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CRESME
Dr. John Staver, Co-Director
Dr. Eric Riggs, Co-Director
Felix Haas Hall, Room 202
250 N University Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2066
Phone: 765 494 2781
Fax: 765-494-2026
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        FACULTY  

  

Dr. Robin Adams - Assistant Professor of Engineering Education –
Research Interests - Investigation of engineering practice: (1) cross-disciplinary ways of thinking, acting, and being; (2) design knowing and learning; and (3) the everyday nature of engineering thinking (at home, in school, at work). Creating ?systems? bridges between education research and the practice of engineering education: (1) cross-disciplinary communities; (2) research-based instructional resources; and (3) translating research methods into pedagogical methods.
rsadams@purdue.edu

Bill Bayley – K-12 Outreach Coordinator, Chemistry; Director of Science Express. 
He was a middle and high school science teacher for 12 years.  His college days were spent right here on the spectacular campus of Purdue University.  He has been the K-12 Chemistry Outreach Coordinator since 2003.  He has many goals and challenges as he tackles his next phase as a science educator.  He wants to be able to share the magnificent resources a university such as Purdue can offer, for instance the Science Express.  His main focuses for this instrument delivery system is to repair, update, and upgrade the equipment in order to maintain and increase its function.  This will allow us to reach more teachers and students while providing quality service to the existing Science Express teachers and students. 
wbayley@purdue.edu

Deborah E. Bennett – Director – Indiana Assessment System of Educational Proficiencies, Director - Assessment Research Center, Educational Psychology & Research Methodology Program.
Research Interests: Educational Psychology and Research Methodology -- School psychology, educational assessment, technology applications in assessment and alternate assessment.
bennett@purdue.edu

George M. Bodner – Arthur Kelly Distinguished Professor – Chemical Education
Research Interests: Chemical Education ? special emphasis on problem solving in general chemistry, organic chemistry and physical chemistry.
gmbodner@purdue.edu

 

 

Jeffrey T. Bolin -  Professor of Biological Sciences.  
Research Interestes:  Our research centers on defining relationships between the three-dimensional structures of proteins and their functions through the application of X-ray crystallography in combination with other biophysical and biochemical methods. We focus on studies of metalloenzymes because of their special abilities to catalyze difficult reactions. One current project involves enzymes involved in the biodegradation of aromatic and haloaromatic compounds, a process that has potential applications in the bioremediation of deleterious pollutants. To facilitate adaptation of microbial pathways to this use, as well as to understand the chemistry of the reactions involved, we are investigating the enzymes involved in the degradation of biphenyl and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). We recently determined the crystal structure of the extradiol dioxygenase that catalyzes the critical ring-cleavage step in the degradation of biphenyl and PCBs; this first high resolution structure of any extradiol dioxygenase led to detailed studies of the evolution of homologous enzymes of both similar and divergent functions. Current efforts target enzymes that catalyze other steps in the same and related pathways. A primary focus has been the multiprotein biphenyl dioxygenase system, which catalyzes the initial step in the pathway. As part of his BMB thesis research, Chris Colbert has analyzed the structures of BPDO, the dioxygenase component, and BphF, a Rieske-type ferredoxin that serves as its electron donor. The former structure rationalizes the inability of the enzyme to process certain PCBs, whereas the latter provides a very interesting example of the influence of protein structure on the electrochemical properties of metal-sulfur clusters.
jtb@purdue.edu

   Sean Brophy – Assistant Professor - Engineering Education. 
Research Interests: Development of effective learning environments that develop adaptive expertise. This research focuses on the mechanisms and knowledge to comprehend, analyze, troubleshoot and design complex systems, exploring how these mechanisms mature and how we can foster developing these abilities through learning activities that use simulations, analogical reasoning, and model construction/evaluation.
sbrophy@purdue.edu

  

Cordelia Brown – Visiting Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Research Interests – Computer engineering.  brown83@purdue.edu

Lynn Bryan – Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
Research Interests - Science teacher education, physics education
• Sociocultural influences on teaching and learning, particularly in international and/or rural contexts
• Evidence-based inquiry and reflection in teacher education
• Teacher knowledge and beliefs
• Qualitative research methods.  labryan@purdue.edu

