The publications archived in this Georgia Southern Commons collection are authored by the STEM Affiliate faculty of Georgia Southern University.
The collection represents the original Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM Education (2012-2019).
The original STEM Institute was founded in 2012 with the guidance of College of Education’s Robert Mayes, Ph.D., professor of STEM education. Together, Mayes, COE Associate Dean for Administration and Faculty Affairs Tracy Linderholm, Ph.D., and Karin Scarpinato, a former associate dean of the College of Science and Mathematics (COSM), proposed a University-wide program to promote STEM education across campus with support from former COE Dean Thomas Koballa, Ph.D., and upper administration. All colleges at the University participated in the development and implementation of i2STEMe.
For additional information about STEM at Georgia Southern, visit the Center for STEM Education (i2STEMed)
.Submissions from 2014
Finite Element Analysis of Polyurethane Based Composite Shafts Under Different Boundary Conditions, Mosfequr Rahman, FNU Aktaruzzaman, Saheem Absar, Aniruddha Mitra, and Awlad Hossain
Finite Element Analysis of Prosthetic Running Blades using Different Composite Materials to Optimize Performance, Mosfequr Rahman, Tyler Bennett, David Glisson, Darrell Beckley, and Jobaidur Khan
Finite Element Analysis of a Hobie 16 Mast and Possible Alternatives for Improvement, Mosfequr Rahman, Bryan Calloway, Eric Sullivan, Matthew Darley, Anthony Hanson, Collin Hare, and Ahsan Mian
Computational Analysis of Laminar Forced Convection in Rectangular Enclosures of Different Aspect Ratios, Mosfequr Rahman, A. Houdson, Gustavo Molina, and Valentin Soloiu
Finite Element Modeling of Structural Design Optimization of Various Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Models, Mosfequr Rahman, Adam Smith, Alex Freeman, James H. Denham, Luke Christopher, Wesley Huggins, and Zach Johnson
Radio Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Wireless Networks, Danda B. Rawat and Chandra Bajracharya
Vehicle-to-Vehicle Connectivity and Communication Framework for Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks, Danda B. Rawat, Bhed B. Bista, Gongjun Yan, and Stephan Olariu
Enhancing Connectivity for Spectrum-agile Vehicular Ad hoc Networks in Fading Channels, Danda B. Rawat and Sachin Shetty
Vehicular Ad hoc Networks for Intelligent Cyber Physical Transportation Systems, Danda B. Rawat and Sachin Shetty
Game Theoretic Dynamic Spectrum Access in Cloud-based Cognitive Radio Networks, Danda B. Rawat, Sachin Shetty, and Khurram Raza
Trust On the Security of Wireless Vehicular Ad-hoc Networking, Danda B. Rawat, Gongjun Yan, Bhed B. Bista, and Michele C. Weigle
Monitoring Optical Fiber Dispersion, Andrew Robertson and Rami J. Haddad
A More Efficient Nonparametric Test of Symmetry Based on Overlapping Coefficient, Hani M. Samawi and Robert L. Vogel
Notes on Two Sample Tests for Partially Correlated (Paired) Data, Hani Samawi and Robert L. Vogel
On Simple Tests of Diagonal Symmetry for Bivariate Distributions, Hani Samawi and Robert L. Vogel
Lessons for US Public Health from China’s SARS Response, Rachel D. Schwartz and Jonathan Schwartz
Editorial Comment: Temporal Trends in Preparedness Capacity, Gulzar H. Shah
