Research

The Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (SPCEET) places a high regard for our research to advance our understanding in all aspects of engineering. With the ability to focus research with our many state-of-the-art labs and facilities, we are able to pinpoint important objectives to the college and Kennesaw State University.  Research is driven by the interest of individual faculty and the college conducts a wide range of research projects annually.

Research Centers

• Center for Advanced Materials Research and Education
• Electrical and Computer Engineering R&D Center
• Georgia Pavement and Traffic Research Center
• Visualization and Simulation and Research Center

Faculty Research 

• Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Mahyar Amirghol

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Automated Networks, Cooperative Traffic Control, Network Analysis, Transportation Economics and Public Transportation

    • mamirgho@kennesaw.edu

  • Parth Bhavsar

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Transportation Data Analytics and Intelligent Transportation Systems

    • pbhavsar@kennesaw.edu

  • Jayhyun Kwon

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Ground Improvement, Geosynthetics, Pavement and Rail

    • jkwon9@kennesaw.edu

  • Youngguk Seo

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Transportation Infrastructure, Full-field instrumentation, Digital image correlation, Transportation materials and Renewables

    • yseo2@kennesaw.edu
• Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Ian Ferguson

    Research Expertise and Interest

    III-V, II-VI and Nitride Semiconductor 

    • ifergus3@kennesaw.edu

  • Billy Kihei

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Wireless Communications

    • bkihei@kennesaw.edu

  • Fangyu Li

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Internet of Things

    • fli6@kennesaw.edu

  • Yousef Mahmoud

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Power Electronics, Photovoltaic Power Systems and Solar Energy

     

    • ymahmoud@kennesaw.edu

  • Coskun Tekes

    Research Expertise and Interest
    
    Medical Ultrasound Imaging, Transducers and Signal Processing

    • ctekes@kennesaw.edu
• Engineering Technology

  • Turaj Ashuri

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Multiphysics Analysis, Computational Design and Optimization, Machine Learning, Renewable Energy and Soft Robotics

    • tashuri@kennesaw.edu

  • Sylvia Bhattacharya

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Biomedical Engineering

    • sbhatta6@kennesaw.edu
• Mechanical Engineering

  • Ashish Aphale

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Materials, Energy, SOFC, Getters and Electrochemistry

    • aaphale@kennesaw.edu

  • Dal Kim

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Robotics, Motion Control, Instrumentation, Brain Imaging and Microrobotics

    • dkim97@kennesaw.edu

  • Bo Li

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Biomaterials, Nanomaterials, Self-assembly, Charge Transport, Molecular Electronics and Artificial Neuron

    • bli10@kennesaw.edu

  • Yizeng Li

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Mathematical Biology, Cell Mechanics, Biophysics, Electrophysiology and Computational Physics

    • yli54@kennesaw.edu

  • Jungkyu Park

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Nanotechnology

    • jpark186@kennesaw.edu

  • Philippe Sucosky

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Biofluid mechanics, Mechanobiology and Cardiovascular bioengineering

     

    • psucosky@kennesaw.edu

  • Ayse Tekes

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Dynamics, Nonlinear Control, Design of Compliant Mechanisms, Vibrations and 3D-printed Laboratory Equipment

    • atekes@kennesaw.edu
• Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering

  • Amir Moghadam

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Robotics, Soft Robotics, Dynamic Systems and Control and Robust Control

    • aamirimo@kennesaw.edu

  • Hassan Tanveer

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Robotics, Control Systems and Mechatronics

    • mtanveer@kennesaw.edu
• Industrial and Systems Engineering

  • Awatef Ergai

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Safety management, Human factors, Patient safety, HIT and Healthcare Systems Engineering

    • aergai@kennesaw.edu

  • Christina Scherrer

    Research Expertise and Interest

    Oral health

    • cscherre@kennesaw.edu