Wilella (Willie) Burgess – Managing Director – Discovery Learning Center. Research Interestes:  Outreach Coordinator in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.  She holds degrees in Biology, Earth Sciences, and Ecology from the Pennsylvania State University and has worked as a research scientist in both industry and academia. Over the past 15 years, Ms. Burgess has been instrumental in developing and analyzing the effectiveness of education programs and methodologies aimed at reaching audiences ranging from K-16 to graduate students, professionals, and the general public through a variety of formal and informal venues. Train-the-trainer programs designed by Ms. Burgess have provided teachers, community and industry leaders with content knowledge, pedagogical skills, and self-confidence to successfully implement new programs, modify existing programs, and teach students and/or colleagues. Results from this work have been published in leading education journals. wburgess@purdue.edu

Brenda M. Capobianco – Assistant Professor of Science Education – Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Research interests:  Science teachers' and teacher educators' engagement in action research.
Young women’s participation in science, technology, and engineering and the role teachers play in supporting young women’s participation.
Issues of gender, culture, and identity in science and engineering education.
bcapo@purdue.edu

Jean A. Chmielewski – Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry – College of Science - Associate Dean for Graduate Education & International Programs
Research Interests:  In our research program we develop small molecules, peptides and peptidomimetics for three general scientific goals: (1) Drug Discovery, (2) BioNanotechnology and (3) Cellular Delivery of Therapeutic Agents.
chml@purdue.edu

No picture available Kari L. Clase – Assistant Professor & Coordinator of Biotechnology program – Industrial Technology
Research Interests:  Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of biotechnology, proteomics and bioinformatics. She has developed and taught undergraduate-level courses in these areas.
kclase@purdue.edu

Julie Conlon – K-12 Outreach Coordinator, Department of Physics
Conlon has been credited with developing several innovative educational physics-related programs involving teachers, high school students and their parents.
jaconlon@purdue.edu

Barbara Cooper – Continuing Lecturer – Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Teaching Interests:  Earth Materials I; Hydrogeology
Research Interests:  Water Quality
bcooper@purdue.edu

Monica F. Cox – Assistant Professor – Engineering Education
Research Interests: Assessment of the implementation of engineering practices and concepts within K-12 and postsecondary classrooms.
Assessment of engineering curricula, faculty pedagogy, and student learning.  Integration of education, engineering education, and higher education frameworks and theories.
Teaching and learning in engineering education.
mfc@purdue.edu

Suzanne M. Cunningham – Research Crop Physiologist, Agronomy
K-12 Science is taught using hands-on demonstrations and experiments from basic soil and plant sciences.
scunningham@purdue.edu

Heidi Diefes-Dux – Associate Professor, Engineering Education
Research Interests: Development, classroom implementation, and authentic assessment of student work on engineering-based, client-driven, open-ended mathematical modeling activities, with particular emphasis on first-year engineering and elementary students. Elementary teacher professional development with engineering thinking, engineering design, and mathematical modeling.
hdiefes@purdue.edu

David Eichinger – Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences/Curriculum & Instruction
Research Interests: Science Education ? Biology education, teacher preparation and professional development. Eichinger studies the role of collaborative problem solving in students' understanding of science concepts. He teaches courses about teaching biology at the elementary and secondary levels and the philosophy of science in science education. Eichinger is the associate editor of the Journal of Research in Science Tachning.
deich@purdue.edu

Demetra Evangelou – Assistant Professor – Engineering Education
Research Interests: Use of blended research methods to study the developmental trajectory of engineering thinking across the educational continuum. This research explores the early engineering thinking of young children, the development of engineering thinking during in vivo interactions with human-made artifacts, the factors that contribute to informed student decision making, and the role of artifact preferences in professional choices.
evangeloud@purdue.edu

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William Fornes – Caspie Program Coordinator – Discovery Learning Center
wfornes@purdue.edu

Christian (Chris) Foster – Director of Discovery Park K-12 programs that focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.
He served as Director of Undergraduate Research in the Bourns College of Engineering at UC Riverside from 2002–2007. Foster reported to the Associate Dean of Research and Undergraduate Student Affairs in the College. As a part of his assignment he oversaw the development of a program of undergraduate research that could be generalized over the entire university. To this point he organized an on-going seminar series for undergraduates that emphasized vital aspects of the research process and how to enter it. In addition he organized two undergraduate research Web sites, one for the entire campus and one specifically for the College of Engineering
cjfoster@purdue.edu

