Research Projects Directory

CO-I Wendi Kappers
This project evaluated the pilot implementation of the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) during the 2014-2015 academic year. Participating faculty and students were asked to complete a survey about their experiences with the new system and asked to participate in a qualitative follow-up session (focus groups with students; interviews with faculty members) to identify additional perspectives. During the transition to a new LMS, the university underwent a smaller pilot implementation to help all parties better prepare for the larger, university-wide Canvas implementation slated during the first half of 2015.

PI Glenn Harmon
Embry Riddle has increased the research capabilities of the High-Altitude Lab at its Daytona Beach Campus with the addition of a new Mentor Advanced Aircraft Training Device from Frasca.

PI Virginie Rollin
Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) have a potential for many application, including the reinforcement of composites used in the aerospace industry, development of sensors, or ultra-light electrical cables for signal transmission.

PI Eduardo Rojas
The focus of this CARRER development project is on an emerging antenna fabrication technique that combines additive manufacturing (AM) and pulsed laser machining that has the potentials to fundamentally alter the existing state of the art.

PI Edwin Mierkiewicz
The primary aim of this work is to determine the distribution of atomic hydrogen from thermospheric altitudes, into the exosphere on the nightside of the earth. The approach is the coupled analysis of ground-based atomic hydrogen Balmer-alpha and Balmer-beta intensities and line profiles by forward radiative transport (RT) modeling.

PI Kacey Beddoes

CO-I Wendi Kappers
The low numbers of women in engineering remains a concern, and prior research on students’ experiences demonstrates that classroom experiences and interactions with other students and faculty disproportionately cause negative experiences for female and other minority students and lead to attrition from engineering programs. For a variety of reasons, teamwork is one component of engineering education frequently experienced differently by women and other minority students than by male students. Given that teamwork is of central and increasing importance, it is vital that faculty members understand how to maximize gender inclusivity of their teamwork components. Special sessions, publications, and faculty training tools are just some of the expected outcomes of a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant.

PI John Lanicci

CO-I James Ramsay
In addition to preparing a new edition of his book Critical Issues in Homeland Security (Routledge), Dr. Ramsay is actively contributing to the advancement of intelligence education frameworks. The evolving threat landscape—marked by complex, transnational challenges such as artificial intelligence, public health crises, and climate change—has strained traditional analytic approaches and highlighted the need for enhanced strategic foresight among intelligence professionals.

PI Alan Liu
This project will establish a distributed network of meteor radars and optical instruments in the mid-latitudes of South America, providing continuous measurements of upper atmospheric winds and nighttime wave perturbations in the mesosphere and thermosphere.

PI Timothy Wilson
Research is proposed to survey the status of Command, Communication, and Control technologies and approaches for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

PI Jerry Sink

CO-I Mark Abdollahian
Fourth-Generation Warfare (4GW) theory shares many characteristics of classical guerrilla theory (CGW) in security studies literature. Proponents claim that 4GW is a significant evolution that overturns traditional measures of military power, while critics counter that 4GW is simply CGW in an updated context. The two strategies are modeled in an agent-based simulation to evaluate similarities and differences in speed to victory and territory controlled over. Emergent behaviors are compared with historical data.

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