2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Mercedes M McKay Stevens Institute of Technology (SES) [biography]

   Mercedes McKay is Deputy Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) at Stevens Institute of Technology. She has led several national and statewide K-14 teacher professional development and curriculum development programs in STEM education. McKay is co-PI and Project Director for the NSF-funded Build IT Scale Up project to develop and disseminate an innovative underwater robotics curriculum for middle and high school students. She is a former practicing engineer with high school science and mathematics teaching experience.

2. Dr. Susan Lowes Teachers College/Columbia University [biography]

   Dr. Susan Lowes is Director of Research and Evaluation at the Institute for Learning Technologies at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has conducted research at both university and K-12 levels, with a focus on STEM learning and on the impact of different technologies on teaching and learning. She has directed evaluations of multi-year projects funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education and the National Science Foundation, and served on Dept. of Education and NSF Advisory and Review panels. Dr. Lowes has worked extensively with Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Stevens Institute of Technology’s School of Engineering and Science. She has co-authored papers and presentations on STEM learning in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Dr. Lowes is also Adjunct Professor in the Program in Computers, Communication, Technology, and Education at Teachers College, teaching courses on methodologies for researching technology in education and on online schools and schooling.

3. Devayani Tirthali Brown University
4. Arthur H. Camins Stevens Institute of Technology [biography]

   Arthur Camins is the Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE). Before joining CIESE, he served as the Executive Director of the Gheens Institute for Innovation in the Jefferson County Public schools in Louisville KY; Elementary Math and Science Director for the Hudson Public Schools in Massachusetts and Associate Director the New York City Urban Systemic Initiative. He has been the principal investigator of numerous successful National Science Foundation projects including, Formative Assessment in Science Through Technology, Critical MASS, and Science in the Seamless Day.

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