Joseph S. Francisco – Distinguished Professor – Earth and Atmospheric Sciences/Chemistry
Research Interests: Atmospheric Chemistry, Tropospheric and Stratospheric Chemical Kinetics and Modeling, Atmospheric Laser Spectroscopy and Photochemistry.
jfrancis@purdue.edu

Brian French – Assistant Professor – Educational Studies/Educational Psychology and Research Methodology
Research Interests: My research focuses on applied educational and psychological measurement issues. Specifically, I am interested in test validity. I enjoy applying various psychometric methods to solve applied measurement problems. A few main areas of interest include: Differential Item Functioning, Measurement Invariance, Structural Equation Modeling/Path Analysis, Item Response Theory, Classical Test Theory, Factor Analysis, Monte Carlo studies, and Computerized Adaptive Testing.
frenchb@purdue.edu

Sherry Fulk-Bringman – Lab and Outreach Coordinator – Agronomy
K-12 Science is taught using hands-on demonstrations and experiments from basic soil and plant sciences.
sherryfb@purdue.edu

Marcia Gentry – Associate Directory/GERI – Associate Prof. Educational Studies
Research Interests: Student attitudes toward school on constructs including Appeal, Challenge, Choice, Interest, Enjoyment, Meaningfulness, and Self-Efficacy, and the connection of these attitudes toward learning and motivation; the use of gifted education pedagogy as a means of improving learning and teaching; the use of cluster-grouping and differentiation to meet the needs of gifted and talented students while helping all students achieve at high levels; the use of non-traditional settings for talent development such as Career and Technical Education; the development and recognition of talent among underserved populations including students with diverse cultural backgrounds and children who live in poverty; effects of test-driven school climates on student learning and teacher practices; limitations to currently practiced methods of identifying gifted children.
mgentry@purdue.edu

Jeffrey Gilger – Professor & Associate Dean for Discovery & Faculty Development – School of Education
Research Interests: My current research projects include the neurology/genetics of the gifted-learning disabled individual, the use of virtual reality for spatial skills analysis, and a multi-site project on the efficacy of reading remediation programs in not-for-profit clinics.
jgilger@purdue.edu

Nicholas (Nick) Giordano – Hubert James Distinguished Professor of Physics and Department Head of Physics
Research Interests: The physics of nanostructures and mesoscopic systems
My group studies the properties of very small metallic systems, including such phenomena as the Kondo effect in one and two dimensions, the behavior of domain walls in very narrow ferromagnetic wires, and fluid flow in extremely small structures.  Students who have recently been involved in this work include Todd Jacobs, Baris Cetin, Jiangtao Cheng, and Jacob Millspaw.  More details along with some of our recent papers are given on our mesoscopic page.
 Musical acoustics and the physics of the piano
We are studying why the piano sounds like a piano.  We are developing a physical model of the piano - this model will use Newton's laws to calculate the motion of all of the pieces of a piano along with the sound pressure which is produced.  This work also involves experimental studies of piano hammers, strings, and soundboards.  This work has been done by Andy Korty, James Winans, Stu Dietz, John Millis, James Roberts, and Laura Rueff.  More details of this work, including some of our recent publications are given at our piano www pages.
 Computational neuroscience 
We are starting several projects in the area of computational neuroscience. This work has to do with the nervous system, and how it does various sorts of "computations". We are interested in the detailed physics, biophysics, and neuroscience of how signals are generated and propagate in the brain, and in how the brain processes these signals. These projects are described in more detail on our neuroscience page, where our publications in this area can be found. This work has been done by Jasper Wang and Zhouhan Liang.
 Computational physics
I have a long standing interest in doing and teaching computational physics. This work includes the musical acoustics described above, along with my book Computational Physics (Prentice-Hall) which was developed when I taught a course on this topic.  
Also available here is material related to my Computers in Physics article on vibrating strings.
Guitar acoustics 
We have just begun some modeling studies of the guitar.  Some information on this work and some calculated guitar tones can be found here.
ng@purdue.edu

Nicole Hands – Outreach Coordinator – College of Science
nhands@purdue.edu
http://www.science.purdue.edu/outreach/partnerships/
 
Jon M. Harbor – Professor and Assoc. Vice Pres. For Research – Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Research Interests: Hydrologic and Geomorphic Impacts of Land Use and Climate Change; Glacial Geomorphology; Environmental Education Research
jharbor@purdue.edu

 

Mindy Hart – K-12 Outreach Coordinator – Computer Sciences
mhart@cs.purdue.edu
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/outreach

