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Olga Stavridis is a Senior Lecturer for the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. She has been teaching Fundamentals for Engineering I and II for the Freshmen Engineering Scholars Program; Engineering Graphics and Spatial Visualization Courses for the last five years. She was previously the Director of the Engineering Co-op and Internship Program at Ohio State. Olga received her Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Ohio State and Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from Arizona State University. She has twelve years of industry experience in areas of Automotive and Systems Engineering.

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Dr. Lisa Abrams is currently the Associate Director for the Engineering Education Innovation Center at The Ohio State University (OSU). She received her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Mechanical Engineering and PhD degree in Industrial Engineering from Ohio State. She has seven years of industry experience in the areas of Design and Consulting. Her research focuses on the recruitment, retention, and success of undergraduate students, especially those populations who are under-represented in engineering. She has developed and taught a wide variety of engineering courses in First Year Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Ohio State. She has received four teaching awards in the last three years at both the College and the Departmental level at OSU.

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Dr. Sheryl Sorby is currently a Professor of STEM Education at The Ohio State University and was recently a Fulbright Scholar at the Dublin Institute of Technology in Dublin, Ireland. She is a professor emerita of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan Technological University and the PI or coPI on more than $9M in grant funding, most for educational projects. She is the former Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Engineering at Michigan Tech and she served at the National Science Foundataion as a Program Director in the Division of Undrgraduate Education from January 2007 through August 2009. Prior to her appointment as Associate Dean, Dr. Sorby served as chair of the Engineering Fundamentals Department at Michigan Tech. In this capacity, she was responsible for the development and delivery of the newly adopted First Year Engineering Program at Michigan Tech. She received a BS in Civil Engineering, an MS in Engineering Mechanics, and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, all from Michigan Tech. Dr. Sorby has a well-established research program in spatial visualization and is actively involved in the development of various educational programs.

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Dr. Hamamoto earned a D.D.S. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. He completed advanced education programs in General Practice Dentistry at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Oral Medicine at the University of Washington, and TMD/Orofacial Pain at the University of Minnesota. He also earned a Ph.D. in Oral Biology with a minor in Neuroscience from the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Hamamoto has authored/co-authored publications in the areas of the acid-evoked pain, cancer-evoked pain, antihyperalgesic effects of cannabinoids, and glycemic control in diabetic dental patients. He has mentored minority high school, undergraduate, graduate and dental students and dental specialty residents in both basic science and clinical research. Dr. Hamamoto has been awarded UMN Graduate School grants, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, and is or has been Co-investigator on five other NIH grants. Dr. Hamamoto serves as an ad hoc reviewer for national and international basic science and dental journals, including the Journal of Dental Education.

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Ken Sigler is the Director of DentPath and Associate Director of Admissions in the College of Dentistry at The Ohio State University. He is responsible for the recruitment of underrepresented minorities as well as pipeline programs serving middle and high school students in underserved areas. He has over fifteen years of experience in higher education administration spanning from student affairs to enrollment management. Prior to his current role in the College of Dentistry, he served as the Director for Undergraduate Admissions at Ohio State Mansfield. He was also Director of Admissions at Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina. Ken earned his Bachelor's degree in Communication at Muskingum University and his Master's in Higher Education Administration at Kent State University. He completed his Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, CA.

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