2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Ming-Chien Hsu Purdue University, West Lafayette [biography]

   Ming-Chien Hsu is a doctoral students in the school of engineering education at Purdue University. She received her B.S. at NCTU, Taiwan and M.S. at Purdue, both in electrical engineering. Ming-Chien's research focus is on design learning in the cross-disciplinary context, and K-12 engineering education.

2. Monica E. Cardella http://orcid.org/https://0000-0002-4229-6183 Purdue University, West Lafayette [biography]

   Monica E. Cardella is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education and is the Co-Director of Assessment Research for the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE) at Purdue University. Dr. Cardella earned a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Puget Sound and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering at the University of Washington. At the University of Washington she worked with the Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT) and the LIFE Center (Learning in Informal and Formal Environments). She was a CASEE Postdoctoral Engineering Education Researcher at the Center for Design Research at Stanford before beginning her appointment at Purdue. Her research interests include: learning in informal and out-of-school time settings, pre-college engineering education, design thinking, mathematical thinking, and assessment research. She is also the parent of two young children who know more about her iPod than she does.

3. Senay Purzer http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0784-6079 Purdue University, West Lafayette [biography]

   Senay Purzer is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education and is the Co-Director of Assessment Research for the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE) at Purdue University. Purzer has received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Science Education at Arizona State University. She has a B.S. degree in Physics Education and a B.S.E. in Engineering. She has journal publications on instrument development, teacher professional development, and K-12 engineering education. Her creative research focuses on design problem-solving, collaborative learning, and assessment research.

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