Mark Haugan – Associate Professor – Physics
Research Interests: Conceptual and Empirical Foundations of Relativity and Gravitation Physics and Physics Education Research and Development.
mph@physics.purdue.edu

Andrew Hirch – Professor – Physics
Research Interests:
• Experimental exploration of the equation of state of state of nuclear matter
• High energy nuclear physics: 
• STAR
• EOS Collaboration
• E864
• E895
• E442
• E591
• E778
• E735
hirsch@purdue.edu

Peter P.K. Imbrie – Associate Professor – Engineering Education/Aeronautics & Astronautics
Research Interests:  Engineering epistemologies and assessment of teaming and teamwork, of student success and retention, and of global awareness, values, and competencies. Development of reliable data preservation, access, integration, and analysis capabilities for engineering education. Outcome-based assessment.
imbrie@purdue.edu

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Isadore Julien – K-12 Outreach Coordinator – Dept. of Biology, School of Science
ijulien@purdue.edu
http://www.biology.purdue.edu/external/outreach.htm

Carolyn Jagacinski – Associate Professor – Industrial/Organizational Psychological & Educational Sciences
Research Interests:  Current research focuses on the impact of achievement goals on affect, cognition, and performance.  We have been using the 2 x 2 structure of achievement goals which identifies them in terms of definition of competence (mastery versus performance) and valence (approach versus avoidance).  We examine both the impact of situational factors that encourage the adoption of different goals and individual differences in goal adoption.  Recent work has focused on the effects of achievement goals on performance of intelligence test items.  We are also investigating the goal of work avoidance in which individuals wish to minimize the effort they put into a task.
jag@psych.purdue.edu

Ronald (Ron) Johnson – Emeritus Faculty Member – Educational Studies
Research Studies: 
johnsonr@purdue.edu

Susan Karcher – Assistant Professor – Dept. of Biological Sciences
Research Interests: (Plant molecular biology) Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Plant-phytopathogen interactions. Methods of teaching of molecular biology laboratories.
karcher@purdue.edu

Kevin Kelly – Professor/Head – Educational Studies
Research Interests: Research interests include career indecision, career assessment, and validity of career development assessments.
kkelly@purdue.edu

Minchi Kim – Assistant Professor – Educational Technology/Curriculum & Instruction
Research Interests: Professor Kim's research focuses on scaffolding students scientific problem solving with technology-enhanced learning environments, advancing pedagogical framework for learning and teaching in technology-rich classes, and integrating emergent technologies into K-12 classes.
minchi@purdue.edu

Sheila Klinker – Outreach Liaison – College of Education-Administration – Professional Development Schools
State Representative – Indiana
“My career in education has given me tremendous opportunities to work and serve our wonderful communities. We have great schools, natural beauty, and friendly people. Lafayette and West Lafayette are two of the greatest cities in the entire country in which one can raise a family: they're ‘All-American’ cities. It is an honor and a privilege to serve the people of Tippecanoe County.”  (stated from website: 
http://www.in.gov/legislative/house_democrats/klinker_biography.html)
sklinker@purdue.edu

Gerald H. Krockover – Professor – Earth & Atmospheric Science Education; and Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction & Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Research Interests: Research interests include implementing standards based instruction into middle level science classrooms and improving teacher quality partnership.
Hawk1@purdue.edu

James (Jim) Lehman – Head – Curriculum & Instruction; Professor - Educational Technology Program
Research Interests:  Design, development, and implementation of interactive multimedia software, use of computer for group interaction in distance education. Lehman's interest's concern integration of technology in education. His research areas include computer applications in education, multimedia, and computer-mediated distance education.
lehman@purdue.edu

Eric Mann – Assistant Professor – Curriculum & Instruction/Educational Psychology & Research Methodology Program, College of Education
Research Interests:
elmann@purdue.edu

George McCabe, Professor – Dept. of Statistics; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Science
 Research Interests: Bioinformatics and Biologically Related Disciplines (genomics, nutrition, proteomics, statistical genetics);
 Computational Methods for Statistical Inference; Experimental Design; Modeling and Model Selection; Nutrition; Physical Science and Engineering and Statistics (aeronautical engineering, astronomy, civil engineering, climate/environmental science); Statistics Education
 george.p.mccabe.1@purdue.edu 

