Student Research Projects

Spring 2009

Gary Watson & Michael Sweikata, "The Usability & Security of End-User Cryptography"
- Co-Directors
  - Chris Christensen, Department of Mathematics
  - Yi Hu, Department of Computer Science
- 4/9/2009 The Celebration of Student Research and Creativity Presentations:
  - Michael Sweikata, "Local Disk Encryption ”
  - Gary Watson: "Securing Email and Eliminating SPAM ”
- 9/26/2009 InfoSecCD 2009, Kennesaw State University

Spring 2008

Justin Billig & Yuri Danilchenko, "Google Hacking"
- Billig, J., Danilchenko, Y., Frank, C. E., "Evaluation of Google Hacking", Proceedings of the 2008 Information Security Curriculum Development Conference, p27-32.

Summer 2006

Jairan Hejazifar & Phil Ulrich - "Software Security Testing"

Co-director - Prof. James Walden

Summer 2005

Phil Ulrich - "Security Tool Kit"

Fall 2004

Jason Kretzer - "Using Smoothwall for Network Security and Administration Laboratories"

Co-director - Prof. Don Galli

Kretzer, J. and Frank, C. E., “Network Security Laboratories Using Smoothwall”, The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 21, N. 1, October 2005, p41-9.

Summer 2004

Kishore Subramanyam - "Prevention of Form-Based Web Attacks"

Co-director - Prof. Don Galli

CINSAM Summer Research Project

Spring 2005-Spring 2006

Jason Kretzer & Alex Kuhl - "Developing an Effective Software Teaching Tool for First Semester Physics

Co-director - Prof. John Filaseta, Physics & Geology

Summer 2003

Rusty Meyers - "The Design, Implementation, and Benchmarking of Java Cryptography Classes"

Web Site

Meyers, R. K., & Frank, C. E., " Implementing Your Own Cryptographic Provider Using the Java Cryptography Extension", Proceeding of the First Midstates Conference for Undergraduate Research in Computer Science and Mathematics, October 25, 2003, Denison University, p. 51-60.

Sehnert-Pugh Undergraduate Research Project

Summer 2003

Kishore Subramanyam - "Detecting and Preventing Malicious Key Logging Trojan Software"

Co-director - Prof. Don Galli

Subramanyam, K., Frank, C. E., & Galli, D. H., " Keyloggers: The Overlooked Threat to Computer Security", Proceeding of the First Midstates Conference for Undergraduate Research in Computer Science and Mathematics, October 25, 2003, Denison University, p. 47-50.

Greaves Undergraduate Research Projects

Summer 2002

Rusty Meyers - "Attacks Based Upon the TCP/IP Protocol Stack"

Co-director - Prof. Don Galli

Meyers, Russell K., "Investigating a hacker tool: Juggernaut", Norse Scientist, Issue 1, 2003, p83-94.

Summer 2000

Keefe Roedersheimer - "Development of Java Applets to support MAT 111 Linear Mathematics"

web site: http://www.nku.edu/~mat111

co-director: Dr. Steve Newman - Mathematics

Jeff Crosby - "Web site for school fieldtrips and speakers in Greater Cincinnati"

Co-director: Dave Bishop - Education

Summer 1999

Patrick Kessel - "Implementing Cryptography and Cryptography Algorithms"

Co-director: Prof. Lisa Elderbrock

Summer 1996

Joseph Moore - "Analyzing and Enhancing the Standard Template Library"

Summer 1993

Ehtshamul Huq - "Designing Reusable Ada Packages for Scientific Applications"

Markis Landis - "Principles for Multitasking Applications using Ada"

Summer 1991

Scott Milligan - "Data Collection with VAX Networking"

Senior Honors Projects

2003

Josh Falter - "FuzzEco: Software Engineering Ecological Software"

Co-Mentor: Richard Boyce, Department of Biological Sciences

1997-8

Kevin Gerl - "Web Enablement: The Next Generation of Software Development"

1991-2

Eric Eastridge - "Computer Security"

1990-1

Michael Laux - "Object-Oriented Programming: A New Promise for Software Development in the 1990s"

1985-6

Danielle Childress - "Construction of a Programming Language for Software Engineering from a Programmer's Point of View"

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