Research

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Current Research

Healthcare Information Technology

• Patient experience-based Information Systems application for mitigation of genetic-disorder pain
• Integration of IT applications in healthcare and its impact on nurses’ performance and satisfaction
• Gender differences in online emotional expression on Twitter
• Cloud Computing implementation issues in healthcare industry

Innovative Technology in Education

• Impact of game-based response system as a persuasive technology on students’ perception of learning
• Impact of innovative teaching technologies on student engagement and the achievement gap in Information Systems courses
• Impact of mindfulness, energy level, and self-readiness activities on students’ perceived engagement
• Impact of MakerSpace activities on student’s perception of learning
• Effectiveness of cloud-based applications in higher education

FUNDED RESEARCH, HONORS AND AWARDS

• $50,000 grant, Genentech, for Patient Experience-Based Information Systems Application for Mitigation of Genetic-Disorder Pain (PI) – 2019
• Probationary Faculty Development Grant (3 units course release and $500), Office of Graduate Studies, Diversity Award Committee – 2019
• Travel Scholarship ($750), Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development – 2019
• Faculty Research Incentive Grant ($2500) – 2018
• Awarded ($250) for STEM Teacher Development and Research – 2018
• Doctoral Fellowship, Eastern Michigan University-2014-2016
• Best Paper Award, Eastern Michigan University Graduate Research Conference – 2014
• Best paper prize, National Conference of Management and Economy of Media – 2009
• Top student at Science and Research Azad University, awarded merit scholarship – 2010
• Financial aid for Master’s dissertation, Iran Telecommunication Research Center - 2010

Previous Research

• Benchmarked and evaluated different visualization methods such as PCA, Sammon’s Mapping, Circular Segment, SOM, Clustergram, Parallel Coordinate, Star Glyphs, Pixel, Survey Plot over 5 given data sets (small, high dimensional, large, hard, and tough)
• Reviewed and analyzed the AVON ERP implementation failure
• Planned Strategic Information System (SIS) of Iran Post Company
• Performance evaluation of postal services using DEA, BSC, EFQM methods
• Research on effective criteria of social engineering in organization with Decision Making (DM) methods such as DEMATEL, TOPSIS and SAW
• Created Decision Support System (DSS) for repair and maintenance in production company