2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Bushra Tawfiq Chowdhury Virginia Tech [biography]

   Bushra Tawfiq Chowdhury is a PhD student in the in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech,
   Blacksburg, VA, USA. Her research interests are in computational thinking, collaborative learning, and informal learning environments.She received her M.S. in Security Informatics from Johns Hopkins University and B.S. in
   Computer Science from Dhaka University. Bushra has experience in undergraduate teaching and consulting in the
   education and development sectors.

2. Sam Blanchard Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University [biography]

   Sam Blanchard is currently Assistant Professor of Studio Art in the School of Visual Arts at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. He received his Bachelor of Fine Art in 2002 from Ohio University and Master of Fine Art in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2004. Past research includes hybrid sculptures, installation, performance, and video artworks. Sam utilizes technology based fabrication methods to interweave everyday materials and objects to become extended metaphors of experience. He has an active international exhibition schedule, with upcoming solo exhibitions of his artwork at such venues as the Las Vegas Contemporary Art Center, the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art and The New Galley (Calgary, ON).

3. Kirk W Cameron [biography]

   Kirk W. Cameron is a Professor of Computer Science and a Research Fellow in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. The central theme of his research is to improve power and performance efficiency in high performance computing (HPC) systems and applications.

   Prof. Cameron is a pioneer and leading expert in Green Computing. Cameron is also the Green IT columnist for IEEE Computer, Green500 co-founder, founding member of SPECPower, EPA consultant,Uptime Institute Fellow, and co-founder of power management software startup company MiserWare.

   His advanced power measurement software infrastructure for research, (PowerPack), is used by dozens of research groups around the world. His power management software, Granola, is used by hundreds of thousands of people in more than 160 countries.

   Accolades for his work include NSF and DOE Career Awards, the IBM Faculty Award, and being named Innovator of the Week by Bloomberg Business week Magazine. Prof. Cameron received the Ph.D. in Computer Science from Louisiana State University (2000) and B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Florida (1994).

4. Dr. Aditya Johri http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9018-7574 George Mason University [biography]

   Aditya Johri is Associate Professor and Chair in the Applied Information Technology Department. Dr. Johri studies the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for learning and knowledge sharing, with a focus on cognition in informal environments. He also examine the role of ICT in supporting distributed work among globally dispersed workers and in furthering social development in emerging economies. He received the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Early Career Award in 2009. He is co-editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research (CHEER) published by Cambridge University Press, New York, NY. Dr. Johri earned his Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and Technology Design at Stanford University and a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering at Delhi College of Engineering.

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