THOUSAND OAKS, CA. A record number of California Lutheran University students will present their research to the public at the 7th Annual Student Research Symposium from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23.

The interactive event showcases the work of some of CLU’s top undergraduate students, many of whom spent their summer working full-time side-by-side with a faculty mentor on their projects.

Twenty-six students from the departments of art, biochemistry, bioengineering and applied physics, biology, business, chemistry, communication, computer science, environmental science, exercise science, geology, mathematics, psychology and religion will share the results of their research projects.

From 9:45 to 11:15 a.m., visitors can talk one-on-one with 17 student researchers as they present their results in demonstration and poster format. Grace Teague of Camarillo will exhibit how her manually operated robot can now complete tasks automatically without human intervention because of the addition of sensors. Lindsay Brittain of Fallbrook will display the watercolors she painted with color schemes designed to elicit specific emotional responses in people.

Nine CLU students will give 15-minute oral presentations from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. and from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. These will range from Nathaniel Fernandez of Valencia discussing the program he created to help high school students in the Math/Science Upward Bound program cope with stress, to David Brethawer of Palmdale sharing his work sequencing the DNA genome of a virus strain believed to cause elevated levels of iron.

Other participating CLU students are Samantha Aguinaldo of Saugus, Megan Ameche of Thousand Oaks, Alicia Costin of Santa Clarita, Erin Cyffka of Moorpark, Travis Hayden of Mission Hills, Evelyn Ibarra of Simi Valley, Matthew Jackson of Martinez, Jasmine Johnson of Livermore, Kristen Keough of Camarillo, Ryan McCarty of Simi Valley, Marcus McKinnon of South Lake Tahoe, Kao Tang Ying Moua of Anaheim, John Mussatto of Osage City, Kan., Ray Ostrander of Hayward, Wis., Tessa Page of Malibu, Jakie Rodriguez of Palmdale, Michael Rodriguez of San Fernando, Bobby Sanders of Houston, Texas, Ryan Sasada of Moorpark, Maura Schmitz of Pasadena, Travis Severt of Moorpark, Kimberly Southerland of Granada Hills, Hay Mun Win of Temple City and Keenan Woods of Poway.

Many of the students are also presenting their results at professional conferences throughout the region and country.

The free event will be held in the Ahmanson Science Center, which is south of Memorial Parkway between Regent and Pioneer avenues in Thousand Oaks.

For more information, go to http://www.callutheran.edu/our or contact CLU’s Office for Undergraduate Research at (805) 493-3795 or our@callutheran.edu.