Profile-IQ: Web-Based Data Query System for Local Health Department Infrastructure and Activities, Gulzar H. Shah, Carolyn J. Leep, and Dayna Alexander
Public Health Agencies' Level of Engagement in and Perceived Barriers to PHAB National Voluntary Accreditation, Gulzar H. Shah, Carolyn J. Leep, Jiali Ye, Katie Sellers, Rivka Liss-Levinson, and Karmen S. Williams
Public Health Services Most Commonly Provided by Local Health Departments in the United States, Gulzar H. Shah, Huabin Luo, and Sergey Sotnikov
Public Health Services Most Commonly Provided by Local Health Departments in the United States, Gulzar H. Shah, Huabin Luo, and Sergey Sotnikov
Poultry Fat FAME Biodiesel Blends Characteristics and Performance in an IDI Engine for APU Applications, Valentin Soloiu, Henry Ochieng, Martin Muinos, Alejandro Rivero-Castillo, James M. Lobue, Gustavo Molina, Brian Vlcek, and Spencer Harp
Simultaneous Reduction of NOX and Soot in a Diesel Engine through RCCI Operation with PFI of n-butanol and DI of Cottonseed Biodiesel, Valentin Soloiu, Alejandro Rivero-Castillo, Martin Muinos, Marvin Duggan, Spencer Harp, Wallace Peavy, Sven Wolter, and Brian Vlcek
Asymmetrical Interference Effects Between Two-Dimensional Geometric Shapes and Their Corresponding Shape Words, Bradley R. Sturz, Joshua E. Edwards, and Ty W. Boyer
Rickettsia africae and Candidatus Rickettsia barbariae in Ticks in Israel, Trevor Waner, Avi Keysary, Marina E. Eremeeva, Adi Beth Din, Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu, Roni King, and Yafit Atiya-Nasagi
Submissions from 2013
Assessing a Quality Improvement Project in a Georgia County Health Department, Dayna S. Alexander, William C. Livingood, Nandi A. Marshall, Angela Peden, Russ Toal, Gulzar H. Shah, Alesha Wright, Purity Cummings, Ketty Gonzalez, and Lynn Woodhouse
Self-Injury Among Early Adolescents: Identifying Segments Protected and at Risk, Moya L. Alfonso and Rayneet Kuar
VERB™ Summer Scorecard: Increasing Tween Girls’ Vigorous Physical Activity, Moya L. Alfonso, Zachary Thompson, Gavin T. Colquitt, Robert J. McDermott, Jeffery A. Jones, Carol A. Bryant, Courtney H. Anita, Jenna L. Davis, and Yiliang Zhu
Analysis of Oleanolic Acid and Ursolic Acid, Potential Antifertility Agents in Moringa (Moringa oleifera) Seed, Akwasi Ampofo-Yeboah, Helet Lambrechts, Danie Brink, Fletcher Hilten, and Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Evaluation of the Host Specificity of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Alpha-1-6, Mannanase Gene as a Sewer Marker, Asli Aslan and Joan B. Rose
An Ecological Examination of Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes by the Presence of Community Health Centers in Local Health Department Jurisdictions, Priscilla A. Barnes, Melody Goodman, Arlesia Mathis, Gulzar H. Shah, and Xuemei Si
The Biology and Taxonomy of Head and Body Lice— Implications for Louse-Borne Disease Prevention, Denise L. Bonilla, Lance A. Durden, Marina E. Eremeeva, and Gregory A. Dasch
Race-Related Disparities in Infant Mortality in the United States, Shannon M. Cearley, Gulzar H. Shah, Padmini Shankar, and Bushra G. Shah
Interactive Whiteboards and Teaching: Are We Repeating History?, Gregory Chamblee
