Conference Session

STEM Pipeline: Pre-College to Post-Baccalaureate

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Trenor, University of Houston; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University

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Educational Research and Methods

me want to do grad school. I’ve always wanted to probably be an engineering professor. I thought that’d be cool because I like teaching. I was a tutor in high school and stuff like that. But I knew I would have to get a Ph.D., and that was kind of the ‘I don’t know if I want to do this’ part of it. And now that I’ve done this, the Ph.D. work doesn’t seem so bad.” “[the program] Opened my mind to different possibilities, and confirmed my interest in research. ”One student talked about her change in goals before and after the program by saying, “it [thesurvey] asked me if I was going to go to graduate school and I said ‘no,’ now I’ve changed mymind.”Specifically, students repeatedly talked about the panel

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Anders V Warell, Lund University, Industrial Design; Charlotta Johnsson, Lund University; Carl-Henric Lennart Nilsson, Technology management

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International Forum

their starting point in knowledge engineering, Åman and Andersson (2012) emphasize the importance ofindustrial design as “a field that incorporates an integrative aspect, stretching across the divide between therational and problem solving and the ‘irrational’ of the aesthetic and symbolic”. As such, ”design as an activityand profession is inherently integrative across ‘arts’ and ‘sciences’, but it is the integrative element that is at theforefront” (ibid).We believe that a narrow-minded view of objectives in product development and design can contribute to asituation, where economic targets get over-prioritised in relation to value for customers and other stakeholders,such as described by Åman and Andersson (2012). It has been claimed that the

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Baron; Matt Batcha; John Estell; Adam Love

Session 1620 Designing a Handheld-Friendly Web Site John K. Estell, Tim Baron, Matt Batcha, Adam Love Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department Ohio Northern UniversityIntroduction The handheld computer, or PDA (personal digital assistant), represents a new phase ineducational technology that allows for a truly portable computational device in an affordablepackage. From its humble beginnings as an electronic data organizer, the PDA has evolved intoa sophisticated computational and informational tool through the development of various

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

Authors

Arjumand Ali, Grand Valley State University; Mahdi Norouzi, Grand Valley State University

Conference Proceedings, Jun 22-25, 2003, p 11408-11411. 4. Felder, R. M. and Silverman, L. K.,(1988), “Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education,” Engineering Education 78(7), pp. 674-681. 5. Jensen, E. (1998), “Teaching with the Brain in Mind,” Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. 6. Klegka, J.S. and O'Donovan, T.E.,(2002), “Using SIMULINK as a design tool”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Jun 16-19, 2002, p 8505-8517. . 7. Metzger, R.P. and Rodriguez, A.,(2002), “An Interactive Modeling, Simulation, Animation, and Real-Time Control (MoSART) flexible Inverted Pendulum Environmnet”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Jun 16-19, 2002, p 1-9. 8. Rao, S.S

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Fontenot-Simmons; Chu-Chen (C.C.) Chen

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 6.645.1 Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationI first met with the Egyptian Principal Investigator on December 3, 1993 to sign thecontract. The project was not implemented until October 30, 1998. During the waitingperiod, I was informed that their selection of Su was based on my publication entitled"Vibration Diagnostic Analysis as part of Energy Audit and Energy ManagementApplication" and our newly established Vibration Laboratory.I also was informed that the budget was mis-managed by the Egyptian agency. USAIDtracked all the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig W. Somerton

Session 3268 Incorporating a Team Building Experiment into a Senior Level Laboratory Course Craig W. Somerton Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State UniversityI. IntroductionIn spring of 1995 Ford Motor Company established a continuous quality improvement (CQI)partnership with the colleges of business and engineering at Michigan State University. Toinitiate the program, Ford held workshops for the faculty and staff that focused on CQIprinciples and their implementation. During these workshops there was considerable interactionamong personnel from the two

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division (CPD) Technical Session 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olukemi Akintewe, University of South Florida; Walter Alejandro Silva Sotillo; James Anderson

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Continuing Professional Development Division (CPD)

students mustdemonstrate “an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.” And ABET SO #5states “an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership,create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.”Therefore by the end of the program, engineering students must be able to engage and interact witha wide range of audiences verbally or in written communication.The written and oral communication assignments implemented in this foundational engineeringcourse create a context for technical communication in the discipline. These assignmentsencompass elements of technical writing with a clear purpose, an audience in mind, logicallyutilized format and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Genock Portela-Gauthier, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Rosaurelis Marín Ramírez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Paola Pacheco Roldan, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-4469: LEVERAGING SIMULATION TOOLS TO DELIVER ILL-STRUCTURED PROBLEMS IN STATICS AND MECHANICS OF MATE-RIALSProf. Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Christopher Papadopoulos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of General Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. He earned B.S. degrees in civil engineering and mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University (1993) and a Ph.D. in theoretical and applied mechanics at Cornell University (1999). Prior to coming to UPRM, Papadopoulos served on the faculty in the Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Papadopoulos has primary research and teaching interests in mechanics

