2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Margot A. Vigeant Bucknell University [biography]

   Margot is an associate professor of chemical engineering and associate dean in the college of engineering. She is interested in improving students' conceptual understanding in thermodynamics, as well as in creative ways of engaging first-year students and broadening participation in engineering as a whole.

2. Michael J. Prince Bucknell University
3. Katharyn E. K. Nottis Bucknell University [biography]

   Katharyn E. K. Nottis is an associate professor in the Education department at Bucknell University. An Educational Psychologist, her research has focused on meaningful learning in science and engineering education, approached from the perspective of Human Constructivism. She has been involved in collaborative research projects focused on conceptual learning in chemistry, seismology, and chemical engineering.

4. Ronald L. Miller Colorado School of Mines [biography]

   Dr. Ronald L. Miller is professor of chemical engineering and Director of the Center for Engineering Education at the Colorado School of Mines where he has taught chemical engineering and interdisciplinary courses and conducted engineering education research for the past 25 years. Dr. Miller has received three university-wide teaching awards and has held a Jenni teaching fellowship at CSM. He has received grant awards for education research from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education FIPSE program, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education and has published widely in the engineering education literature. His research interests include measuring and repairing engineering student misconceptions in thermal and transport science.

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