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PI Emily Faulconer

CO-I Darryl Chamberlain

CO-I Beverly Wood
This project aims to serve the national interest in high-quality undergraduate STEM education by designing and studying a pilot program to improve online discussion forums in STEM courses. The goal of the project is to positively impact student persistence, performance, and perspectives in asynchronous online STEM courses.

PI Emily Faulconer
The purpose of this work was to develop additional teaching strategies to increase student interaction with and awareness of the student
learning objectives. The influence of these targeted strategies on student perception of both the clarity of learning objectives and their overall connection to the course activities and deliverables was measured using an end-of-course evaluation (EOCE) with Likert-scale responses.

PI Emily Faulconer

CO-I David Mazyck
In this work, aqueous adsorption of Hg(II) and Hg(0) onto surface-modified activated carbon was analyzed in a batch system with respect to the following carbon modification variables: modifying reagent, reagent concentration, and activated carbon. The goal of this study was to elucidate the influence of C(O) on aqueous Hg(0) adsorption. The objectives of this study are as follows: 1) to increase a carbon’s acidic C(O) without significant pore damage and 2) to identify the conditions that produce the greatest removal of aqueous mercury (Hg(II) and Hg(0)) between two types of powdered activated carbon.

PI Leila Halawi

PI Wendi Kappers

PI Aaron Glassman
Issues associated with information security are numerous and diverse. Since the majority of organizational actions rely greatly on information and communication technologies, Information Systems (IS) security and Information Security & Assurance (ISA) is now a main concern for firms, governments, institutes, and society as a whole. As a result, a plethora of graduate programs have been created, covering nearly every aspect of IS security. The purpose of this project is to document the findings for using a particularly inventive and extremely efficient technique of job skill analysis known as a DACUM, which stands for “developing a curriculum.” A DACUM begins with an identification of an industry pool that is further reduced to an expert panel, culminating in a daylong workshop to identify new job skill statements and skill needs.

PI Soumia Ichoua
In this project, stochastic modeling and optimization techniques are used to address the effective integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) (e.g. micro-C HP, wind turbines, solar panels and storage). The goal is to increase clean energy capacity and its ability to accommodate energy demand efficiently.

PI David Worrells

CO-I David Ison

CO-I Brent Terwilliger

CO-I Kenneth Witcher
Evaluate existing Airport Master Plan, Conduct an on site survey, work with Airport Management to establish existing capabilities, provide input to the Airport Master Plan that addresses integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems into the 20 year Airport Master Plan.

PI Kelly George
Descriptive study of the aviation & aerospace industries' importance in Florida & Volusia County as well as the local economic impact of an established aerospace technology research park.

PI Emily Faulconer
Previous studies have found that inquiry labs improved chemistry students’ abilities to ask high level questions (Hofstein, Shore, & Kipnis, 2004; Hofstein et al., 2005). However, both studies used traditional approaches as the control and neither described the actual level of inquiry applied. This study sought to investigate the influence of the level of inquiry on student engagement, measured by the quantity and quality of student questions and LIKERT survey responses regarding attitudes towards chemistry and the classroom experience.

PI Matthew Earnhardt
Arguably the most influential individual to walk this earth was Jesus of Nazareth. Christians argue Jesus was, and is, the epitome of leadership and His example is to be followed in every aspect of one's life, including leadership.

PI Matthew Earnhardt
The paradigms and thinking processes of CEO/Presidents are studied to determine the characteristics of both leaders that successfully sustained businesses throughout the 2008 recessions and those that failed. A variety of industries are studied as part of the continuing work of Walker (2013).

PI Dennis Pires

PI Leila Halawi
The study provides an important theoretical framework for decision-making for educational institutions as they seek improvement in user acceptance of technology in the higher education setting. The study adds to the knowledge in the field of information technology by providing statistical research that uses path analysis to disentangle the various causal processes underlying the acceptance of technology in higher education. In this study, the research addresses the following question: Are the constructs of perceived resources, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and attitude towards use significant predictors of educators’ acceptance of mobile technology in higher education as defined by actual use?

PI Brent Terwilliger

CO-I David Ison

CO-I Dennis Vincenzi
This research represents the conceptual design of a multirotor control methodology to support observing areas outside direct line-of-sight (LOS) to locate objects of interest in tactical environments. It is hypothesized that design of an interface featuring vector/autopilot control would reduce operator attentional allocation, supporting the maintenance of localized situational awareness.