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  • Johaan Kathilankal Jis

    Kennesaw State student and faculty use supercomputing to advance Alzheimer's drug research

    July 25, 2025

    At ֱ’s X Lab, assistant professor of information technology Chloe Yixin Xie and sophomore computer science student Johaan Kathilankal Jis are leading efforts to fight Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) using advanced computational modeling and drug discovery simulations.

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  • Kaden Rogers

    ֱstudent working to address challenges with elder care

    July 24, 2025

    Growing old takes a toll on the body, sometimes causing loss of mobility, vision, hearing, and memory. Despite the commonality of these issues and how likely they are to indicate underlying conditions like dementia, current in-home monitoring systems for the elderly have unaddressed gaps. Kaden Rogers, a junior computer science major at ֱ, is spending his summer working to address those gaps with his project “Smart Sensing and Computing for Dementia Care” through the Summer Undergraduate Research Program.

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  • Summer Funk

    Kennesaw State student's research aims to create more confident math teachers

    July 21, 2025

    Rising ֱ senior Summer Funk decided to research the phenomenon of math anxiety among student teachers because she had personal experience with the topic.

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  • Aster Cheung

    ֱstudent developing stroke-screening tool for children with sickle cell

    July 17, 2025

    A ֱ student is working to develop a low-cost tool to screen for stroke in children with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell is a genetic disorder that affects more than 300,000 newborns each year and significantly raises the risk of stroke, particularly in children. Aster Cheung, a computer engineering student, is working with assistant professor of biomedical engineering Paul Lee through the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) to design a light-based mobile health tool that is affordable, portable and easy to use.

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  • Carl Saint-Louis

    Kennesaw State researcher nominated to NSF center, wins American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Funds award

    July 10, 2025

    Acknowledging his impact in chemistry education and research, ֱ alumnus and assistant professor Carl Saint-Louis ‘08 recently earned two prestigious honors, including recognition from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and an award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Funds (PRF).

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  • Maria Valero de Clemente

    ֱresearcher's exceptional mentorship prioritizes students first

    July 07, 2025

    Maria Valero de Clemente has mentored more than 50 undergraduate students during her time at ֱ, motivated by her commitment to a student-first approach to research. Valero is the recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, given annually by the Office of Undergraduate Research to a faculty or staff member at ֱwho has exhibited not only success, but also a sustained diligence to their students.

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  • Kennesaw State student working to simplify cardiovascular disease detection

    Kennesaw State student working to simplify cardiovascular disease detection

    July 03, 2025

    Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death not only in the United States but globally, per the World Health Organization. ֱ student Pedro Henrique Goncalves Silva Pinto’s research aims to simplify the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease by segmenting and analyzing blood flow from medical imaging data.

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  • William Thompson

    ֱproject designing automated exoskeleton to aid stroke victims

    June 26, 2025

    ֱ student William Thompson is blending engineering with rehabilitation in a project that seeks to design an automated exoskeleton to aid victims of stroke. William Thompson, a mechanical engineering major, is working with Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Ayse Tekes on the project, “Development and Testing of Bio-Inspired and Lightweight Exoskeleton for Enhanced Upper Body Mobility” as a part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Program.

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  • Rasel Mahmud

    ֱresearcher awarded prestigious NSF Medium Grant to advance balance technologies in VR

    June 23, 2025

    And for millions of people with subtle or severe balance impairments, VR can become not only frustrating, but inaccessible because VR disrupts their balance further. To help users maintain stability, research at ֱ is aiming to make VR technology more accessible for all people, especially those with balance impairments.

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  • Mahmoud Asmar

    Kennesaw State physics professor receives Department of Energy grant to explore light-matter interactions in quantum materials

    June 13, 2025

    ֱ researcher Mahmoud Asmar has received a three-year grant worth $799,800 from the U.S. Department of Energy to lead cutting-edge research on light-matter interactions. His work aims to deepen our understanding of how to generate and stabilize topological out-of-equilibrium quantum states.

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