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Georgia DPH campus sexual violence prevention initiative
A new sexual violence prevention initiative is being piloted at KSU this year. The
initiative involves gathering student input, experiences, and opinions that will contribute
to recommendations regarding ways to decrease sexual violence on Georgia campuses.
Students will be relied upon to help design data collection tools and methods. They
will then work with other students to anonymously gather their opinions and experiences
regarding sexual violence at KSU. This opportunity is open to all undergraduate and
graduate students. Time requirements are flexible but not expected to exceed two hours
per week on average. While this is an unpaid opportunity, students will benefit from
real-world research experience addressing an issue that impacts countless students
nationwide. The initiative is being directed by Dr. Kevin Baldwin of Applied Research
Services, Inc. It is funded by the Georgia Department of Public Health and the US
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Project Field of Study
Psychological Science
Faculty Mentor
Kevin Baldwin
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Monitoring bird-building collisions on campus: Project Safe Flight Georgia (Georgia
Audubon)
While birds face many pressures, one that is present on Kennesaw State University's
campus is that of collisions with structures. Between 365 million and 1 billion birds
are estimated to perish each year from colliding with buildings in the United States,
the 3rd leading cause of avian death. Bright lights at night, shiny glass exteriors,
and transparent facades can be deadly as birds struggle determining what is and isn't
a clear pathway during flight.
Project Field of Study
Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Sarah Guindre- Parker
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Understanding Political Polarization in US Politics
For this project, we will try to understand factors that impact political polarization.
Specifically, we will look at how Democrats and Republicans think the other party
views them and if these beliefs impact their own behavior.
Project Field of Study
Psychological Science
Faculty Mentor
Danica Kulibert
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What Factors Impact Perceptions of Sexual Harassment
This project aims at understanding what factors impact people's willingness to believe
victims of sexual harassment.
Project Field of Study
Psychological Science
Faculty Mentor
Danica Kulibert
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Epidemiological Modeling of MisInformation Diffusion on social network
This research project aims to use epidemiological modeling to study the spread of
misinformation (rumors).
Project Field of Study
Mathematics
Faculty Mentor
Pengcheng Xiao
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Genetics of healthier muscle aging
This project aims to identify genetic conditions associated with stronger resistance
of muscles to aging, planning to screen multiple lines of flies to find those that
demonstrate significantly better preservation of their muscle function during aging.
Project Field of Study
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Faculty Mentor
Anton Bryantsev
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The Needs of the Counter Terrorism Workforce and the Utility of Existing Datasets
This project is two-fold, examining both the counterterrorism (CT) workforce and the
academic literature to identify the most up-to-date technologies and datasets that
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can provide its CT workforce.
Project Field of Study
Sociology and Criminal Justice
Faculty Mentor
Michael Logan
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Change a Legislative Narrative: A Negotiation Strategy
This project explores the communication challenges within the legislative world. The
purpose of this project is to establish the current narrative influencing lobbyist
obstructions. Then, we will explore a new theoretical model for changing the narrative
for negotiation success.
Project Field of Study
Communication and Media
Faculty Mentor
Robin Smith Mathis
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Design of a compact high vacuum system with a semi-confocal Fabry-Perot cavity for
Fourier transform microwave spectrometer
A major difficulty in the rotational spectroscopy research is the vacuum system. This
is an interdisciplinary research project which integrates the powers of science and
engineering technology.
Project Field of Study
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Engineering
Math
Faculty Mentor
Lu Kang
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Confined Collective Migration of Breast Cancer Cells of Different Clinical Subtypes
(Mechanical Engineering, Math, Biology, and Art)
This project studies the collective migration of breast cells with both mathematical
and experimental approaches, along with a component of artwork, and have openings
for undergraduate researchers.
Project Field of Study
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mathematics
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
School of Art and Design
Faculty Mentor
Yizeng Li
Glenn Young
Eric Albrecht
Craig Brasco
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Prelicensure Nursing Students Attitudes toward Patients with Cancer Revisited
Since cancer affects most families in America and the number of cancer survivors is
growing, there is an urgent need to explore reasons why prelicensure nursing students
lack the aspiration to care for patients with cancer on a Nationwide level; a study
which has not been investigated previously.
Project Field of Study
Nursing
Faculty Mentor
Tracy Ruegg PhD ANP-BC AOCN
Kawther Hamash PhD RN
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Using Legal Advice Websites to Analyze Law and Politics in the People's Republic of
China
This project uses Chinese legal advice websites (which function in a manner similar
to Quora or Yahoo Answers) as an untapped resources for analyzing the political and
legal systems of contemporary China.
Project Field of Study
Political Science and International Affairs
Faculty Mentor
John Wagner Givens
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An Analysis of Automated License Plate Reader Legislation
This project will explore the current state of automated license plate reader (ALPR)
legislation in the United States.
Project Field of Study
Information Systems
Faculty Mentor
Andy Green
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The NFL Team Effect on Player Career Longevity
The aim of this project is to use NFL team data to determine if a relationship exists
between team statistics, both offensively and defensively, to determine if they play
a role in the length of a player's career.
