My research involves educational scholarship: investigating how students learn chemical engineering and how the curriculum can be modified to optimize learning. That includes understanding learning in hands-on labs compared to virtual or remotely operated labs; learning in international contexts; and how safety, ethics, and social responsibility can be effectively integrated into the chemical engineering curriculum. WPI is a great place to conduct this type of work because of our project-based program, our extensive Global Projects Program, and our philosophy of student-centered learning.
Research Interests
Understanding learning in hands-on, virtual, and remote laboratory contexts
Scholarly Work
Assessing a Nontraditional Study Abroad Program in the Engineering Discipline 2004
Nontraditional Learning Environments: Do They Prepare Our Students for Life-Long Learning? 2006
“A Project-Based, Spiral Curriculum for ChE: A Multiyear Retrospective,” Invited Presentation at U. South Florida Workshop on Curriculum Reform, April 2009.
“Education Reform: ‘Just Do It’,” Invited Editorial, Chemical Engineering Progress, February 2009
