina), (2) Station1 (Lawrence, Massachusetts),  (3) WattTime (Oakland, California), (4) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Quantitative Assessment and Analysis of Scope 3 Emissions Through the Integration of Environmental Datasets for Improvement of Corporate Sustainability

Tin Nguyen (1, 3), Julianne Seekell (2, 3), Ben Howard (4), Charlie Hsiao (4)​​

(1) University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts), (2) Bristol Community College (Fall River, Massachusetts), (3) Station1 (Lawrence, Massachusetts), (4) Bemis Associates (Shirley, Massachusetts)​

Sustainability in Professional Education:  Engineering the Gap Between Learning Outcomes and Online Learning

Ahmad Rizwan (1, 2), Gabriel Toscano (2, 4), Ted Marcelo (3)

(1) Santa Monica College (Santa Monica, CA), (2) Station1 (Lawrence, Massachusetts),  (3) Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (Washington D.C.), (4) Utah Valley University (Orem, Utah)


Impact of Social Determinants on Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

Caleb Valdez-Copeland (1, 2), Fernando Sckaff (1, 4), Anne M. Brown (3), Sarah Snider (3)

(1) Station1 (Lawrence, Massachusetts), (2) Washington State University (Pullman, Washington), (3) BEAM Diagnostics, Inc. (Roanoke, Virginia), (4) University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida)


Improving Greenhouse Gas Modeling through Global Power Plant Mapping

Moise Tchivwila (1, 2), Elliot Hong (2, 4), Gabriela Volpato (3)

(1) Utah Valley University (Orem, Utah), (2) Station1 (Lawrence, Massachusetts), (3) Climate TRACE (Oakland, California),  (4) University of California, Berkeley (Oakland, California)


Examination of Nervous System Diseases Capable of Benefiting from Cell Therapy Treatments

Aliyah Webster (1, 2), Clayton Rawson (1, 3) Mark Zaki (4, 5), Emal Lesha (4, 6)

(1) Station1 (Lawrence, Massachusetts), (2) Spelman College (Atlanta, Georgia), (3) Utah Valley University (Orem, Utah), (4) GC Therapeutics (Cambridge, Massachusetts), (5) University of Michigan, School of Medicine (Ann Arbor, Michigan), (6) The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis, Tennessee)