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April 30, 2025
The Master of Science in Healthcare Management and Informatics (MSHMI) program is the first of its kind in Georgia and the only one in the state that takes a truly interdisciplinary approach. Housed in the Coles College of Business, the program extends to the College of Science and Mathematics, the Wellstar College of Health and Human Services, and the College of Computing and Software Engineering at ºÚÁÏÍø, giving its students a comprehensive understanding of the complex relationships that compose the health informatics field.
April 30, 2025
Witnessing her grandparents’ daily struggles with diabetes ignited a passion in Anh Duong to pursue impactful research as a student at ºÚÁÏÍø. Driven by a desire to ease the burdens of people with chronic health conditions, Duong has dedicated herself to developing innovative technologies that can transform lives. For epitomizing all-around success as a KSU student and researcher, Duong, a senior majoring in computer science, has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the President’s Award of Distinction.
April 28, 2025
Tracking of thousands of products in massive warehouses presents a logistical nightmare for many businesses. To address this, ºÚÁÏÍø assistant professor Jian Zhang has introduced an autonomous robot that can log inventory. Developed in collaboration with RugGear USA LLC and KSU’s College of Computing and Software Engineering, the OmniScanBot is an autonomous robot designed to simplify, speed up, and safeguard the process of warehouse inventory tracking. Unlike manual counting methods, Zhang’s innovation harnesses radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to automate the entire process.
April 25, 2025
For decades, the Southern Technical Institute bathtub races entertained swarms of students, alumni, and community members as engine-laden bathtubs throttled around what is now ºÚÁÏ꿉۪s Marietta Campus. Now, nearly three decades after the last race, the tradition will be reborn as a video game created by students in the College of Computing and Software Engineering.
April 11, 2025
The American Psychological Association reports nearly a fifth of all police calls involve individuals experiencing mental health crises. These situations are exacerbated by the lack of behavioral health training, causing first responders to make critical decisions in mere seconds. To address this, ºÚÁÏÍø computer science student Mason Pederson is contributing to a broader initiative between Cobb County public safety officials and KSU's Cooperative Human-AI Teaming (CHAT) Lab, led by assistant professor Hafiz Khan.
March 31, 2025
Growing up, Luke Gamage was often captivated by video games and found himself pondering his own future as a game designer. Now a student in ºÚÁÏ꿉۪s College of Computing and Software Engineering, he’s turned a class project into a design studio with its first game set to launch on Steam in April.
March 21, 2025
First-year architecture student Tuere Thomas is reimagining the way students consume design education through the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Her research focuses on how AI tools can spark creativity and help beginners visualize architectural concepts in innovative ways.
March 17, 2025
Water is necessity that humans cannot live without. Despite this, accurate water quality data is not widely accessible in real-time, which is a detriment that can impact public health and aquatic ecosystems. Assistant Professor of Computer Science Ahyoung Lee is working to fill in these gaps using a bacterial monitoring and forecasting system that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI), real-time monitoring, and predictive analytics to provide water-quality information and predict potential bacterial outbreaks.
February 21, 2025
ºÚÁÏÍø researcher Chen Zhao has earned the 2025 American Heart Association Institutional Research Enhancement Award (AIREA) for his unique research on non-invasive blood flow prediction in cardiovascular disease diagnosis. The $194,032 award will allow Zhao to continue developing technology aimed at evaluating Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR), a measurement used to diagnose coronary artery disease (CAD).
February 19, 2025
A devoted public health and data science advocate, ºÚÁÏÍø assistant professor Kevin B. Gittner says his true passion is mentoring students. Since joining Kennesaw State in 2021, Gittner has forged strong collaborations with student researchers across two colleges. When asked about his success in getting students involved in research, however, he credits them for demonstrating enthusiasm and curiosity.