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  • Yong Shi

    Ƶresearcher receives NSF grant to enhance quantum machine learning education

    October 07, 2024

    At a time when data is doubling every two years, the U.S. is projected to create over 40 billion gigabytes of data by 2025. To prepare for the influx, Ƶ associate professor Yong Shi, an expert in quantum machine learning (QML), aims to unlock insights from the data surge and educate future QML researchers. Shi was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop open-source, hands-on QML training materials to address the shortage of researchers and its limited presence in higher education.

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  • Adamina Bilbrey

    Ƶstudent combines passion for research and the outdoors through Birla Carbon Scholars experience

    October 04, 2024

    Having long been interested in science and the outdoors, Adamina Bilbrey recently leveraged her participation in the Birla Carbon Scholars program to study the conservation of an endangered plant native to Georgia. The Ƶ environmental science major spent most of her summer studying a beneficial native plant called the royal catchfly in a field in Dade County, Georgia, and discovered the plant flourishes best in areas that experience both sun and shade.

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  • Ƶ

    Kennesaw State's SAFE Center: A beacon of safety and support in Georgia

    September 30, 2024

    Within Ƶ’s Department of Public Safety is a resource that is one of a kind in Georgia. The Safety, Advocacy, Forensics, Empowerment (SAFE) Center provides comprehensive services to students and employees who are victims of crime on or off campus. What sets the SAFE Center apart from other campus-based sexual assault and domestic violence centers in the state is KSU’s law enforcement-based, collaborative approach to providing services.

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  • Xinyue Zhang

    Ƶresearcher earns grant to explore improved data security

    September 25, 2024

    A 2023 cybersecurity breach that compromised the data of 37 million T-Mobile customers highlights the need for better privacy solutions, something Ƶ’s Xinyue Zhang is working to deliver. Zhang’s research focuses on the crucial intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity. Her goal is to develop secure AI models that not only protect personal information, but also reduce energy use.

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  • Billy Kihei

    Ƶresearch aims to reduce motor vehicle accidents

    September 24, 2024

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that more than 40,000 people died last year in vehicle crashes across the United States, many of those accidents being preventable. To improve roadway safety for motorists everywhere, Ƶ researchers are studying how existing technology can be used to reduce collisions and save lives.

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  • Bagwell College

    Ƶeducation program included in funding for school system grants

    September 23, 2024

    A partnership with a school system in Georgia has provided a Ƶ education program the opportunity to benefit from a grant to prepare students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. As part of multi-year grants of up to $8.6 million from the Toyota USA Foundation to Fulton County Schools (FCS), the iTeach program in the Bagwell College of Education at Ƶwill provide enhanced professional development for teachers around STEM topics.

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  • Bagwell College

    Ƶpartners with Marietta City Schools to deliver new dual-certification master's program

    September 20, 2024

    A new partnership between Ƶ’s Bagwell College of Education and Marietta City Schools (MCU) seeks to develop the next generation of teacher-leaders. The Department of Educational Leadership at Ƶ's Bagwell College of Education has launched an innovative partnership with Marietta City Schools aimed at preparing classroom teachers for leadership roles.

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  • Prachi Gala

    Ƶprofessor studies leadership styles among CEOs

    September 20, 2024

    The gender of a chief executive officer (CEO) may serve as a good indicator of the strategies and initiatives a company will pursue, particularly in the ways a company gives back to society. In a recent article published in the European Journal of Marketing, Ƶ assistant professor Prachi Gala found that women CEOs often choose human-centered approaches when giving back to society.

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  • Maria Benitez Blanco

    Ƶstudent uses childhood as motivation for academic success

    September 19, 2024

    The old adage that looks can be deceiving could certainly apply to Maria Benitez Blanco. On the exterior, she has long, styled hair and big, dark eyes that light up when she smiles. Her painted fingernails are long and adorned with little jewels on each nail. But on the interior, Blanco is courageous, passionate and full of grit. “I had a rough childhood,” said Blanco, who now studies construction management at Ƶ.

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  • Lucile Duncan

    Ƶengineering student leverages aerospace interest into high-impact internships

    September 18, 2024

    Reflecting on her childhood, Lucile Duncan can see that much of her interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) was nurtured by her engineer father. Her early exposure to the field came from frequent interactions with his colleagues and visits to their workplaces. She spent weekends with these professionals and joined them for lunch during summer breaks, which introduced her to engineering at a young age. It was those interactions that ultimately led her to pursue mechanical engineering at Ƶ’s Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology.

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