Investigation of an Outbreak of Rickettsial Febrile Illness in Guatemala, 2007, Marina Eremeeva, Elsa Berganza, Gloria Saurez, Lorena Gobern, Erica Dueger, Leticia Castillo, Lissette Reyes, Mary E. Wikswo, Kyle F. Abramowicz, Gregory A. Dasch, and Kim A. Lindblade
Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (Long, Pickering, and Prober, eds.), Marina Eremeeva and Greogory A. Dasch
The Resilient Local Health Department: Surviving the 2008 Economic Crisis, Paul C. Erwin, Gulzar H. Shah, and Glen P. Mays
Reverse Deterrence in Racial Profiling: Increased Transgressions by Nonprofiled Whites, Amy Hackney and Jack Glaser
Forecast Grant Sizing for Video Delivery over Passive Optical Networks, Rami J. Haddad, Micheal P. McGarry, and Yuanqiu Luo
Video Bandwidth Forecasting, Rami J. Haddad, Micheal P. McGarry, and Patrick Seeling
Teaching Algebra and Geometry with GeoGebra: Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for Middle Grades/Secondary Mathematics Classrooms, Jeffrey S. Hall and Gregory Chamblee
An Analysis of Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Observed Use of Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom, Jeffrey S. Hall, Gregory Chamblee, and Scott Slough
An Examination of Interactive Whiteboard Perceptions using the Concerns-Based Adoption Model Stages of Concern and the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow Model of Instructional Evolution., Jeffrey S. Hall, Gregory Chamblee, and Scott Slough
Rickdettsia sp. 364D Causing a Cluster of Eschar-associated Illness, Samantha Johnston, Carol A. Glaser, Kerry Ann Padgett, Debra A. Wadford, Alex Espinosa, Natasha Espinosa, Marina Eremeeva, Karen Tait, Barbara Hobson, Sarit Shtivelman, Charlotte Hsieh, and Sharon L. Messenger
Computational Studies on the Flow Field of Various Shapes-Bladed Vertical Axis Savonius Turbine in Static Condition, Jobaidur R. Khan, Mohammad M. Bashar, and Mosfequr Rahman
Thermoelectric and Mechanical Properties of SiC+SWCNTs+B4C Nanocomposites with Sol-gels Diffusion, Mujibur R. Khan, M. Friel, and J. Weaver
Experimental Study of Thermoelectric Properties of SWCNTs and SiC Nanoparticles and its Composites Doped with Sol-gel, Mujibur R. Khan, Miletus Jones, Luz Bugarin, and Salvador Sandoval
Elastic Properties of UHMWPE-SWCNT Nanocomposites’ Fiber: An Experimental, Theoretic, and Molecular Dynamics Evaluation, Mujibur R. Khan, Hassan Mahfuz, Ashfaq Adnan, Ishraq Shabib, and Theodora Leventouri
Extremes of Lineage Plasticity in the Drosophila Brain, Suewei Lin, Elizabeth C. Marin, Ching-Po Yang, Bettye A. Apenteng, Michael B. O'Connor, James W. Truman, and Tzumin Lee
Factors Associated with Local Health Departments’ Activities to Assure Access to Health Care Services, Huabin Luo, Sergey Sotnikov, and Gulzar H. Shah
Variation in Delivery of the Ten Essential Public Health Services by Local Health Departments for Obesity Control in 2005 and 2008, Huabin Luo, Sergey Sotnikov, Gulzar H. Shah, Deborah Galuska, and Xinzhi Zhang
Evaluating Quality Improvement to Improve HIV Reporting, Nandi A. Marshall, William C. Livingood, Angela Peden, Gulzar H. Shah, Russ Toal, Dayna Alexander, Alesha Wright, Sandra Jump, Shelby Freeman, Kay Davis, Lynn Woodhouse, and Kellie Penix
Assessing Gaps in Maternal and Child Health Safety Net, Alastair Matheson, Priscilla A. Barnes, and Gulzar H. Shah Dr.
