The CSU TRIO McNair Scholars Program prepares talented and eligible undergraduates for doctoral studies through involvement in research, seminars, advising, preparation for the Graduate Record Examination, and other intensive scholarly activities. Students who participate in the program come from disadvantaged backgrounds, show strong academic potential in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) disciplines, and are committed to pursuing the Ph.D. degree. The program is named after the late Dr. Ronald E. McNair an African American physicist and NASA astronaut who died in the Challenger explosion in 1986. This program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
Research from 2012
BON-BONs: Cyclic Molecules with a Boron-Oxygen-Nitrogen Backbone. Computational Studies of Their Thermodynamic Properties, Aloysus K. Lawong and David W. Ball
Introducing NOB-NOBs: nitrogen-oxygen-boron cycles with potential high-energy properties, Aloysus K. Lawong and David W. Ball
The Effects of Path Crossover on Spatial Orientation, Jayleen A. Meléndez and Naohide Yamamoto
Rural Women’s Pathways to Crime: A Grounded Theory Study of Rural Women and their Experiences in Jails and Prisons, Angela Mesenburg
Defining and Analyzing a Food Desert, Monique N. Russell and Brian Mikelbank
Spillover Effects of Metro Academic R&D on Non-metro Labor Market Conditions, Pedro J. Sarsama and Subhra Baran Saha
Sex Selection and Technology In the United States: Is It Playing GOD?, Roberta M. Steinbacher and Audrianna V. Rodriguez
Research from 2011
Transition to College for Students With Disabilities: Lessons from a Pilot Program, Glenn Goodman, Robert Radford, Lorenzo Smith, Lindsay Marie, Kerrie Shisila, Jason Valley, Ian Grissett, and Dustin Davison
Research from 2009
Highly Nitrated Cyclopropanes as New High Energy Materials: DFT Calculations on the Properties of C3H6−n(NO2)n (n=3–6), Aloysus K. Lawong and David W. Ball
