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A Comparison of Online and Traditional Chemistry Lecture and Lab

  • PI Emily Faulconer

    CO-I John Griffith

    CO-I Beverly Wood

    CO-I Soumyadip Acharyya

    CO-I Donna Roberts

  • The effectiveness of traditional face to face labs versus non-traditional online, remote, or distance labs is difficult to assess due to the lack of continuity in the literature between terminology, standard evaluation metrics, and the use of a wide variety non-traditional laboratory experience for online courses. This narrative review presents a representative view of the existing literature in order to identify the strengths and weaknesses of non-traditional laboratories and to highlight the areas of opportunity for research. 

A Review of Allelopathy of Schinus terebinthifolius: Using published data to inform future research

  • PI Emily Faulconer

    CO-I Zachary Dixon

  • The Brazilian pepper plant (Schinus terebinthifolius) has been identified as an invasive species in multiple geographic regions around the globe. One characteristic that contributes to its invasiveness is allelopathy. This review provides a comprehensive look at the current research on phytotoxicity and cytotoxicity and presents the characterizations of the terpenoid and phenolic allelochemicals provided in previous works. Future areas of research are identified as a result of this review. 

A Tale of Two Airlines: A Comparative Case Study of High-Road versus Low-Road Strategies in Customer Service and Reputation Management

  • PI John Griffith

    CO-I Donna Roberts

  • This proposal represents an in-depth comparative case study highlighting the differences in marketing strategies, employee relations and customer (internal and external) service models between American low cost carrier Southwest Airlines and European low cost carrier Ryanair. Analysis will focus on the differing brand personalities of the two airlines, particularly with regard to customer service and its relationship to customer satisfaction and overall corporate success from the early days of these organizations through 2013.
A tool for alleviating pilot shortage: Recruitment of women and minorities into aviation

  • PI Rosalee Opengart

  • A global shortfall has been predicted to continue for pilots and aviation professionals, through at least 2030. One way to elevate the recruitment as well as retention of pilots in order to alleviate this problem is to increase the percentages of underrepresented communities, including women. The purpose of this research is to investigate the experience of female pilots and how to decrease the predicted shortage of pilots and aviation professionals by increasing the percentage of women and minorities.
Academic Innovation Research Fellowship Grant: Scaling Up the Academic Integrity Vaccine Toolkit

  • PI Michael Wills

  • Empirical evaluation of class design techniques that empower students to take creative, active, agile ownership of their learning, thus auto‐immunizing against accidental or deliberate academic integrity issues; scalable as a toolkit by other instructors in other disciplines across ERAU
Accident Research and Analysis with the US Helicopter Safety Team, Joint Helicopter Implementation Data Analysis Team

  • PI Scott Burgess

  • This ongoing research effort consists of accident data collection, data processing, data analysis and reporting for the US civil helicopter industry. This work is published through the International Helicopter Safety Team and US Helicopter Safety Team.
Advanced Space Propulsion Systems

  • PI Jonathan Campbell

  • This is a line of research encompassing multiple subsystem approaches to advance in-space propulsion.​
Aerodynamic Analysis of Box Wing Configuration for Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)
  • Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analysis is performed to determine the ideal box wing configuration for small UAS.
An Empirical Study of the Evolution of Homeland Security Definitions in Federal Documents

  • PI Alexander Siedschlag

    CO-I Andrea Jerkovic

  • This ongoing empirical study (quantitative systematic review) systematically tracks the evolution of official homeland security definitions from related federal strategies, frameworks, guidelines, the Quadrennial Homeland Security Reviews (QHSRs), enterprise agencies’ strategic plans, and pertinent legislation. Continuing and changing ingredients of the sprouting public policy and strategy definition of homeland security will be identified.
Application of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to Support Disaster Response and Recovery Efforts

  • PI Brent Terwilliger

    CO-I David Ison

    CO-I Dennis Vincenzi

  • This continuing research project features detailed examination of legal, procedural, and technological requirements, advancements, and constraints affecting how UAS can best be applied to support disaster response and recovery efforts. Through review of evolving UAS regulatory requirements, best practices, technological advancements, and comparison to conventional means, alternative methods may be identifiable to augment and improve emergency response efforts. Better understanding the complexities of the response environment and available options, will better support future actions.

Argumentative Knowledge Construction in Asynchronous Calculus Discussion Boards

  • PI Zackery Reed

    CO-I Darryl Chamberlain

    CO-I Karen Keene

  • Social learning tasks can provide additional cognitive benefits to students. These tasks are necessarily different in an asynchronous environment though. Our proposed study will investigate how instructors can encourage students to socially construct knowledge during asynchronous discussions. 

Assessing the Impact of Interactive Technology on Aircraft Fire Fighting & Rescue (ARFF) Training

  • PI Mary Gorman

    CO-I Rita Herron

  • This exploratory case study uses a combination of classroom observation and key informant interviews to evaluate Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Fire Training Research Center’s interactive software for ARFF training in airport and aircraft familiarization and strategies and tactics applications. The findings can inform how professional ARFF training can be improved internationally and how ARFF curriculum integration can be shaped using this technology.