Quantitative Reasoning in Environmental Science: A Learning Progression, Robert L. Mayes, Jennifer Forrester, Jennifer Cristus, Nissa Yestness, Franziska Peterson, and Rachel Bonilla
Complex Adaptive Systems and Quantitative Reasoning in an Interdisciplinary STEM Mathematics Classroom, Robert L. Mayes and Kania Greer
Quantitative Reasoning in Mathematics and Science Education: Papers from an International STEM Research Symposium, Robert L. Mayes and Larry Hatfield
Teaching Math and Science in the Context of Energy and Climate: Building Students Quantitative Reasoning Skills and Scientific Understanding, Robert L. Mayes, J. Myers, and Mark Lyford
Quantitative Reasoning in Environmental Science: Learning Progression for 6th to 12th Grades, Robert L. Mayes and Franziska Peterson
Quantitative Reasoning in Environmental Science: Learning Progression for 6th to 12th Grades., Robert L. Mayes and Franziska Peterson
Quantitative Reasoning Learning Progressions for Environmental Science: Developing a Framework, Robert L. Mayes, Franziska Peterson, and Rachel Bonilla
Quantitative Reasoning Learning Progressions for Environmental Science: Developing a Framework, Robert L. Mayes, Franziska Peterson, and Rachel Bonilla
Erosion Effects of Nanofluids on Selected Cooling-System Materials, Gustavo Molina, M. Hulett, Valentin Soloiu, and Mosfequr Rahman
On the Surface Effects of Nanofluids in Cooling-system Materials, Gustavo Molina, Valentin Soloiu, and Mosfequr Rahman
Studies on Surface Effects of Nano-Power Suspensions in Cooling- System Materials, Gustavo Molina, Valentin Soloiu, and Mosfequr Rahman
Wind Tunnel Testing and Numerical Simulation on Aerodynamic Performance of a Three Bladed Savonius Wind Turbine, Khandakar Niaz Morshed, Mosfequr Rahman, Gustavo Molina, and Mahbub Ahmed
Rates of Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Genital Herpes Before and After Spring Break and Homecoming at a Southeastern American University, Macaulay Okwuokenye, Karl E. Peace, Brian Deloach, Paul Ferguson, and Gulzar H. Shah
Numerical Analysis of Laminar Natural Convection in Rectangular Enclosures of Different Aspect Ratios with and Without Aerosol Nanofluid, Mosfequr Rahman, Andrew Hudson, Gustavo Molina, and Valentin Soloiu
Waiting Probability Analysis for Opportunistic Spectrum Access, Danda B. Rawat, Bhed B. Bista, Gongjun Yan, and Sachin Shetty
Game Theoretic Approach to Dynamic Spectrum Access with Multi-radio and QoS Requirements, Danda B. Rawat and Sachin Shetty
Geolocation-aware Resource Management in Cloud Computing Based Cognitive Radio Networks, Danda B. Rawat, Sachin Shetty, and Khurram Raza
More Efficient Approximation of Multiple Integration Using Steady State Ranked Simulated Sampling, Hani Samawi and Robert L. Vogel
Do PHAB accreditation prerequisites predict local health departments’ intentions to seek voluntary national accreditation?, Gulzar H. Shah, Kate Beatty, and Carolyn Leep
Community Health Assessment by Local Health Departments: Presence of Epidemiologist, Governance, and Federal and State Funds are Critical, Gulzar H. Shah, Barbara Laymon, Julia Joh Elligers, Carolyn Leep, and Christine B. Bhutta
Risk Factors for Childhood Blindness in Punjab, Pakistan, Gulzar H. Shah, Faryal Shabbir, Nadia Seed, and Shahid Kamal
College Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Regarding Low-Carbohydrate Diets, Padmini Shankar, Macaulay Okwuokenye, Gulzar H. Shah Dr., Sara Kitchen, Laura H. Gunn, Suman Ahuja, and Diana Sturges
PFI of n-Butanol and Direct Injection of Biodiesel to attain LTC for Low Emissions Idling in a Compression Engine, Valentin Soloiu, Marvin Duggan, Spencer Harp, Brian Vlcek, and David Williams
