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CV: Katherine Nelson, Arizona State University - Page 1

Curriculum VitaeKatherine G. Nelson

Arizona State UniversityIra A. Fulton Schools of EngineeringMesa, AZ [email protected](480)522-0480

EDUCATION

2014 Ph.D. Arizona State University, Tempe AZCurriculum and Instruction: Engineering EducationConcentration: Cognition, Conceptual Change, Complexity (within engineering education)

2010 M.S. Arizona State University, Tempe AZCivil and Environmental EngineeringConcentration: Microbial Kinetics, Microbial Remediation of Environmental Contaminants

2007 B.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NYEnvironmental Engineering

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research

2014-2015 Postdoctoral Scholar for Ann McKenna, Ph.D., TUES Type II VCP Grant Director of the Polytechnic School in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University.

Quantitative and qualitative analysis for Cycle II of the co-sponsored NSF and ASEE Advancing Engineering Education through Virtual Communities of Practice research grant. Responsible for conducting interviews, transcription analysis, coding, with subsequent quantitative statistics such as correlations and ANOVA, and communication of grant results.

2012-2013 Research Assistant for Jenefer Husman, Ph.D., QESST ERC NSF Grant. T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University.

Responsible for developing, conducting, and analyzing (both quantitative and qualitative) research related to undergraduate student misconception formation of engineering content (specifically related to semiconductors and photovoltaics). Other research projects included the development of a photovoltaic concept inventory, enhancements to current curricular

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practices in photovoltaics engineering practice, retention of women engineering students, and quantitative data analysis of undergraduate engineering student’s motivational beliefs (Quantitative skills include: ANOVA, Factor Analysis, and Structural Equation Modeling, using SPSS and Mplus, Canonical Profiles, and non-parametric statistics. Research Methods skills include think-aloud protocols (and analysis), survey development, and experimental methods).

2012 - 2013 Research Assistant for Sarah K. Brem, Ph.D., REESE NSF Grant. T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University.

Developed and coordinated assessments related to novice conceptions of emergent (complex) systems. Also responsible for quantitative and qualitative data analysis of the response data.

2011 – 2012 Research Assistant for Jenefer Husman, Ph.D., QESST ERC NSF Grant. T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University.

Responsible for the development and implementation of affective educational tools on the PVDRCOM website (material covering solar energy and photovoltaics). Tools included the implementation of metacognitive prompts to promote users self-regulated learning strategies while using the site, and reorganization of site content to limit user’s cognitive load while learning the material.

2008 – 2009 Research Assistant for Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Ph.D., Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University

Development, enrichment, and analysis of anaerobic bacterial cultures for the degradation of chlorinated compounds. Created analytical chemistry methods for the detection of trichloroethene, dichloroethenes, vinyl chloride, and ethane using a gas chromatograph, and for the detection of triclocarban and triclosan at ppb levels using liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry. Molecular analysis tools include PCR and protein assays.

Undergraduate Teaching

2015 Instructor, Research Methods, T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University


Developed and taught a 40 person undergraduate social science research methods class. Students were instructed on human-subjects research and exposed to quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods. Students were also expected to work in teams to construct a research study.

2014-Present Adjunct Faculty, Engineering Statistics (Online), Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Arizona State University

Developed and taught a 60 person online engineering statistics (EGR 280) course, covering content in basic statistics (descriptive statistics, types of data, probability, hypothesis testing, linear regression, ANOVA, and experimental design). Used a competency – based grading system instead of a performance based grading system, created podcasts on each topic covered in the course, and updated existing assessment tools to reflect the competency based grading system.

2012 – 2013 Adjunct Faculty, Introduction to Engineering Analysis, Maricopa Community College

Developed and taught course material for Introduction to Engineering Analysis. Taught two sections of 20 students each, covering content related to modeling and problem solving while students gained skills in Matlab in a problem-based learning environment. At the end of the semester, groups were given a Lego-robot project they had to complete.

2012 Instructor of Record, Introduction to Engineering, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University.

Developed curriculum and taught the freshman engineering design course. Content exposed students to basics of teamwork, the engineering design process, electricity, mechanics, sustainability, and water treatment. Students utilized these basics to design and build a prototype for their design challenge “zombie apocalypse compound.” The design challenge required teams of eight to harness local renewable energy resources to treat water and protect themselves from zombies.

K-12 Teaching

2009 – 2010 Fellow for BL Ramakrishna, Ph.D., Down to Earth Science NSF GK-12 project. School of Energy, Matter, and Transport, Arizona State University.


Development of inquiry based lessons for teaching 9th grade Biology students at Deer Valley High School throughout the course of the school year. Engaged in workshops on educational pedagogy and lesson development.

Graduate Mentorship

2014-2015 Cassandra Groen, PhD Engineering Education, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

Mentored on how to develop a program for ASEE’s Student Division at the annual conference, and how to lead the Student Division’s executive committee.