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela J. Théroux; Gary Gabriele; Brad Lister; Deborah Kaminski

learning styles of engineering students, particularly those whoselearning style is often at odds with the traditional engineering curriculum. Continued research onthe connections between learning styles and student success in engineering curricula arewarranted.ReferencesBransford, J., Brown, A., and Cocking, R, (1999). How People Learn – Brain, Mind, Experience, and School,Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press,Bransford, J., Brophy, S. & Williams, S. When Computer Technologies Meet the Learning Sciences: Issues andOpportunities. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 59-84, (2000).Dewey, J. (1938). Experience and Education. New York: Collier Books.Dunn, R. and Dunn, K. (1984). Ten ways to make the classroom a

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Rhymer; Marty Bowe; Daniel Jensen

Session 1668 An Assessment of Visualization Modules for Learning Enhancement in Mechanics Don Rhymer, Dan Jensen, Marty Bowe Department of Engineering Mechanics USAF Academy, CO 80840AbstractUntil recently, there has been a lack of content designed to enhance understanding of mechanicsof materials through the use of visualization. Therefore, visualization content in this area, aswell as quantitative assessment establishing its effectiveness, is needed. This paper builds on ourprevious work using visualization content by

Conference Session

Quantitative Research Methods

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine M. Ehlert, Clemson University; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee; Marian S. Kennedy, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #18265Utilizing Cluster Analysis of Close-Ended Survey Responses to Select Partic-ipants for Qualitative Data CollectionMs. Katherine M. Ehlert, Clemson University Katherine M. Ehlert is a doctoral student in the Engineering and Science Education department in the College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences at Clemson University. She earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and her MS in Mechanical Engineer- ing focusing on Biomechanics from Cornell University. Prior to her enrollment at Clemson, Katherine worked as a Biomedical Engineering consultant in Philadelphia

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2005 GSW

Authors

Carlon G. Ami

Session Number T4D4 Predictability of college success for ethnic minority SEM students: is high school GPA a reliable tool? Carlon G. Ami Multicultural Engineering Program University of New Mexico AbstractThis study was an attempt to determine whether high school grade point average(HSGPA) or ACT scores were better correlated with the success of a select group ofethnic minority students at the University of New Mexico (UNM). Third-semesterretention and third semester grade point average, graduation rate, grade

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2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

Marian S. Stachowicz

Fuzzy Versus Conventional Control Marian S. Stachowicz, Laboratory for Intelligent Systems, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA, The Warsaw School of Computer Science, Warsaw, Poland mstachow@d.umn.eduAbstractThis article presents notes from the interdisciplinary course ECE 5831 Fuzzy Sets Theory and ItsApplications and an introduction part to ECE 4951 Design Workshop dedicated to IntelligentControl, both taught at the ECE Department, University of Minnesota Duluth. What are theadvantages and disadvantages of fuzzy control as compared to conventional

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Collection

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ricco, University of Kentucky; Janet K. Lumpp, University of Kentucky; Joshua Parsons; Shannon Lee Sampson; Brad A. Hubbard, University of Kentucky

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #23636A Second Year Review of a New FYE ProgramDr. George D. Ricco, University of Kentucky George D. Ricco is an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Kentucky. He focuses his work between teaching in the first-year engineering program at UK and research in student progression. Previously, he was the KEEN Program Coordinator at Gonzaga University in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. He completed his doctorate in engineering education from Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education. Previously, he received an M.S. in earth and planetary sciences

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

notes of the students -without passing through the mind of either one - continues as “the norm”.The purpose of this paper is to renew the call for deployment of better and more effectiveinstructional strategies in the classrooms of the Arab Gulf States, stressing on cooperativelearning practices as a viable alternative to the traditional low-interaction lecture-basedenvironment that has gripped the engineering education of Region’s institution for decades. Thepaper sheds light on: theoretical roots, research support, current practices, and suggestions forredesigning classes-if need be- to stimulate interaction and help break the traditional lecturedominant pattern, when cooperative learning protocols are deployed. The paper shows howcooperative

