Research Faculty

Future Work and Learning

Research Faculty

As applied problem solvers, we develop and apply innovative training and learning approaches that empower people to fulfill an active role in society through education, participation, engagement, innovation and entrepreneurship.

Each faculty member on our research team brings unique industry experience and far-reaching academic collaborations from a wide range of disciplines, including:

  • Computational Thinking & Cyberlearning
  • STEM Education Research
  • Design
  • User Experience
  • Organization and Leadership
  • Workforce Development
byrd

Vetria Byrd

Assistant Professor, CGT
Co-Lead

 

Data visualization, visualization of heterogeneous data, higher order thinking, visualization capacity building

Debs

Luciana de Cresce El Debs

Assistant Professor, CMT
Co-Lead

 

Design and construction integration and education, teamwork and collaboration in AEC industry, offsite construction

Mesut Akdere

Mesut Akdere

Professor, TLI & Director, Purdue HRD VR Lab

 

Human resources, STEM workforce development, simulated training (virtual augmented, and mixed reality), and organization development and change 

Asunda

Paul Asunda

Associate Professor, TLI

 

Integrated STEM education, career and college success; assessment and transfer of learning; and Professional development practices across the professional continuum

Fred Berry

Frederick Berry

Professor, SOET

 

Capstone education, STEM education, power systems

bosman

Lisa Bosman

Assistant Professor, TLI

 

entrepreneurially-minded learning

bosman

Farid Breidi

Assistant Professor, SOET

 

Digital Fluid Power Systems, Mechanical Design, Modeling and Simulation, and STEM Education

Chang

Soowon Chang

Assistant Professor, CM

 

Smart and Sustainable Buildings and Human-Urban-Building Interaction

Yunfeng Chen

Yunfeng Chen

Assistant Professor, CMT

 

Automation, Robotics, and Ergonomics in Construction and Transportation

Hazar Nicholas Dib

Hazar Nicholas Dib

Associate Professor, CMT

 

Design, Development and Validation of innovative educational tools and technologies. Interactive Virtual Learning Environment

Duval-Couetil

Nathalie Duval-Couetil

Professor, TLI & Director, Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

 

Entrepreneurship education, technology commercialization, professional development, program evaluation, gender and diversity.

Duval-Couetil

Adel El-Shahat

Assistant Professor, SOET

 

Energy Systems such as Electric vehicle charging systems, Renewable energy systems, and Smart nano & micro-grids

Yi Gao

Nandhini Giri

Assistant Professor, CGT

 

Design Expertise, Entertainment Graphics Industry Practices, Sustainable & Enjoyable Experiences

Yi Gao

Yi Gao

Associate Professor, SATT

 

Air Transportation, Airline Management

Kao

Kyubyung "Kyu" Kang

Assistant Professor, SCMT

 

Smart Infrastructure and Asset Management, Digital Crowdsourcing Data, Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles

Kao

Dominic Kao

Assistant Professor, CIT

 

Human-computer interaction, STEM education, games, virtual/augmented reality

Karabiyik

Umit Karabiyik

Assistant Professor, CIT

 

Data analytics, Data-driven decision making, Mathematical and statistical modeling

Keller

Julius Keller

Assistant Professor, SATT

 

General aviation human factors, safety programs, flight training and education

Jin Kocsis

Jin Kocsis

Assistant Professor, CIT

 

Machine Learning, Cyber-Physical Security, Resilient Networking

Larson

Derek Larson

Assistant Professor, CGT

 

Documentary Animation, VR

Lucietto

Tianyi Li

Assistant Professor, CIT

 

new technologies to support complex sensemaking, specifically, through designing and developing systems for computer-supported cooperative work and human-AI interaction

Lucietto

Anne M Lucietto

Associate Professor, SOET

 

Renewable/sustainable STEM education, energy

Magana

Alejandra Magana

W.C. Furnas Professor in Enterprise Excellence, CIT

 

Cyberlearning in STEM; Model-based reasoning through modeling and simulation; Computational thinking; Computational cognitive apprenticeships; Teamwork pedagogy; Online learning in STEM; Embodied cognition.

Martani

Claudio Martani

Assistant Professor, SCMT

 

Future-ready design, sensing and responding built environment, flexible and resilient infrastructure, uncertainty modelling and scenario simulations.

Mousas

Christos Mousas

Assistant Professor, CGT

 

virtual reality, computer graphics

Parsons

Paul Parsons

Assistant Professor, CGT

 

Human-computer interaction, learning technologies, cognitive psychology

Sparkling

Anthony Sparkling

Assistant Professor, CMT

 

Project teams, human factors, STEM careers

Strimel

Greg Strimel

Assistant Professor, TLI

 

P-12 STEM education, design thinking

Toombs

Melaku Tadesse

Clinical Assistant Professor, SATT

 

Competency Based Education in Aviation, and Safety Management Systems in Aviation

Toombs

Chengcheng Tao

Assistant Professor , SCMT

 

Sustainable infrastructure and manufacturing

Toombs

Austin Toombs

Assistant Professor, CGT

 

Community formation and maintenance, Sociotechnical systems, Interpersonal and informal care

Yother

Tracy Yother

Assistant Professor, SATT

 

Aerospace maintenance and manufacturing education using modern technology innovations