2014 Eva Pettinato, M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University:

Mentored on use of educational research methods and their application for misconception research for engineering content, professional development in engineering, and in her K-12 outreach efforts.

2011-Present QESST Graduate Student Mentorship

Engineering Education: Mentored graduate engineering and engineering education students that were engineers in best practices of engineering education and K-12 outreach development.

Engineering Professional Development Mentored graduate engineering students on professional development and communication of their technical work

2013-2014 Chair, Student Division for American Society of Engineering Education

Managed and directed all student division executive board members as they carried out their roles. Responsible for providing feedback on eboard member progress, coordinating meetings, and helping eboard members set reasonable goals and timelines for the 2014 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.


2012-2013 Program Chair, Student Division for the American Society of Engineering Education

Responsible for developing and organizing all activities related to the 2013 Student Division program for the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Specifically, responsible for developing and carrying out the first student-expert mentorship session whereby I provided detailed research feedback to over 20 student participants for their presentations at the conference.

2010 – 2011 Project Manager for BL Ramakrishna, Ph.D., Down to Earth Science NSF GK-12 project. School of Energy, Matter, and Transport, Arizona State University.

Coordinated activities of graduate fellows and local K-12 educators; managed their interactions within Phoenix area, provided lessons and workshops on educational pedagogy and lesson development for the graduate student fellows, provided feedback on lessons being developed, and carried out the assessment protocols outlined in the grant. Aided fellows in their development of lessons based on the National Academy of Engineering’s 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering.

Undergraduate Mentorship

2012-2013 Tasnuva Rahman, Undergraduate BS in Engineering at Arizona State University

Managed and guided Tasnuva on a project on pveducation.org, whereby she took the information she was learning when performing experiments on her fabricated solar cells and incorporated this knowledge into website.

2012-2013 Dr. Jenefer Husman’s Undergraduate Research Group, Arizona State University

Managed the research activities of a three-person undergraduate research team conducting research on future time perspective (motivational psychology) and on engineering education related to solar energy (see QESST). Responsibilities included organizing, aiding, and providing feedback to the undergraduate team related to data collection and analysis, writings papers, developing posters, and teamwork.

2011-2013 Sara Banegas, Undergraduate BS in Education at Arizona State University


Aided Sara in the development of her self-efficacy in K-12 students and undergraduate engineering diversity research study, as well as guidance at research conferences (American Education Research Association Annual Conference, and the International Conference on Motivation), reviewed her writing, and counseled her through her application process to graduate school and activities as a pre-service teacher.

2009-2010 Brandon Yates, Undergraduate BS in Biology at Arizona State University

Aided Brandon on the development and carrying out of his honors thesis research “Effects of Temperature on Rates of Dechlorination in the Reductive Dechlorinating DehaloR^2 Culture. This included providing guidance as he grew and ran experiments on the DehaloR^2 microbial culture, as well as editing and provided reviews on his thesis manuscript.

Industry

2007-2008 Associate Staff Professional, SCS Engineers, Norfolk, VA

Solid Waste: Responsible for cost estimates, design work, development of specifications, drawings and plans, erosion and sediment control plans, and permit work.Environmental Services: Initial abatement work, Site Characterizations, Phase I and Phase II reports, monitoring (methane, VOCs, heavy metals, MTBE, and BTEX), QA for geoprobing, soil boring, and groundwater well installations, slug testing, UST abandonment and removal from ground, and contaminant delineation.

2006 Intern, Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH

Worked as an environmental health and safety engineering, monitoring and developing tools for the paper manufacturing side of the business related to particulate emissions and water toxicology. Was also responsible for looking at linear loads of parts of the manufacturing process in order to assess their safety and compliance.

PUBLICATIONS


dissertation Title: Misconceptions of Emergent Semiconductor Phenomena, Date: 2014Chairs: Sarah K. Brem and Ann F. McKenna

thesisTitle: Development and Comparison of a Mixed Dechlorinating Culture and Effects of Triclocarban on Reductive Dechlorination of Trichloroethene, Date: 2010Chair: Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown

refereed journals

Nelson, K.G., Shell, D, Husman, J., Fishman, E., & L. Soh (in press). Motivational and Self-Regulated Learning Profiles of Students Taking a Foundational Engineering Course. Journal of Engineering Education

Delgado, A.G., Kang, D., Nelson, K.G., Fajardo-Williams, D., Done, H. Y., Miceli, J. F., Popat, S.C., Krajmalnik-Brown, R., (2014). Selective Enrichment Yields Robust Ethene-Producing Dechlorinating Cultures from Microcosms Stalled at cis-Dichloroethene. PLoS ONE, 9(5), 1-10.

