2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Karla L. Sanchez Purdue University [biography]

   Graduate Student in the Computer and Information Technology department, currently working as a Research Assistant in the Computer and Education Technology field.

2. Dr. Alejandra J. Magana http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6117-7502 Purdue University, West Lafayette [biography]

   is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer and Information Technology at Purdue University West Lafayette. Magana’s research interests are centered on the integration of cyberinfrastructure, computation, and computational tools and methods to: (a) leverage the understanding of complex phenomena in science and engineering and (b) support scientific inquiry learning and innovation. Specific efforts focus on studying cyberinfrastructure affordances and identifying how to incorporate advances from the learning sciences into authoring curriculum, assessment, and learning materials to appropriately support learning processes.

3. Dr. David Sederberg Purdue University
4. Dr. Grant P Richards Purdue University, West Lafayette [biography]

   Dr. Grant P. Richards is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University. His research focuses on learning styles and visual learning tools.

5. Dr. M. Gail Jones NC State University [biography]

   Gail Jones is professor of STEM education at NC State University, Fellow at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, and Precollege Education Director ASSIST Engineering Center.

6. Hong Z Tan Purdue University [biography]

   Hong Z. Tan is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering with courtesy appointments in Mechanical Engineering and Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. Her research focuses on haptic human-machine interfaces and haptic perception. She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal and conference articles in haptics research. She is known internationally as a leading expert on haptics psychophysics, taking a perception-based approach to solving engineering problems. She is frequently invited to give keynote speeches at international conferences and research institutions, educating a broad audience on haptics and its emerging applications in human computer interaction, robotics, medicine and education.
   Tan received her Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China. She earned her Master and Doctorate degrees, both in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She was a Research Scientist at the MIT Media Lab before joining the faculty at Purdue's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1998. She has held a McDonnell Visiting Fellowship at Oxford University, a Visiting Associate Professorship in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University, a Guest Researcher position in the Institute of Life Science and Technology at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and a Visiting Researcher position at Microsoft Research Asia.
   Tan was a recipient of the prestigious US National Science Foundation's Early Faculty Development (CAREER) Award, and she was a Chinese National Natural Science Funds' Distinguished (Overseas) Young Scholar. In addition to serving on numerous program committees, she was a co-organizer (with Blake Hannaford) of the International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems from 2003 to 2005. In 2006, Tan served as the Founding Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Haptics (TCH). The TCH played a key role in launching the IEEE Transactions on Haptics (ToH) in 2008. Tan has served as a ToH Associate Editor since the journal's birth, and received a Meritorious Service Award in 2012. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of the World Haptics Conference Editorial Board.

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