The research team has been working on the development of a new machine learning methodology and a web-based open-source software tool.

Project Field of Study

Computer Science

Faculty Mentor

Dr. Sanghoon Lee

This project is funded through the Veterans Legacy Grant Program. It will be completed by faculty and staff in the Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services Research and supervised by Dr. Kristin Horan (Psychology) and Dr. Chris Hess (Sociology). The goal of this project is to document the stories of veterans who are buried in one of several military cemeteries in the Southeast and who participated in the Civil Rights Movement in some way.

Project Field of Study

Psychological Science, Sociology

Faculty Mentors

Dr. Kristin Horan
Dr. Chris Hess

Under the mentorship of Dr. Chris Dockery, Faculty Director of General Education, the undergraduate research team will examine direct, course-embedded assessments aligned with the seven Program Student Learning Outcomes (PSLOs) in KSU's Core IMPACTS curriculum. By analyzing normalized student performance data, the team will help establish institutional benchmarks for proficiency levels and set the foundation for a three-year assessment cycle of the general education PSLOs. Findings from this work will play a vital role in shaping campus-wide conversations on student learning and driving continuous improvement in KSU's general education program.

Project Field of Study

Academic Affairs - Curriculum & General Education

Faculty Mentor

Dr. Chris Dockery

The overall objective of this work is to determine the effect PFAS exposure has on the fitness and development of mosquitoes. 

Project Field of Study

Microbiology

Faculty Mentors

Dr. Andrew Haddow

The goal of this project is to develop sensing systems to collect data regarding risk assessment and prevention. 

Project Field of Study

Computer Science

Faculty Mentors

Dr. Zongxing Xie

The goal of this study is to explore how science pre-service teacher education students enrolled in the integrated science course experience STEM.

Project Field of Study

Elementary and Early Childhood Education

Faculty Mentors

Dr. Preethi Titu

We are interested in learning about the grief of students and how various student populations understand grief, experience grief, and subsequently cope with grief.

Project Field of Study

Communication, Education, Psychology

Faculty Mentors 

Dr. Emily Scheinfeld
Dr. Chinasa Elue

The research project aims to conduct a comprehensive numerical analysis of the entry and reentry dynamics of a space capsule within the Martian atmosphere.

Project Field of Study

Mechanical Engineering

Faculty Mentor(s)

Dr. Gaurav Sharma

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The journal "Maya America: Journal of Essays, Commentary, and Analysis" is looking for a student to help take the journal to publication.

Project Field of Study

School of Music and Interdisciplinary Studies

Faculty Mentor(s)

Dr. Jesús Castro-Balbi
Dr. Alan LeBaron

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This project aims to develop a gamified behavioral training application prototype that provides a safe and immersive learning platform.

Project Field of Study

Nursing, Software Engineering and Game Development

Faculty Member(s)

Dr. Modupe Adewuyi
Dr. Joy Li

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The project is exploring a new type of radiation capsule that can be remotely controlled using inductive coupling outside the body to block and release radiation with customized directionality. This enables precision dose delivery with a high dose rate for low-energy LDR radiation sources.

Project Field of Study

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Biology, Nursing, Radiation Oncology

Faculty Mentor(s)

Dr. Hoseon Lee
Dr. Chetan Dhital
Dr. Tris Utshig
Dr. Eduardo B. Farfan

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Alcohol is a unique commodity, as it can be both a liability and asset to societies worldwide. The objective of this project is to investigate the dynamics, opportunities, and downsides associated with artisanal alcohol in the context of economic retrenchment and regeneration opportunities through cultural asset management. The interdisciplinary researchers aim to study the complexities of artisanal alcohol as a commons problem that has the potential to both empower and imperil livelihoods.

Project Field of Study

Geography and Anthropology

Faculty Mentor(s)

Brandon D. Lundy
Mark W. Patterson
Monica H. Swahn
Nancy H. Pullen

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This research project aims to add to the understanding surrounding the degree and nature of terrorism, nonterrorist criminal activities, pre-incident behaviors, and failed/foiled plots perpetrated by those motivated by a left-wing and environmental ideology in the United States. More specifically, this project will utilize secondary sources (e.g., court records, media reports) to assess the modus operandi of left-wing and environmental violent extremists with a specific focus on indicators of malevolent creativity & innovation and criminal expertise.

Project Field of Study

Sociology & Criminal Justice

Faculty Mentor

Dr. Michael Logan

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This ongoing study is exploring the relationships between hospital unit team virtuousness scores and eight hospital unit measures. Team virtuousness refers to a team climate in which virtues and character strengths are practiced, supported, and encouraged.

Students who work on this study will help manage implementation of an online team virtuousness questionnaire and gather hospital unit data. A statistician will analyze the data to determine any associations between hospital unit team virtuousness scores and unit measures of quality of patient care, patient satisfaction, and unit staff engagement and turnover.

Project Field of Study

Nursing

Faculty Mentors

Lynn Varagona
Nancy Ballard

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Population genetics deals with genetic differences within and between populations and is a part of evolutionary biology. It is used to detect genetic diseases and genetic risk factors for multifactorial diseases, understand diseases using insights obtained from genetic risk factors and treat diseases using these insights.   Theoretical population genetics bridges mathematics and evolutionary biology. The corner stone of  population genetics is the Kingman coalescent. Using a new calculus, fractional calculus, we introduced the modified version of Kingman coalescent, which we call fractional coalescent. In this research, you will learn how by using  Kingman's coalescent and fractional coalescent we could identify and understand the forces that produce and maintain genetic variation in populations. 

Project Field of Study

Mathematics

Faculty Mentor

Dr. Somayeh Mashayekhi

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The Center for Machine Vision and Security Research (CMVSR) is pursuing innovative research projects falling in the areas of machine vision, pattern recognition, machine learning, convolutionary neural networks (CNN), artificial intelligence, and evolutionary computation.

Project Field of Study

Computer Science

Faculty Mentor

Chih-Cheng Hung

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Recently several municipalities in the Atlanta area have declared themselves “welcoming cities” to immigrants and refugees. Atlanta is a new immigrant gateway destination and a region at the crossroads of receptivity (Singer, Hardwick, and Brettel, 2008).

Project Field of Study

Geography & Anthropology, Social Work and Human Services

Faculty Mentors