Project Field of Study
Statistics and Analytical Sciences
Faculty Mentor
Austin Brown
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How Do You Make HIV/AIDS Messaging Attractive in the Digital Age?
Multi-disciplinary faculty will supervise a team of both graduate and undergraduate
students to explore culturally relevant communication strategies to analyze effective
messaging and messaging fatigue of HIV/AIDS prevention among Botswanan youth. Students
with an interest in International Relations, Communications, health issues such as
HIV/AIDS, and qualitative and/or quantitative research skills are encouraged to apply.
Project Field of Study
School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding, and Development
Faculty Mentor
Maia Hallward
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Data Analysis on Measles Outbreaks in the Phillippines
The Philippines have declared a major measles outbreak in early 2019. In this study,
we will build the epidemiology model to investigate this outbreak. A multi-scale modelling
framework, parameterized by weather conditions, human case data, and vector, will
be used to examine the seasonal effects and the measles vaccines rate on the effective
reproduction number.
Project Field of Study
Mathematics
Faculty Mentor
Pengcheng Xiao
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Text Relevance and Processing
This research will explore the impact of a reading motivation intervention on attention,
comprehension, and motivation. We will utilize eye-tracking technology in the study.
Project Field of Study
Psychology
Faculty Mentor
Ordene Edwards
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Academic and Social Belongingness: Does the Format of the First-Year Seminar Format
Make a Difference?
The purpose of this study is to examine whether or not the type of KSU 1101: First-Year
Seminar course format impacts the degree to which one of the course learning outcomes
(academic and social belongingness) is met.
Project Field of Study
First-Year and Transition Studies
Faculty Mentor
Deborah N. Smith
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Making Novel Genetic Lines of Fruit Flies for Research Needs
The Bryantsev lab seeks motivated individuals for technical assistance in creating
novel transgenic lab strains of Drosophila fruit flies. The participants will learn
fly husbandry, microscopy, microinjections, and a lot of basic lab skills.
Project Field of Study
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Faculty Mentor
Anton Bryantsev
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Android Plugins Development For Detecting Software Vulnerabilities
We will design and develop an open source Mobile Secure Software Development API plugin
based on FindSecurityBugs for Android Studio IDE which will check your mobile project
to detect any untrusted input and output and other security vulnerability to prevent
mobile apps from attacks.
This is a paid project from a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant ($10/hr, max
100 hr).
Project Field of Study
Information Technology
Faculty Mentor
Hossain Shahriar
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Physical and Mental Effects of Pilates Reformer Training on University Level Modern
and Ballet Dancers
This pilot research project will collect preliminary data (with five Reformers) measuring
the positive impacts of Reformer training on dancer technique, as well as Pilates'
potential to increase dancer long-term employability.
Project Field of Study
Dance
Faculty Mentor
Sarah Holmes
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The Ethics of Housing - Siegel Institute Ethics Research Scholars (SIERS)
The Siegel Institute Ethics Research Scholars (SIERS) program offers a full original
research experience to undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty interested
in the umbrella research topic of the ethics of housing.
Project Field of Study
Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics and Character
Faculty Mentors
Crystal Money
Linda Johnston
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Genetic Research on Heavy Metal Cadmium Toxicity
We want to find genes that can make cells resistant to toxic heavy metals, especially
cadmium.
Project Field of Study
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Faculty Mentor
Anton Bryantsev
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Assessing the Needs of Cobb County Seniors
We are currently working with Cobb County Senior Services to collect both quantitative
and qualitative data about the current and future needs of older adults living in
Cobb County. This project will involve collecting and analyzing data from interviews,
focus groups and surveys targeting older adults, their caregivers, and professionals
working in the aging field. Once all the data are collected...
Project Field of Study
Sociology and Criminal Justice
Faculty Mentor
Evelina Sterling
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Digital Art Therapy
The undergraduate research assistant will perform a literature review of relevant
information concerning art therapy and digital technologies. This information will
be compiled and summarized in order to produce content for an edited book on art therapy
and digital technologies to be published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Additionally,
the research assistant will review submitted manuscrip...
Project Field of Study
School of Art and Design
Faculty Mentor
Ricky Garner
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Exploring the Chemistry of a Meteoritic Mineral
The meteoritic mineral schreibersite is believed to have played an important role
in the phosphorylation of the first biologically important molecules formed on the
Early Earth.
Project Field of Study
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Faculty Mentor
Heather Abbott-Lyon
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Religious vs. Secular Human Rights Organizations: Discourse, Framing and Action
The study of human rights is dominated by secular voices; however, increasingly the
study of international relations recognizes the tension and interplay between the
religious and the secular, and the impetus for human rights work has often come from
a religious or moral foundation.
Project Field of Study
Political Science and International Affairs, International Conflict Managemet, Interdisciplinary
Studies, Foreign Languages
Faculty Mentor
Charity Butcher
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Story's Motivation Lab
In general, I am interested in motivation in three areas: unconscious motivation (increasing
motivation underneath awareness), achievement motivation (mainly intrinsic/extrinsic
motivation), and environmental motivation (what gets people to act in environmentally
friendly ways). How many projects I have going in each of those areas varies each
semester.