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Nix

Session Number : 3420 Using Intr oductor y Computer Science as a Tool for Teaching Gener al Pr oblem Solving By Major Timothy G. Nix Affiliation: United States Militar y Academy, West Point, NY Abstr actThe primary purpose of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is to produce leadersfor the U.S. Army. Thus, the curriculum is tailored with this goal in mind. One of theselling points of the computer science program is its emphasis on problem solving. Thepremise is that the problem solving skills that are instilled through computer science canbe extrapolated to problem solving in general and

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Swaminadham Midturi

unique transducers, and instrumentation inall science and engineering fields require such common course instruction and training ofstudents in all disciplines of engineering and technology. A common course in instrumentation will meet the interests of all students andprepare them to appreciate the importance of instrumentation applications in a variety ofindustries. It creates a balanced perspective in the minds of students to solveinstrumentation problems in the real world. The learning experiences through such courseswill give students confidence to design instrumentation systems starting from scratch andnot depend on the assembly of off-the-shelf devices. The course will incorporate emergingtrends in instrumentation and develop problem

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Taggart Smith

discussions. Peter Drucker in his bookPost-Capitalist Society describes the journey from a capitalistic society to a knowledge societyby saying, “knowledge is the only meaningful resource.” (p. 42) The function of management isto apply existing knowledge and to define what new knowledge is needed and how it can beused. “That knowledge has become the resource, rather than a resource, is what makes oursociety ‘post-capitalist.’ ” (p. 45) 1 The study of knowledge management becomes increasingly important in engineering andtechnology as several forces converge: · marketing to global customers · competing with new providers of goods/services · growing computer networks and increasing use of information technology

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott D. Baldwin

Session 2425 A Successful Process Approach To Electronic Device Design Scott Baldwin Electrical Engineering Technology, Oklahoma State UniversityAbstractThis paper details the techniques and workflow methodology used in the instruction of anElectronic Circuit Design course. This course requires students with little to no designexperience to select a project, plan the work to be accomplished and then complete several keymilestones until a complete, packaged product is the end result. This course is targeted forsophomore and junior level

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Bell

levels, but on theaverage have not yet made the connection between math and engineering mechanics. It is byexample and homework problems that we instill the connection.Most presentations for making this connection are either printed matter, or computer-basedlearning. Computer-based learning holds the most promise at this time because we have to admitthat printed material is limited in its level of interactivity. It is difficult to respond to a particularstudent problem without mudding the waters for everyone.A solution, which addresses these limitations, is a program that queries students for problemcomponents. This relieves the system of having to be a complete intelligent tutoring system byaddressing specific parts of the example problem. And

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Steven B. Zwickel

HOW DO YOU DEVELOP AN OUTREACH PROGRAM?Background: Engineering Outreach at UWÐMadison The K-12 Engineering Outreach Program has been in existence since 1988. It was created as part of the NSF-funded Engineering Research Center for Plasma-Aided Manufacturing. The first outreach program was based on a kit of materials that explained the states of matter and how plasma is used in manufacturing. In 1995, Steven Zwickel, an instructor in Engineering Professional Development, became Outreach Coordinator and the program came under the auspices of the College of Engineering. In addition to the demonstration of plasma, we added new

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

YoonJung Cho; Sohum Sohoni; Donald P. French

GTAs did on all categories. On the importance ratings, GTAs placedsignificantly higher importance on all categories of GTA roles and responsibilities than facultyand students did. Both GTAs and faculty reported high discrepancy between importance andcompetence in the categories of „instructional practices‟ and „engagement with students‟. Facultyreported high discrepancy between importance and competence in the „TA Preparedness‟category while GTAs did not. The diverse needs, viewpoints, and perspectives of the threegroups that were captured by this survey provide interesting insight and valuable data fordesigning a GTA training program.IntroductionConcerns about recruitment and retention of students in engineering disciplines have resulted

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in Mechanics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Williams, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University

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Mechanics

classroomdemonstrations are most effective when coupled with the requirement of having the studentspredict the answer in advance of observing the demonstration(11).Our apparatus for experiments in statics is dubbed the “VectorSmith.” In addition to the threeroles of laboratory experiences described above, we believe that these laboratory experiencesshould provide students an alternative look at a particular problem. With this in mind, the fiveexperiments we developed are classic problems presented in virtually all statics textbooks. Thisallows students with different learning styles a better opportunity to grasp the concept that theproblem is conveying.Yoder et al.(12) proposed the following guidelines for hands-on laboratory experiences forteaching engineering

Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sallie Townsend; Natalie Segal

