Faculty Research Interests

I am interested in the development of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster). The embryonic Drosophila central nervous system similar to the human spinal cord is a paradigm for understanding the cellular processes and genetic pathways regulating the formation and maintenance of a diverse population of nerve cells.

My research interests include investigating the role of RNA degradation in Drosophila development, investigating the impact of wounding in the Drosophila embryonic central nervous system, and investigating the effect of protein degradation on the activity of different transcription factors in neuronal fate decisions during nervous system development in Drosophila.

My research interests fall into various areas of operation and supply chain management, process improvement, technology and information management, RFID and Blockchain technology, project management, and quality management.

My current research direction is on improving the processes by adopting the technology advancements. One of my recent projects is on supply chain transparency with Blockchain technology, in which the influence of trending technologies such as Blockchain on the supply chain management and information security of healthcare services is being investigated.

Moreover, I have participated in several empirical projects in collaboration with the manufacturing and service sector, involving simulation modelling and quantitative analyses. As such is my experience practicing as a process improvement consultant at the healthcare settings in Canada and USA; including the Jewish General Hospital, Montreal and the University of Iowa Hospital and Care Centre, IA. The projects revolved around envisioning layout and process redesign for improving the traceability of medical equipment from sterilization center to the operating rooms, by implementing the RFID technology.

In addition, I collaborated with the telecommunication Ciena as a business analyst, on projects related to supply chain management and inventory management. My work concentrated on analyzing the supply chain of telecommunication products and their short lifecycle in order to identifying sets of metrics to flag demand changes, and proposed a forecast modelling based on the metrics.

I also worked on projects for investigating the success measures for the new product development processes, in collaboration with several North American aeronautics companies such as: Pratt & Whitney Canada, Rolls-Royce, Bombardier, CAE, and MDA.

My research interest is in the power of the nursing profession, the influence of nurses, and their roles in leadership and board governance.

• Prose Craft
• Fiction Writing
• Narratology 
• U.S. Literature
• Genre Fiction 
• Radical Print Culture

-Control systems
-Robotics
-Nanopositioning
-Precision mechatronics
-Atomic force microscopy
-Additive manufacturing
-Smart materials and structures

Using the model organism Drosophila melanogaster, I involve many undergraduate students in my research on how alternative splicing affects lipid metabolism in an effort to better understand gene regulation mechanisms related to obesity. I am also interested in the effect of diet and supplements on lifespan and fitness in both male and female fruit flies. Additionally, I collaborate on a project to identify regulatory genes involved in sexual dimorphism in the jumping stick Stiphra sp.

• Emotional Intelligence in Graduate Occupational Therapy Students
• Trauma Informed Care and DV/IPV
• Graduate Occupational Therapy Doctoral Education Impact on the Profession

My research interests pertain to the ways that nurses build knowledge during their formal education journey and throughout their nursing career.

I am currently working on extending the ProofCheck program, found at www.proofcheck.org, to work in more general contexts, such as relevance logic and constructive logic. I am also interested in the combinatorial foundations of topology, especially of manifolds.

My research is focused on the computational and experimental analysis of physiological systems, particularly the gastrointestinal system. I am currently working on an interinstitutional project developing patient-specific computer models of oropharyngeal swallowing to aid clinicians in developing therapeutic strategies for individuals with swallowing disorders.

• Child Narrative Development
• Maternal Reminiscing
• Child Language and Literacy
• Reflective Writing in Clinical Practices
• Curriculum Alignment in Clinical Education Practices

I research transatlantic modernism and feminist science fiction. My central interest is in how experimental literature encodes and enacts social change.

My research interests are risk modeling, portfolio optimization, and asset pricing. I am particularly interested in developing quantitative models which can explain how the values of financial assets and portfolios evolve over time. These include linear and non-linear models such as threshold, vector autoregression, cointegration, stochastic volatility, GARCH, Jump diffusion, and skewed-distributions models.

I have a variety of research interests that mostly focus on prospective teacher education. The four main foci include mathematical knowledge for teaching teachers (MKTT), the professional development of mathematics teacher educators, prospective teachers' knowledge of fractions, and task development for mathematics content courses for prospective teachers.

My research interests are in the area of mathematical modeling, simulation, optimization, and control of multiscale physico-chemical process systems and in the area of thermodynamic modeling and molecular simulation (Monte Carlo, molecular dynamics and kinetic Monte Carlo) of complex fluids.

My specific research areas include: modeling and simulation of multiscale process systems Detailed process description using conservation laws and stochastic model construction Parameter estimation from microscopic/mesoscopic simulations; model-based control and optimization of multiscale process systems Model reduction, coarse-graining, and predictive control of distributed parameter systems Dynamic optimization over multiple length scales; molecular simulation of complex fluids Monte Carlo, molecular dynamics, and kinetic Monte Carlo methods Development and optimization techniques for parallel codes using domain decomposition.

• Protein dynamics
• Polymer dynamics
• Fluorescence spectroscopy
• Metal enhanced fluorescence

I started my PhD in Nursing Science at Widener University four year ago which has giving me plenty of practice analyzing research and conducting literature reviews in preparation for my dissertation. My research interests include clinical decision making in practice, procedural education, critical care medicine, understanding cardiopulmonary resuscitation and outcomes.

My teaching both influences, and is influenced by my research. My research interests include social inequality (race/ethnicity, gender, and class), race and ethnicity, as well as the sociology of knowledge. My publications have appeared in the Journal of Historical Sociology and the Ashgate Research Companion to Black Sociology. The trajectory of my research will continue to focus on social inequalities and education, particularly with regard to racialized and gendered stratification of knowledge. While my current research focuses on how race and gender structure the reproduction of knowledge within U.S. Sociology, this work is centered in a global perspective that investigates how race and gender pattern the construction of knowledge in a globalized society. Further, my future research will explore the reproduction of racialized knowledge in public high schools and the application of critical pedagogy therein.

My research is based on the dynamic fracture and fragmentation of brittle polymers and composites.  I also have an interest in the instrumentation and metrology related to experimental design. 

I have two main areas of research. The first focuses on the impact of community engagement on both students and community partners. The second focuses on physical performance in older adults.