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  • Fernando Orfila

    KSU student aims to improve fitness through gamification app

    August 01, 2024

    Fernando Orfila is a computer science major at Kennesaw State University who is working to create an app that aims to keep people interested in their health and wellness goals through gamification. Orfila is conducting research under Assistant Professor of Game Development Lei Zhang as part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP), which is sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research.

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  • Sohyun An

    Kennesaw State professor awarded $3.5 million Spencer Foundation Grant

    July 30, 2024

    In conjunction with an ongoing effort to address the dearth of Asian American studies in K-12 school curriculums, Kennesaw State University professor Sohyun An is among a group of researchers recently awarded a prestigious $3.5 million Transformative Research Grant from the Spencer Foundation. The first of its kind awarded by the foundation, the grant supports a robust collaborative research effort focused on supporting the integration of Asian American studies in the classroom.

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  • Simon Kawasaki

    Passion for opera fuels Kennesaw State student's research

    July 29, 2024

    What would America without opera look or sound like? Kennesaw State University music major Simon Kawasaki shudders at the thought, but his project through KSU’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program considers that very possibility, one of a handful of summer projects from the College of the Arts.

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  • Britt Walker

    KSU student designs 3D-printed robotic glove for hand rehabilitation

    July 25, 2024

    A research project conducted by Kennesaw State University sophomore Britt Walker aims to provide personized hand rehabilitation through the use of a 3D-printed robotic glove.

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  • Mario Bretfeld

    Kennesaw State project aims to change minds on native plants

    July 19, 2024

    With ecology as common ground, Mario Bretfeld, Michael Blackwell, and Eric Duncan have taken on a bit of a marketing project. They want people to love weeds. Using scientific acumen, the trio want people to reconsider certain plants as beneficial to the environment, thanks to a project housed at Kennesaw State University’s Field Station.

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  • Kayla Anderson

    KSU student studies VR's use in strengthening physically limited adults

    July 18, 2024

    Kayla Anderson is an exercise science major at Kennesaw State University who is participating in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) under the mentorship of Garrett Hester, associate professor of exercise science in the Wellstar College of Health and Human Services.

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  • Tommy Brown

    Kennesaw State undergrad researcher is shooting for the stars

    July 15, 2024

    Tommy Brown has been fascinated by the vastness of space and the mystery of faraway stars for as long as he can remember, so it’s only natural he chose to pursue engineering. With the help of Kennesaw State University’s Office of Undergraduate Research, the sophomore said he’s thrown himself so deeply into his work with the Summer Undergraduate Research Program that he could see himself one day enhancing space exploration technologies or helping to expand researchers’ understanding of Mars.

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  • How personalities, cultural identities can help process trauma

    How personalities, cultural identities can help process trauma

    July 12, 2024

    Alexa Brown is a senior psychology major whose research project is titled, “How Cultural Identity Moderates the Relationship Between Maladaptive Personality Traits and Post-Traumatic Growth Following Traumatic Experience.”

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  • Shifa Maherali Jiwani

    Kennesaw State student researcher explores arsenic's medicinal potential

    June 26, 2024

    Shifa Maherali Jiwani is a freshman biology major who is participating in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP), where she is studying arsenic as a potential medicine. Jiwani is conducting her research, “Search for Novel Arsenic Containing Antibiotics,” in the lab of Masafumi Yoshinaga, associate professor of molecular and cellular biology in the College of Science and Mathematics.

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  • Betsy Barron

    KSU student incorporates cultural background into research project

    June 20, 2024

    Betsy Barron is a senior elementary education major whose research project aims to engage students based on their cultural background in subjects such as literacy and mathematics. Barron is conducting her project, “Culturally Relevant Math Lessons and Motivation in Elementary Education," under the mentorship of professor of mathematics education Paula Guerra and through the Office of Undergraduate Research's Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP).

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