The Fellows
2024
Congratulations to the 2024 Engineering Unleashed Fellows!
The 2024 Engineering Unleashed Fellows are a cohort of 31 faculty members from 27 institutions of higher education across the U.S., following a peer-selection process where they were recognized for their contribution to entrepreneurial engineering education. Learn more about the award below.
Meet the 2024 Engineering Unleashed Fellows
Dr. Amir Momenipour
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Project: Card #4176: A Roadmap for Incorporating XR Technologies in STEM Education
Workshop: August - Unleashing Academic Change
Dr. Amy Adkins
North Carolina State University
Project: Card #3457: Lending a Hand: Rigid Body Equilibrium of a Prosthesis
Workshop: January - ICE 1.0
Andrea Ragonese
Pennsylvania State University
Project: Card #4104: Incorporating Student Voice and Choice in the Engineering Classroom by Utilizing Universal Design for Learning and Inclusive Teaching Styles
Workshop: June - Enhancing Inclusive Teaching Practices
Dr. Cameron Kim
Duke University
Project: Card #4156: The Faculty Problem Solving Studio: A Meta-PSS to assess faculty engagement with active learning strategies
Workshop: June - Problem Solving Studio
Dr. Cassandra Jamison
Rowan University
Project: Card #3774: Structuring CUREs to Help Students Make Connections
Workshop: August - EML and Student Research
Dr. Cassie Wallwey
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Project: Card #4018: Using the 3-C's to Scope Design Problems in First-Year Engineering
Workshop: August - EML and Student Research
Dr. Dalya Ismael
Old Dominion University
Project: Card #4114: Innovation in Sustainability: Engineering Solutions for Building and Infrastructure
Workshop: May - ICE 1.0
Dr. Dana Marmolejo
Saint Louis University
Project: Card #4115: Cultivating Problem Solving Studio and Entrepreneurial Mindset in Dynamics for Mechanical Engineering
Workshop: June - Problem Solving Studio
Dr. Daniel Maguire
Valparaiso University
Project: Card #4186: WIP: A 7-Week Course in Engineering Ethics: A Place Where Values, EM, the 3Cs and Engineering Skillset Thrive
Workshop: August - Design Your Academic Life
Dr. Farhang Forghanparast
Clemson University
Project: Card #4148: As it rains, As it flows...
Workshop: June - Problem Solving Studio
Dr. Fethiye Ozis
Carnegie Mellon University
Project: Card #4122: First year Civil and Environmental Engineering Project: The Circular Economy
Workshop: May - ICE 1.0
George Salayka
New York Institute of Technology
Project: Card #3745: A Challenging Interview
Workshop: August - Decoding the DNA of 3Cs & Creating High Impact Courses
Dr. Gideon A. Lyngdoh
George Fox University
Project: Card #4151: Serving the community using Structural Analysis concept: Entrepreneurial Mindset
Workshop: August - Entrepreneurial Mindset into Civil Engineering
Dr. John Estell
Ohio Northern University
Project: Card #4051: SWOT-ting a Failed Kickstarter Project: or How to Learn More About Your Team
Workshop: June - Enhancing Inclusive Teaching Practices
Dr. Justin Major
Rowan University
Project: Card #3998: Phone Case Design Project: Engaging first-year students with a real-life design opportunity
Workshop: January - ICE 1.0
Dr. Kathryn Hasz
Carthage College
Project: Card #3743: Strengthening high school math skills through engineering examples
Workshop: August - Decoding the DNA of 3Cs & Creating High Impact Courses
Dr. Kristen Peña
Arizona State University
Project: Card #4091: Embedding EM for Learning Experience Designers and Instructional Coaches: An Unleashing Academic Change Project
Workshop: August - Unleashing Academic Change
Dr. Lauren Logan
Ohio Northern University
Project: Card #3648: Create Your Own Museum Exhibit
Workshop: June - Enhancing Inclusive Teaching Practices
Dr. Lauren Singelmann
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Project: Card #3688: A Maker Activity for Addressing Misconceptions in Circuits
Workshop: July - MakerSpark
Mandana Ashouripashaki
Ohio State University
Project: Card #4119: Unleash Your Engineering Superpower: Problem-Solving for Impact (Part 1) - Identifying the Mission
Workshop: July - MakerSpark
Dr. Marie Stettler Kleine
Colorado School of Mines
Project: Card #4189: What Redefining Problem Solving can mean for Engineering Education
Workshop: August - Design Your Academic Life
Dr. Mark Brinton
Elizabethtown College
Project: Card #4132: Building Individual Connections and Value with the Engineering Profession
Workshop: July - ICE 1.0
Dr. Mostafa Batouli
The Citadel
Project: Card #3841: Interactive Class Demo and Bidding Game for Teaching Construction Estimating
Workshop: August - Unleashing Academic Change
Dr. Nagasree Garapati
University of New Haven
Project: Card #3622: Optimum Process Design
Workshop: May - ICE 1.0
Dr. Nancy Moore
North Carolina State University
Project: Card #4133: Pump Up the Profits: Pump System Optimization for a Thermodynamics Course
Workshop: July - ICE 1.0
Dr. Nilufer Onder
Michigan Technological University
Project: Card #4116: A Training Program for Undergraduate Peer Mentors
Workshop: August - THRIVE Faculty Mentorship
Dr. Patricia Clayton
Wake Forest University
Project: Card #3827: Integrating EML into CitiCorps ethics case study
Workshop: January - ICE 1.0
Sachin Gore
Pennsylvania State University
Project: Card #4181: Gear Cube Puzzle Making Activity
Workshop: July - Making with EM Across the Curriculum
Dr. Stephanos (Steve) Matsumoto
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
Project: Card #4099: Lessons Learned from Trying to Implement Practices from the Enhancing Inclusive Practices through EML Workshop (EIT)
Workshop: June - Enhancing Inclusive Teaching Practices
Dr. Tanya Onushko
Marquette University
Project: Card #3907: Exploring Making and Adaptive Technology through Engineering Design
Workshop: July - Making with EM Across the Curriculum
Dr. Tsvetanka Filipova
South Dakota School of Mines
Project: Card #4036: Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Polymer Technologies in a Circular Economy
Workshop: June - ICE 1.0
About the Award
The 2024 Fellows participated in the Engineering Unleashed Faculty Development (EUFD) National Workshop program, creating resources that will help them and intercollegiate colleagues advance the community's mission to integrate entrepreneurial mindset (EM) into practices that benefit their students, their institutions, and greater society.
To amplify the work of these Fellows and advance the shared mission, awards are provided to the awardee’s home institutions through the Kern Family Foundation. Each Fellow is an ambassador for entrepreneurial mindset and will work on a project through their institution with a grant award of $10,000. In total, the colleges received $310,000 in support to recognize the excellent efforts in engineering education by their faculty.