School of Emerging Technologies

Current Projects

Faculty from across Towson University are working on a range of new collaborative projects that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. These projects include:

• Context Aware Assistive Solution for People with Cognitive Disabilities, Subrata Acharya (Computer Science), Clair Holmes (Library) & Jinjuan Feng (Computer Science)


• Big Data, Big Issues: Using Public Opinion Theory, Machine Learning, and Social Network Analysis to Explore Opinions and Information Flow Across Traditional and Social Media, Amy Becker (Mass Communication) & Sidd Kaza (Computer Science)


• Developing Prospective Teachers' Questioning Skills through Interaction with a Virtual Interview Subject, Sandy Spitzer (Math), Suranjan Chakraborty (Computer and Information Science), Yuanqiong Wang (Computer and Information Science) & Josh Dehlinger (Computer and Information Science)


• Perceived Credibility of Online Health Information, Gerald Jerome (Kinesiology)


• HydroCloud: An Online Integrative Tool for Hydrologic Data, Mike McGuire (Computer Science) & Martin Roberge (Geography)


• Voice Writing Center for Radio Captioning, Ellyn Sheffield (Psychology)


• Exploring the Physics of Novel Two-Dimensional Systems, Jia-An Yan & Jeffrey Simpson (Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences)


• Permanent Outdoor Kinetic Light Instruments, Jennifer Figg (Art)


• Pesticides in Kenya: Field Mapping and Laboratory Studies, Clare Muhoro (Chemistry), Jeremy Monn (Center for Geographic Information Systems) & Jane Murungi (Kenyatta University, Nairobi)