RECENT NEWS

Feb 2024 At AUTM 2024 Annual Meeting. AUTM is the non-profit leader in efforts to educate, promote and inspire professionals to support the development of academic research that changes the world and drives innovation forward.

Oct 2023 Two papers presented by on “Exploration of innovative spaces that enable communication and collaboration and “Infrastructural elements to foster collaboration in engineering at the ” IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, College Station, TX, October 18–21, 2023.

Jun 2023 Paper presented by student Katrina Robertson on Fostering Educational Equity at the ASEE Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD.

Apr 2023 I'm glad to be awarded the Faculty Innovative Research in Science and Technology program award for the academic year 2023-2024. This is for my proposal on “Promoting capacity building in the regional innovation ecosystem: A prototype of a visualization tool."

Apr 2023 Re-elected for a second term to serve on the Institutional Effectiveness Committee (IEC) of the Faculty Senate for a second year.

Feb 2023 Congratulations to students Eli Martin, Angeline Masongsong, Gabriel Novak, Alexia Richmond, and Trey Talko on receiving the Undergraduate Research Institute (URI) Award - Ignite for Spring 2023 to study "Innovative Spaces" and to develop, administer and validate a survey instrument to help us understand how to set the stage for creative collaboration.

Jan 2023 Wellness has been a passion topic of mine, ever since I was a representative of the engineering graduate students with the Graduate and Professional Students Association (GPSA) at ASU. Glad to be nominated to serve as a Wellness Ambassador at the ERAU's Prescott Campus.

Oct 2022 Great to "come back" with recent alumni and share with colleagues from the Engineering Education Systems and Design (EESD) program at ASU my journey after graduation.

Oct 2022 Invited with Associate Dean David Lanning to attend the Exploratory Meeting for the Kern Family Foundation in Milwaukee, WI.

Sep 2022 Invited to shared my thoughts about Graduate School 101 with interested students from the ERAU Prescott Campus. The event was jointly organized by the Career Services Office on Prescott and the Office of Prestigious Awards and Fellowships in the Daytona Beach Campus.

Sep 2022 Nominated to serve on the action committee for Embry-Riddle's new strategic plan (2023-2028): Goal 3 Faculty and Academic Excellence.

Sep 2022 Ongoing collaboration on NSF Engines: Type-1: Arizona Advanced Mobility Economic Engine (AAMEE) with colleagues and partners from across the State and the Science Foundation, Arizona. Collectively we will work together to design activities that will enhance innovation and economic competitiveness within the Sun Corridor region. Key areas of focus will include use-inspired research, workforce development best practices, and a robust startup-entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Jun 2022 I got to spend great time with the University Innovation Fellows program at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) at Stanford.

Jan 2022 Consider submitting a paper on Competencies for Industry 4.0 and Learning Factories during the upcoming ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE). Due date is March 15, 2022.

Dec 2021 In press: My book chapter with Dr. Ann McKenna on Reopening campuses: Visualizing the structure of a system problem. The chapter appears in the open access, edited volume by Springer on "Global Perspectives on Educational Innovations for Emergency Situations."

Nov 2021 Presented at the 2021 ASME's Conference, The International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE): an effort to integrate a deeper understanding of the coupling between technology, society and the future.

Oct 2021 Presented at the 2021 Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference, Envisioning Convergence in Engineering Education: Typology of content for case studies for designing the future.

Jul 2021 Have you lost track already of the world's space achievements last year and (so far) this year? Bright spots in stressful times!

Jul 2021 At the 2021 ASEE Annual Conference, July 26-29, will be presenting the Design for Future Activities (DFA) framework. Dr. Andrew Maynard and I propose an effective, innovative framework for developing content for design activities that address the challenges of the future where emerging technologies play a central role. Hope to "see" you there!

Apr 2021 Looking forward to the kind invitation to joining the Engineering and Science Education community at Clemson University on 9 April 2021, at the ASEE Graduate Seminar Exchange Program. I will be talking about "Conceptualizing faculty adaptability in enacting curricular change."

Apr 2021 Pitch Day for Changemaker Challenge is 10 April 2021. Looking forward to amazing ideas by fellow Sun Devils to lead social change in our local and global community.

Mar 2021 New school coming to The Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU. This proposed new school will be on the Polytechnic campus with its prominent foci including the future of work, industry 4.0, human-machine teaming and systems engineering.

Jan 2021 Perseverance: To go the distance. To not give up! This is amazing .. Check it out! Happy 2021 everyone!

Nov 2020 Innovation Quarter @ASU: December 7th - January 8th.

Nov 2020 Looking forward to seeing ideas from Community Action Grants, Changemaker Challenge, Fall 2020. Pitch day is November 13th.

Nov 2020 Reading: The Fifth Wave: The Evolution of American Higher Education: "The Fifth Wave" in American higher education comprises an emerging league of colleges and universities that aspires to accelerate positive social outcomes through the seamless integration of world-class knowledge production with cutting-edge technological innovation." Michael Crow and William Dabars new book!

Oct 2020 Future Rising looks back to design for the future: "Our future is an incredibly complex system. The only way we can begin to manage this complex system is to build a sense of future-looking responsibility and agility." Andrew Maynard's new book!

Oct 2020 ASU launches new Global Futures Laboratory This laboratory draws on ASU’s deep commitment to use-inspired research. Check artcile. ISTB7 will house Global Futures. Check construction webcam!

Sep 2020 ASU ranked No. 1 in innovation for 6th year by US News and World Report.

Sep 2020 Reading: Shaping the College Curriculum: Academic Plans in Context: Lisa Lattuca and Joan Stark conceptualize curriculum development as a decision-making process in colleges and universities. "The authors define curriculum as an academic plan developed in a historical, social, and political context." Great read!

Aug 2020 A new beginning: We build a community of care together. Safe Fall 2020!

Aug 2020 Welcome to the newest college at ASU, the College of Global Futures!

Jul 2020 Reading, on adaptability and the "Road not Taken": A thorough analysis by David Orr of Robert Frost’s most famous poem: "Divided, we might say, by the road taken. Divided when the process of choosing gives way to the fact of choice."

Jul 2020 New resource: Changemakers' guide to systems thinking. Download here from Knowledgeworks

Jul 2020 Testing the Mars Helicopter Delivery System on NASA's Perseverance Rover

Jul 2020 About 3 weeks until launch. No matter where you are, you can take part in the #CountdownToMars: Join NASA for the Launch of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover

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