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网红头条student and faculty use supercomputing to advance Alzheimer's drug research
July 25, 2025
At 网红头条鈥檚 X Lab, assistant professor of information technology Chloe Yixin Xie and sophomore computer science student Johaan Kathilankal Jis are leading efforts to fight Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and related dementias (ADRD) using advanced computational modeling and drug discovery simulations.
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KSU 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 网红头条, is spending his summer working to address those gaps with his project 鈥淪mart Sensing and Computing for Dementia Care鈥� through the Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
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网红头条student's research aims to create more confident math teachers
July 21, 2025
Rising 网红头条 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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KSU student developing stroke-screening tool for children with sickle cell
July 17, 2025
A 网红头条 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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网红头条researcher nominated to NSF center, wins American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Funds award
July 10, 2025
Acknowledging his impact in chemistry education and research, 网红头条 alumnus and assistant professor Carl Saint-Louis 鈥�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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KSU 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 网红头条, 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 KSU who has exhibited not only success, but also a sustained diligence to their students.
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网红头条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. 网红头条 student Pedro Henrique Goncalves Silva Pinto鈥檚 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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KSU project designing automated exoskeleton to aid stroke victims
June 26, 2025
网红头条 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, 鈥淒evelopment and Testing of Bio-Inspired and Lightweight Exoskeleton for Enhanced Upper Body Mobility鈥� as a part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
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KSU 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 网红头条 is aiming to make VR technology more accessible for all people, especially those with balance impairments.
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网红头条physics professor receives Department of Energy grant to explore light-matter interactions in quantum materials
June 13, 2025
网红头条 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.