Lightning Talk Archive

  • The Experience of Near-Peer Computing Mentors in Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Contexts

    In this talk, we investigate the effect of participating as a near-peer mentor for computing activities in undergraduate courses…

  • The Impacts of Free-Hand Sketching in Engineering

    Free-hand sketching plays a vital role throughout the engineering design process. It aids in externalizing ideas as individuals generate…

  • ThermoVR: A virtual laboratory for teaching and assessing introductory thermodynamics

    In this project we used a process of co-design with a cohort of engineering educators to develop and test…

  • Training Geoscientists: a Year-long Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Hydrologic Research Experience

    We present our experience developing an interdisciplinary Hydrology Research Experience funded by an NSF GEOPAths Undergraduate Preparation award. Our…

  • Training the STEM trainers in Bayesian methods

    Dealing with uncertainty is a natural part of the scientific process. Just like scientists, students also need to derive…

  • Transdisciplinary Learning Ecosystem Model to Promote a Sense of Belonging and Career Competencies

    Culturally relevant, place-based Earth science curricula addressing today’s societal issues can promote student engagement and motivation, especially for those…

  • Transforming Institutions Through STEM Equity Learning Communities

    Over the last year we implemented multidisciplinary and multi-role STEM Equity Learning Communities (SELCs) across nine public, R1 institutions.…

  • Transforming the Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Curriculum with Environmental Justice

    This presentation describes research on developing and implementing a suite of integrated, interdisciplinary, community-engaged, anti-racism training opportuni…

  • Turning Introduction to Statistics into an On-ramp to STEM

    STEM classes, particularly calculus and introductory computer science classes, traditionally have few women and underrepresented minorities enrolled. Skyline C…