Milo Koretsky is the McDonnell Family Bridge Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and in the Department of Education at Tufts University. He is co-Director of the Institute for Research on Learning and Instruction (IRLI). He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in chemical engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Student-Tool Interactions from a Conceptually Challenging Adaptive Learning Module for Materials ScienceThe use of computers as automated adaptive instructional tools to support students in STEMeducation continues to grow. However, these tools often focus on
reinforcement learning. His research interests include medical informatics, robotics, animal monitoring, and prediction of biomaterial properties. Before joining the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, Emmanuel worked as a faculty member at the Department of Computer Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria. Furthermore, Emmanuel was a research and teaching fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, and earned a distinction in the course: ”An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching” coordinated by the Center for the Integration of Research Teaching and Learning (CIRTL), 2022. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024