Project Field of Study
Psychology
Faculty Mentor
Paul Story
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The Cellular and Molecular Progression of Mitochondrial Dysfunction Induced by Polybrominated
Diphenyl Ether Flamer Retardant (PBDE) Pollutants
When Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring gave a prophetic warning of the deleterious effects
of DDT pesticides on organisms and the environment, never did we realize that environmental
pollutants would so heavily influence our development and our survival.
Project Field of Study
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
Faculty Mentor
Adrienne King
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The Ethics of Clothing Production and Sales
We are seeking four undergraduate research assistants to join us in exploring the
current state of clothing projection, sales, and ethics by examining concerns raised
in recent years about the use of sweatshops, child labor, and contracting. The successful
applicants will work with two graduate students and faculty to build ethical decision-making
models which will help us evaluate the ethical conflicts that arise within the companies
and in the industries.
Project Field of Study
Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics and Character
Faculty Mentor
Serena Newhall
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The Ethics of Physical Embodiment - Siegel Institute Ethics Research Scholars Fall
2016 Cohort
The Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics and Character invites students, faculty,
and staff to apply for the SIERS Fall 2016 Cohort.
Project Field of Study
Academic Affairs
Faculty Mentor
Crystal Money
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The Post-Political City: Spaces of Depoliticisation
Seeking students to participate in a research project exploring the post-political
city through an economy of jouissance (Žižek). The research approaches a way of thinking
that restores philosophy’s useful role in art, politics, and everyday life.
Project Field of Study
Architecture, Digital Writing and Media Arts
Faculty Mentor
Elizabeth Martin-Malikian
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Towards Understanding the Capability of Spatial Audio Feedback in Virtual Environments
for People with Visually Impairments
Virtual Reality (VR) applications have been developed for numerous diverse fields,
such as physical rehabilitation, education, and healthcare. Beneficiaries of VR technology
include children, the elderly, and persons with physical and mobility impairments.
Project Field of Study
Gaming & Software Engineering
Faculty Mentor
Rongkai Guo
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The Civil Society, Identity, and Global Action Research Hub
The faculty members are involved in a longer term research project looking at the
intersections of research, activism, and policy making related to human rights, peace,
and development and various aspects of identity, including religion and ethnicity.
Project Fields of Study
School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding, and Development
School of Government and International Affairs
Faculty Mentors
Maia Hallward
Charity Butcher
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An Exploration of Leaders' Responses to Grief and Loss
The COVID-19 pandemic has systemically peeled back the layers of our ways of life
and
exposed the most delicate parts of our society. With the immense losses experienced
of loved ones, jobs, and daily activities, there is an increased importance to understand
the ways in which faculty, staff, students, and community members are navigating the
various dimensions of grief and loss.
Project Field of Study
Educational Leadership
Faculty Mentor
Chinasa Elue
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Detecting Faults in Solar Photovoltaic Power Systems
Solar Photovoltaic power systems utilize sun light to generate electric power. They
have been replacing traditional fossil fuel-based power plants at an increasing rate.
Recently, several unexpected fire incidents that damaged solar PV systems in US raised
reliability, safety, and efficiency concerns. Subsequent investigations attributed
the fire incidents to faults occurring within solar PV systems via accidental connections
of parts of a system to ground.
Project Field of Study
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty Mentor
Yousef Mahmoud
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Relationships Among Obesity, Physical Activity, and Maternal Metabolic Health
Our interdisciplinary research team studies the influence of abdominal fat, physical
activity/inactivity, diet, and other factors on metabolic health and risk for diabetes.
This is an ideal program for students planning future graduate school in healthcare-related
fields. Student assistants on our team gain experience with all parts of research—from
planning studies and acquiring approvals to working directly with human participants
and biological samples in the laboratory.
Project Field of Study
Exercise Science and Sport Management
Faculty Mentor
Katherine Ingram
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Statistical Analysis & Data Visualization of a Data Set of 1600 Survey Results Measuring
Work Related Burnout Using the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI)
Need a statistical analysis of 1600 responses to the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory
(CBI), which is an instrument with high validity and reliability. Using Excel and
SPSS this statistical analysis would be part of a submission to a peer related journal.
Specifically, need Chronbachs alpha for internal reliability, skewness, means, standard
deviations, and multivariate outliers.
Project Field of Study
Statistics, Psychology
Faculty Mentor
Barbara A. Wood
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Developing a Dynamic Model for Solar OV Systems
Solar Photovoltaic Systems convert sunlight into electricity. Control and operation
of these systems are affected by their dynamic model which adaptively varies with
several factors such as tempearture, irradaince and shading. The goal of this project
is to characterize solar modules and collect data to be used for developing a generic
dynamic model for PV modules.
Project Field of Study
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Faculty Mentor
Yousef Mahmoud
