Joe Keebler, Ph.D. HUMAN FACTORS AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROBIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Associate Professor Dr. Joe Keebler, in partnership with SoarTech, is a co-principal investigator on a U.S. Navy Small Business Technology Transfer Phase 2 program, entitled “Predictive Data Analytics to Refine Aircrew Training and Operations.” Approximately one-third of the $1.1M award supports Keebler’s Small Teams Analog Research lab to develop a machine learning algorithm to predict Naval pilots’ career trajectories based on flight training scores.
Hong Liu, Ph.D. MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
Led by Dr. Hong Liu, Embry‑Riddle recently joined a national effort to meet the growing need for undergraduate education in data science. The university received $970,800 from the NSF to collaborate on producing online courses that can be customized and delivered to students at universities with limited resources, including seven institutions that serve underrepresented communities.
Foram Madiyar, Ph.D. PHYSICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT
A ssistant Professor of Chemistry Foram Madiyar’s NSF-funded “Interdisciplinary Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program” welcomed its first cohort in summer 2022. The 10-week program provides total immersion into all aspects of laboratory work, along with other professional development activities. Ten students from various universities worked with experienced faculty mentors to conduct projects in aerospace engineering, chemistry and applied space biology, with the goal of improving future space materials science and human diagnostic technology. Students also visited several local aerospace companies to see first-hand potential applications of their research. One of the students in the program, Kaitlyn Bice, described her experience: “The visit to U.S. Simulation was such a fun and hands-on experience. The staff was incredibly welcoming and knowledgeable. Whether you’re interested in a career in the aerospace industry or not, it is so exciting to experience a flight simulator.” Another student, Braelyn Bolger, who is about to earn her flight license, explained her reaction to the visit: “The simulation is an amazing opportunity for students to get inspired with aviation. It also gives those who have always been interested a chance to try it out and get involved.”
M.B. McLatchey HUMANITIES AND COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT
Professor M.B. McLatchey, Poet Laureate of Volusia County, has published two poems this academic year. “Rate My Professor: A Rebuttal,” was published in the 2023 Winter Issue of Sky Island Journal . “Inventory” was published in the Fall 2022 issue of Southern Poetry Review .
Kelsay Books will also publish Professor McLatchey’s newest poetry collection, Smiling at the Executioner . The release is scheduled for November 2023.
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