Professor
Computer Science
Software Engineering, MS
Cybersecurity, BS
Contact
(860) 832-2720
kurkovsky@ccsu.edu
Office
Maria Sanford Hall
303
Biography

Dr Stan Kurkovsky is a Professor of Computer Science at Central Connecticut State University. He received his PhD from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette in 1999 and has been serving as a faculty member since then. His work has been supported by over $8M in external funding from NSF, NIH, NSA, and ACM. Dr Kurkovsky coordinates all activities of Central Software Engineering Studio where teams of CS students work on various projects for external and internal clients. He has an established record of over 90 peer-reviewed publications in the areas of software engineering, mobile computing, and computer science education.

http://www.cs.ccsu.edu/~stan/

Awards & Grants
  • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation grant “Scaffolded Computing Projects for the Social Good,” $288,100, 2023-2026.
  • Co-Principal Investigator, National Security Administration grant “CCSU GenCyber Cybersecurity Future,” $148,728, 2021-2022.
  • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation grant “Scholarships, Mentoring, and Career Development to Support Attainment of Software Engineering Graduate Degrees,” $1,000,000, 2020-2025.
  • Co-Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health grant “The Development and Validation of a Novel Paradigm for Assessing Sexual Violence Risk Perception in MSM,” $425,541, 2020-2023.
  • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation grant “CSMP Scholarship Program of Central Connecticut,” $4,982,084, 2018-2024.
  • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation grant “LEGO-Based Active Learning Activities for Software Engineering Education,” $161,360, 2016-2019.
  • Principal Investigator, Association for Computing Machinery grant “Low-cost Adaptation of LEGO Serious Play to Teach Software Engineering,” $4,500, 2015-2016.
  • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation grant “CSMP Scholarship Program at Central Connecticut State University,” $600,000, 2011-2016.
  • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation grant “Using Mobile Game Development to Improve Student Learning and Satisfaction in Introductory Computer Science Courses,” $133,788, 2010-2013.
  • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation grant “STEM Scholarship Program at Central Connecticut State University,” $478,302, 2006-2011.
  • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation grant “REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates – Emerging Issues in Computer Networking,” $163,886, 2004-2005.
  • Principal Investigator, Rational Software Corporation (acquired by IBM) grant “Software Engineering for Educational Development (SEED),” $500,000, 2001-2004.