. Creating avisual organization of information makes it much easier to see what to do next for the visual-spatial student. Both are visual tools to solve analytical problems. Several examples ofapplication of these methods are presented.IntroductionThe students at Ward College of Technology at the University of Hartford can major inArchitectural, Audio, Electronic, Computer, and Mechanical Engineering Technology. They arethus a diverse group, with different abilities. We have found that our Architectural EngineeringTechnology (AET) students, for example, tend to process information visually, whereas theAudio Engineering Technology (AUET) students process information aurally and theMechanical Engineering Technology (MET) students process information

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Macy Reynolds

difficult to identify these students informally, research is emerging thatdeals with gifted students (generally those with an IQ of 140 or higher) who can also havelearning problems. So a very strong mind can have “disconnects” that interfere with learning inthe classroom. As these students move from high schools to college or from high school to jobto college, discrepancies widen between expected and actual performance. These students mayimpress teachers with very outstanding abilities, but contradict that the image with poorperformance in other areas. Often they do excellent lab work but do not do as well in theclassroom portion of an engineering course. And it’s in the academic, not in job performancethat these students find problems. Granted

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tolga Duman; Cihan Tepedelenlioglu; Antonia Papandreou-Suppappola; Venkatraman Atti; Andreas Spanias

A COMBINED RESEARCH AND CURRICULUM PROGRAM IN SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR COMMUNICATIONS* Andreas Spanias, Venkatraman Atti, Cihan Tepedelenlioglu, Antonia Papandreou-Suppappola, and Tolga Duman Department of Electrical Engineering, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5706, USA. e-mail: [spanias, atti, cihan, papandreou, and duman]@asu.edu Abstract This paper describes a combined curriculum and research program that aims to provide scientificand investigative experiences to undergraduate (UG) students by

Conference Session

ELOS Technical Session 6: Bring Your Own Experiment!

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Longstreth, Rowan University; Vincent Sambucci, Rowan University; Alex Thomas Siniscalco, Rowan University; Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; Mitja Trkov, Rowan University; Cassandra Sue Ellen Jamison, Rowan University; Wei Xue, Rowan University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

Paper ID #43562BYOE: Soft Robotic Fish ProjectMatthew Longstreth, Rowan UniversityVincent Sambucci, Rowan UniversityAlex Thomas Siniscalco, Rowan UniversityDr. Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University Dr. Smitesh Bakrania is an associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his Ph.D. from University of Michigan in 2008 and his B.S. from Union College in 2003. His research interests include combustion synthesis of nanoparticles and combustion catalysis using nanopar- ticles. He is also involved in developing educational apps for instructional and research purposes.Dr. Mitja Trkov, Rowan University

Conference Session

Track 1: Technical Session 6: "Use of a multi-level self-study to engage campus stakeholders and improve STEM student learning outcomes "

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Jennifer Speed, Texas State University; Don Pair, University of Dayton

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

teaching and learning.Don Pair, University of Dayton ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Use of a multi-level self-study to engage campus stakeholders and improve STEM student learning outcomes Jennifer Speed, Texas State University Donald L. Pair, University of DaytonAbstractSpurred by longstanding concerns about inequities in STEM learning outcomes, includingamong students in a university’s growing engineering and computer science programs, a smallteam of faculty and staff at a midsized university undertook an institution-wide initiative tounderstand its entire STEM learning environment, i.e., the conditions that inform

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2023 IL-IN Section Conference

Authors

D. W. Mueller; Josue Njock Libii; Donna D. Holland; O. David Momoh; Peter A. Ng; Reynaldo M. Pablo; Suleiman Ashur

UniversityAbstractThis paper describes activities and preliminary findings from a five-year, NSF-sponsored project(Award #1565066) at Purdue University Fort Wayne to increase the number of students whocomplete engineering, engineering technology, and computer science degrees. Purdue UniversityFort Wayne is a metropolitan, non-selective, public institution with a high percentage of under-prepared, first-generation, low-income, commuter students, many of whom work. The objectivesof this project are to (a) increase graduation rates of the STEM cohorts; (b) build the foundationfor a sustainable institutional structure and support STEM scholars and other students; (c) carryout research designed to advance understanding of the factors, practices, and curricular and

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Teaching Preparation in Graduate Programs

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kara Danielle Fong, University of California, Berkeley; Shannon Ciston, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #28938Modifications to a graduate pedagogy course to promote active learningand inclusive teachingMs. Kara Danielle Fong, University of California, Berkeley Kara Fong is a PhD student in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Uni- versity of California, Berkeley. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University as well as a Master of Philosophy in Materials Science and Metallurgy from the University of Cambridge.Dr. Shannon Ciston, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Shannon Ciston is the User Program Director at the Molecular Foundry at