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February 14, 2025
It didn’t take long for Kennesaw State University student Lilianna Kocai to discover a passion for research. All it took was a little nudge from assistant professor Carl Saint-Louis. As a freshman in 2023, Kocai took a course called Culture of Science and Mathematics, designed by Saint-Louis to open young eyes to research at an early stage in their college careers. “Before I came to KSU, I didn’t really plan on doing research,” said Kocai, now a sophomore biochemistry major. “I came in touch with research because of Dr. Saint-Louis, who pitched the First-Year Scholars program as a way for students to get their start. I got involved and ended up in his lab, so it all worked out.”
February 12, 2025
The benefits of undergraduate research are many: improved critical thinking, better writing and public speaking, and it makes graduates more competitive in the job market. The Office of Undergraduate Research at Kennesaw State University sponsors several programs that allow undergraduate students to obtain these skills, such as the First-Year Scholars Program, Sophomore Scholars Program, Summer Undergraduate Research Program, and others.
February 06, 2025
5G is known as the fifth generation of wireless technology. If you have a 5G cell phone, its connection is made faster and more flexible by 5G.
February 04, 2025
Scientific discovery increasingly depends on the ability to share and process massive amounts of data and Kennesaw State University is taking significant steps to advance its research capabilities. Ramazan Aygun, director of Research Computing and associate professor of computer science, received funding for his project, “Advancing High-Speed Networking for STEM Research and Educations at Kennesaw State University,” aims to establish a state-of-the-art research network at KSU that includes science DMZs and a Data Transfer Node (DTN) server.
December 16, 2024
As mixed-reality environments continue rising in popularity, researchers are working to develop safeguards to protect users from nefarious hackers. Kennesaw State University assistant professor of computer science Rifatul Islam and a team of researchers from around the country are working to develop these safeguards, aiming to protect against cognitive attacks on mixed-reality systems, which fuse real-world environments with virtual ones.
December 04, 2024
Researchers in Kennesaw State University’s Human Factors, Operations Optimization, and Ergonomics (HOPE) Lab, are aiming to improve healthcare by integrating advanced technologies like eye-tracking sensors and wearable exoskeletons to improve patient safety, reduce costs, and enhance care quality.
November 21, 2024
A Kennesaw State University researcher recently earned a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the evolution of salamanders’ behavioral habits in urban streams, which will in turn fund more undergraduate research opportunities for KSU students. Assistant professor of biology Todd Pierson has received a three-year, $380,238 grant from the NSF through a program called Building Research Capacity in Biology (BRC-BIO). The program is designed to broaden research participation at minority-serving universities and Carnegie-designated R2 institutions like KSU.
November 19, 2024
As our population continues to age, the need for accessible health solutions is more urgent than ever. A recent grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is supporting KSU faculty members, including principal investigator Bob Buresh and co-principal investigators Brian Kliszczewicz and Austin Brown, in investigating how walking can be a transformative and cost-effective approach to fighting obesity.
November 04, 2024
The Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services (AMES) Research is working to preserve the legacies of United States veterans who fought oppression both abroad and at home.
November 01, 2024
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that obesity was prevalent in more than 40 percent in U.S. adults. To combat this, Kennesaw State University assistant professor Liang Zhao aims to use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to explore health determinants that lead to obesity in rural areas. Zhao’s research, supported by a $51,747 National Institutes of Health (NIH) AIM-AHEAD grant, examines the social determinants of health, or SDOH.