Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) can best be described as multi-talented, enterprising, and hard-working. She was an associate editor for Vanity Fair. She played an active role in the Suffrage movement. She was a playwright with an Oscar nomination. She was the U.S. Ambassador to Italy. She served on the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board in the Reagan Administration. She played a key role in establishing the Atomic Energy Commission. Posthumously, she continues to be an advocate for women in science, mathematics, and engineering. Since 1989, 2955 women have received funding under the Clare Boothe Luce Program for Women in STEM.
This photo is from the National Women's Hall of Fame, into which Clare Boothe Luce was inducted in 2017.
Faculty Mentor: Maryam Mobed-Miremadi
Project: Multiscale Porosity Characterization of Porous, Tough and Conductive Multi-Network-Hydrogels Fabricated Using the Sustainable Method of Ionotropic Gelation
Faculty Mentor: Virginia Matzek
Project: Carbon-Water Tradeoffs in Riparian Restoration Plantings
Faculty Mentor: Christopher Weber
Project: Characterizing Phonons of Dirac Semimetals
Charlotte Colcord, Class of 2025
Faculty Mentor: Paul Abbyad
Project: Sorting by Interfacial Tension: Increasing Device Throughput by Integrating Deterministic
Lateral Displacement
Faculty Mentor: Meaghan Deegan
Project: Preparation of Alkyne-Based Pincer Ligands for the Stabilization of Strained Heterocycles
Faculty Mentor: Amelia Fuller
Project: Developing predictive guidelines to stabilize gold nanoparticles with peptoids
Briana Guingona, Class of 2025
Faculty Mentor: Iris Stewart-Frey
Project: NicaAgua: Creating an app for climate change forecasts, information, and adaptation in
Central America through science, technology, and the arts
Fatima Mercado Luevano, Class of 2024
Faculty Mentor: Pascale Guiton
Project: Effects of Bradyzoite Infection on the Expression, Production, and Secretion of MUC2
Faculty Mentor: Leilani Miller
Project: Effect of Phosphorylation on Morphogenic Effector Genes in C. elegans Vulval Development
CBL Awardee 2021-2022
"The impact of this research project resonates with my personal mission of bettering communities with technology, and I am grateful to have had this experience. Working with graduate and PhD students on this project, attending conferences, and networking with people in the industry of IoT has offered me a deeper insight and opportunity to grow as a researcher. This research opportunity has also provided me with useful experience, such as writing a research paper and presenting our work, that I will take into my career as an engineer."
CBL Awardee 2020-2023
"As a recipient of the CBL Undergraduate Research Scholarship, I have enhanced my laboratory skill set tenfold and been equipped with a deeper understanding of what research entails...Additionally, by reducing financial concerns, this award has given me more time to follow my curiosity and practice discernment about my current trajectory. Lastly, CBL is a prestigious award with name recognition and catalyzes the dialogue I have with future employers and/or those in higher education."
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Undergraduate researchers are welcome to apply through our portal, the Single Portal for Undergraduate Research (SPUR).
By applying through a University-wide, single application portal with a common set of guidelines, research proposals will be evaluated for quality prior to consideration for specific grants and awards for which the student and research project may be eligible
CBL Undergraduate Researchers are required to submit an annual report. Direct any questions regarding this annual report to Sam Herman: sherman2@scu.edu
Please follow this streamlined process to upload your report:
- Review the questions that will be asked on the report using this link.
- Use this Qualtrics link to submit your annual report on or before August 1.
- A copy of the report will be sent to your personal email. Additionally, a copy will be sent to your Faculty Mentor for review. Your Faculty Mentor will receive instructions regarding how to approve or revise your report.
- If revisions to your report are needed, you will receive an email from Nikki Meshkat.