Dennis Minchella – Associate Head/Professor, Dept. Biological Sciences
Research Interests: (Population biology; genetics) Host-parasite coevolution; influence of parasitism on host life-history patterns; molecular epidemiology; genetic diversity of parasite populations.
dennism@purdue.edu

Sidney M. Moon - Associate Dean - College of Education; Director - Gifted Education Resource Institute; and Professor - Department of Educational Studies
Research Interests: Dr. Moon's research interests include personal talent, social and emotional development of gifted students, and talent development in the STEM discliplines.
sidney@purdue.edu

Mary Nakhleh – Professor – Chemical Education Program/Curriculum & Instruction/Chemistry
Research Interests: Student and teacher cognition, the understanding of chemistry concepts, new technology in the chemistry classroom. Nakhleh's governing theoretical perspective of her research group is that learners create chemical knowledge from the information that they process and internalize. The sources of this information are varied: formal instruction, public knowledge from publications, prior knowledge of science, and practical experiences in using commercial products. Knowledge is also acquired in informal situations, such as information acquired from parents and friends.
mnakhleh@purdue.edu

Timothy Newby – Professor, Educational Technology Area Covener; Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction
Research Interests: Learning and motivation and the impact of various instructional strategies. Newby studies motivational factors in instructional design and development, and how to develop strategies in order to incorporate intrinsic motivation into instruction.
newby@purdue.edu

William Oakes – Associate Professor – Engineering Education/Intr. Director EPICS
Research Interests: Service learning in engineering education.  Impact of cognitive and non-cognitive variables on student persistence.  Design in engineering education.
oakes@purdue.edu

Matthew (Matt) Ohland – Associate Professor – Engineering Education
Research Interests: Longitudinal study of engineering students.  Peer evaluation.  Expanding the use of active and collaborative learning in the engineering curriculum.
ohland@purdue.edu

Nancy Pelaez – Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Research Interests: (Physiology)Vascular smooth muscle physiology, evolution and medicine, physiology education, laboratory science education.
npelaez@purdue.edu

Teri Reed-Rhoads – Assistant Dean of Engineering for Undergraduate Education; Associate Professor, Engineering Education
Research Interests:  Assessment and evaluation of engineering learning and programs, including work in statistics education, data modeling, concept inventory development and utilization, recruitment and retention topics, diversity, equity, and P-12 engineering education outreach.
trhoads@purdue.edu

Eric Riggs – Co-director – CRESME, Associate Professor – Earth and Atmospheric Sciences/Curriculum & Instruction
Research Interests:  Geoscience education, specifically in the influence of culture and language on science learning. He is also interested in teacher education and the development of constructivist strategies in earth science teaching
emriggs@purdue.edu

William (Bill) Robinson – Professor – Inorganic Chemistry and Chemical Education
 Research Interests: What do models of cognition tell us about learning chemistry?
 How do chemistry students develop their concepts and what are the sources of their misconceptions?
 The importance of learning qualitative concepts in success in chemistry.
 How do students and graduate assistants respond to cooperative learning in chemistry at the college level?
 What is the learning that occurs in the chemistry laboratory?
How can the presentation of solid state chemistry be improved?
wrrobin@purdue.edu

Anita Roychoudhury – Associate Professor – Curriculum & Instruction
Research Interests: aroychou@purdue.edu

Christie (Chris) Sahley – Associate Dean, College of Science; Professor - Dept. of Biological Sciences
Research Interests: (Neurobiology) Cellular and molecular analysis of learning; cellular response to neural injury.
sahley@purdue.edu

Scott Schaffer – Assistant Professor – Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction
Research Interests:  Learning, knowledge, and performance support in organizations, design of online learning and performance support system.
sschaff@purdue.edu

Maribeth Schmitt – Jean Adamson Stanley Professor of Literacy; Assistant Head- Dept. of  Curriculum & Instruction
Research Interests: Strategic processing in literacy manifested as self-regulated learners with problem solving, self-monitoring, and self-correcting strategies. Teacher quality and student performance in relation to quality professional development that scaffolds teachers in building capacity within schools.
mschmitt@purdue.edu

Daniel Shepardson – Professor – Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education
Research Interests: Science Education -- Children's ideas and science learning, social interactions, alternative assessment in science, environmental science and education.
Dshep@purdue.edu