Premixed Charge of n-Butanol Coupled with Direct injection of Biodiesel for an Advantageous Soot-NOx trade-off, Valentin Soloiu, Marvin Duggan, Henry Ochieng, Spencer Harp, Jabeous Weaver, Craig Jekins, and Brian Vlcek
Combustion and Emissions Characteristics of JP-8 Blends and ULSD #2 with Similar CN in a Direct Injection Naturally Aspirated Compression Engine, Valentin Soloiu, Henry Ochieng, Jabeous Weaver, Marvin Duggan, Spencer Harp, Brian Vlcek, Craig Jenkins, and Marcis Jansons
Experimental Study of Combustion and Emissions Characteristics of Methyl Oleate, as a Surrogate for Biodiesel, in a Direct Injection Diesel Engine, Valentin Soloiu, Jabeous Weaver, Henry Ochieng, Marvin Duggan, Sherwin Davoud, Brian Vlcek, Craig Jenkins, and Christopher Butts
Evaluation of Peanut Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Sprays, Combustion, and Emissions, for Use in an Indirect Injection Diesel Engine, Valentin Soloiu, Jabeous Weaver, Henry Ochieng, Brian Vlcek, Christopher Butts, and Marcis Jansons
To SoTL or Not to SoTL?, Diana Sturges
Allied Health Students' Perceptions of Class Difficulty: The Case of Undergraduate Human Anatomy and Physiology Classes, Diana Sturges and Trent W. Maurer
Stroop Interference in a Delayed Match-To-Sample Task: Evidence for Semantic Competition, Bradley R. Sturz, Marshall Lee Green, Lawrence Locker Jr., and Ty W. Boyer
Privacy Protection in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks, Gongjun Yan, Danda B. Rawat, Bhed B. Bista, and A. Alnusair
Location Security in Vehicular Wireless Networks, Gongjun Yan, Danda B. Rawat, Bhed B. Bista, and L. Chen
Probabilistic Cue Combination: Less is More, Daniel Yurovsky, Ty W. Boyer, Linda B. Smith, and Chen Yu
Submissions from 2012
Behavior of Methane Flame in the Channel Type Meso-combustors, Mahbub K. Ahmed, Ahsan Choudhuri, and Mosfequr Rahman
The Numerical Simulations of Methane Combustion in a Meso-Scale Rectangular Channel, M. Ahmed, Cheng Zhang, V. Shirsat, and Mosfequr Rahman
Farmers Markets in Rural Communities: A Case Study, Moya L. Alfonso, Jen Nickelson, and Danielle Cohen
Strategic Prevention Framework: State Incentive Grant Evaluation Report, One Bulloch, Moya L. Alfonso and J. Spencer
Is Concrete a Rock?, Katie L. Brkich
Rickettsial (Spotted & typhus fevers) & related infections (Anaplasmosis & ehrlichiosis), Marina Eremeeva
Molecular Epidemiology of Rickettsial Diseases in North America, Marina E. Eremeeva
Two Pathogens and One Disease: Detection and Identification of Flea-Borne Rickettsiae in Areas Endemic for Murine Typhus in California, Marina Eremeeva, Sandor E. Karpathy, Laura Krueger, Erica K. Hayes, Ashley M. Williams, Yamitzel Zaldivar, Stephen Bennett, Robert Cummings, Art Tilzer, Robert K. Velten, Nelson Kerr, Gregory A. Dasch, and Renjie Hu
Performance Evaluation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Ad hoc Networks, R. Grodi, Danda B. Rawat, and Chandra Bajracharya
Implications of Interactive Whiteboards Research for the Mathematics Classrooms, Jeffrey Hall, Gregory Chamblee, and Scott Slough
Secondary Mathematics Teachers and IWB: Pedagogical and Practice Changes, Jeffrey S. Hall and Gregory Chamblee
Overview and Acknowledgements, Larry Hatfield and Robert L. Mayes
The Effect of Music Listening Interventions on the Volume, Fat Content and Caloric Content of Breast Milk Produced by Mothers of Premature and Critically Ill Infants, Douglas R. Keith, Barbara S. Weaver, and Robert L. Vogel
Public Health Spending in 2008: On the Challenge of Integrating PHSSR Datasets and the Need for Harmonization, Jonathon Leider, Katie Sellers, Gulzar H. Shah, Jim Pearsol, and Paul E. Jarris