Karl Smith – Cooperative Learning Professor – Engineering Education
Research Interests:  He has been at the University of Minnesota since 1972 and is in phased retirement as Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Civil Engineering. Karl has worked with thousands of faculty all over the world on pedagogies of engagement, especially cooperative learning, problem-based learning, and constructive controversy. He has co-written eight books including Cooperative learning:  Increasing college faculty instructional productivity; Strategies for energizing large classes: From small groups to learning communities; and Teamwork and project management, 3rd Ed.
smith511@purdue.edu

Steven Smith – K-12 Outreach Coordinator, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
mrsmith@purdue.edu
http://www.purdue.edu/eas/outreach

John Staver – Co-director CRESME – Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education
Research Interests: Presently his research focuses on constructivist epistemology and its implications for improving science teaching and learning. He is also examining the interface between science and religion within a constructivist perspective, with a focus on the nature of each discipline and perceived conflicts between them. In 1994, he was elected a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his work on behalf of a national reform agenda in science education.
jstaver@purdue.edu

Ruth Streveler – Assistant Professor, College of Engineering Education
Research Interests:  How students learn engineering.  Difficult concepts in science and engineering.  Student misconceptions.
Conducting rigorous research in engineering education.
streveler@purdue.edu

Johannes Strobel –Assistant Professor, Educational Technology Program, Curriculum and Instruction
Research Interests: Workplace research (engineering 'in the wild'). Identity formation of children, especially around design activities. Development and assessment of authentic, open-ended, problem-based learning environments. Social computing strategies for learning/education (including gaming and sustainable development). Intersection of history/philosophy/religious studies and engineering.
jstrobel@purdue.edu

Marcy Towns – Associate Professor, Chemical Education
Research Interests:  Small-group learning, especially how it is constructed and implemented in an on-line environment. The field of computer supported collaborative learning is an emerging one, and we have contributed to the literature in this field through the “Physical Chemistry On-Line” project.
Mtowns@purdue.edu

Andrew (Andy) Tyminski – Assistant Professor – Curriculum & Instruction/Mathematics Education
Research Interests:  Effectiveness of preservice education; beliefs of preservice elementary school teachers; mathematical knowledge for teaching; professional development of professional developers
atyminsk@purdue.edu

Peter Urcuioli – Professor, Psychological Sciences
Research Interests:  Addresses general issues in stimulus control, memory, and discrimination learning with pigeons. Current research specifically focuses on 1) categorization and the mechanisms of acquired equivalence, 2) the types of events that animals can anticipate and the role of anticipatory processes on learning and memory, and 3) the factors which may promote or diminish the appearance of symmetry.
uche@psych.purdue.edu

Jeff Vitter – Dean, College of Science, Professor of Computer Science
Research Interests: Seeks to exploit the rich interdependence between theory and practice in computer science. His work in algorithm design and analysis spans several application areas. The challenge in each case is to design algorithms that are both provably efficient and practical to implement.
jsv@purdue.edu
http://www.science.purdue.edu/jsv/

William (Bill) Walker – Outreach Coordinator, Mathematics
wswalker@math.purdue.edu
http://www.science.purdue.edu/outreach

Gabriela Weaver – Associate Professor – Chemistry
Research Interests:  She was awarded the Helping Students Learn Award for her work in CASPiE. One of Weaver's projects that has received a lot of attention is her work with Purdue's computer and graphics technology department in creating a video game to help reinforce chemistry concepts.
gweaver@purdue.edu


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Amy Wright – Discovery Park Proposal Specialist, Sponsored Program Services
wrightaj@purdue.edu


Terry Wood – Professor - Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Research Interests: Mathematics Education -- Interrelationship of teaching and students' learning of mathematics. Wood specializes in elementary mathematics education, specifically in teacher education and the interrelationship of teaching and learning mathematics in elementary school classrooms. She has published extensively on mathematics education at the primary level, and was principal investigator for a $859,000 grant from the National Science Foundation study "Recreating Teaching of Mathematics in the Elementary School." Wood is an editorial board member of the professional society "Educational Studies in Mathematics Education" for 2000-2002.
twood@purdue.edu


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Jerry Woodward – K-12 Outreach Coordinator, Mathematics and Statistics
jwoodwar@purdue.edu
http://www.stat.purdue.edu/outreach
http://www.math.purdue.edu/outreach

 Aman Yadav – Assistant Professor – Educational Studies, Educational Psychology
Research Interests:
Case-based instruction in Science and Engineering, Video case-based instruction in teacher education, Problem-based learning, Role of task structure.
amanyadav@purdue.edu






 

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