Torres, C.I., Ramakrishna, S., Chiu, C.A., Nelson, K.G., Westerhoff, P., Krajmalnik-Brown, R. (2011). Fate of Sucralose in Wastewater Treatment. Environmental Engineering Science, 28(5), 325-333.

Ziv-El, M., Delgado, A.G., Yao, Y., Kang, D., Nelson, K.G., Halden, R.U., Krajmalnik-Brown, R. (2011). Development and characterization of DehaloR^2, a novel anaerobic microbial consortium performing rapid dechlorination of TCE to ethane. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 92(5), 1063-1071.

PUBLICATIONS IN REVIEW

Nelson, K.G., McKenna, A.F., Brem, S.K., Hilpert, J., Husman, J., & Pettinato, E. Knowledge use and misconceptions of semiconductor phenomena. Under Review by Journal of Engineering Education

Nelson, K.G., McKenna, A.F., Chavela, R., Yoder, B., & Pimmel, R. Enabling Research to Practice: A Virtual Community of Practice Model to Advance Engineering Faculty Teaching Practices. Under Review by Journal of Engineering Education

REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND PRESENTATIONS


Nelson, K.G., McKenna, A.F., Chavela, R.C., & Pimmel, R.. (2016). Capturing the differences between two virtual communities of practice models for faculty development. ASEE 122nd Annual Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA. Abstract Accepted

Nelson, K.G., Shapcott, S., & Husman, J. (2016). Negotiating Gender in an Engineering Environment. ASEE 122nd Annual Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA. Abstract Accepted

Husman, J., Bowden, S.G., Nelson, KG, & Honsberg, C. (2016). A first step in developing photovoltaics courses: What is the foundational content knowledge? ASEE 122nd Annual Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA. Abstract Accepted

Shell, D.F. & Husman, J. (2015) DBER in the Middle: Education Research in Disciplinary Context by Content Experts, Psychologists, and Education Researchers. Experts: Benson, L., Hilpert, J., Jordan, M., Kirn, A., & Nelson, K.G. Southwest Consortium for Innovative Psychology in Education Biennial Conference; Albuquerque, NM.

Nelson, K.G., Brem, S.K., McKenna, A.F., Pettinato, E., & Husman, J. (2015). Do you catch my drift? Identification of misconceptions of emergence for the semiconductor phenomenon drift. ASEE 121st

Annual Conference and Exposition; Seattle WA.

Nelson, K.G., Heddy, B., Hilpert, J., & Brem, S.K. (2015). Electrons certainly follow laws: Integrating complexity thinking with how learners view knowledge. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association; Chicago, IL.

Husman, J., Fishman, E., Hilpert, J. & Muto-Nelson, K. (2015). The Dimensions of Future Time Perspective and Their Influence on the Academic Achievement of Engineering Students. Poster to be presented at the Society for Personality Social Psychology Annual Convention in Long Beach, CA.

Brem, S.K., Sinatra, G.M., Stump, G.S., Heddy, B.C., Reichenberg, R., & Nelson, K.G. (August, 2013). From Molecules to Mammals: Domain Specificity in Reasoning about Emergent Systems. European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI) 15th

Biennial Conference; Munich, Germany.

Nelson, K.G., Shapcott, S., & Husman, J. (August, 2013). Retaining Female Engineers: Lessons from our Students. European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI) 15th Biennial Conference; Munich, Germany.

Stump, G.S., Brem, S.K., Sinatra, G.M., Reichenberg, R., Heddy, B.C., & Nelson, K.G. (August, 2013). Triangulating ants, protector geese, and slime mold armies: Routes to misconceptions about


emergence. European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI) 15th Biennial Conference; Munich, Germany.

Nelson, K.G., Brem, S.K., Foster, C., S. Bowden, Husman, J., & Honsberg, C. (June, 2013). Assessing the formation of misconceptions when students learn PV using current curricular tools. Proceedings of the 39th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Photovoltaic Specialists Conference; Tampa, FL.

Nelson, K.G., Fishman, E., Shell, D., & Husman, J. (April 2013). Motivational Profiles of Engineering Students Taking a Non-Major, Technical Required Course. 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association: San Francisco, CA .

Koseler, R., Shapcott, S., Nelson, K.G., & Husman, J. (October 2012). Work in Progress: Evaluation of an Online Education Portal from the User’s Perspective: An Empirical Investigation of a Photovoltaics (PV) Engineering Learning Portal, Proceedings of the 2012 Frontiers in Education Conference; Seattle, WA.

Foster, C., Crowder, M., Nelson, K.G., & Ganesh, T. (October, 2012). Work in Progress: Developing Engineering Systems Thinking through the Modeling of a Complex Bioengineering System. Proceedings of the 2012 Frontiers in Education Conference; Seattle, WA.

Nelson, K.G., Brem, S.K., & Husman, J. (October 2012). Work in Progress: Identification of Misconceptions governed by Emergent Phenomena in Photovoltaics Content using the Delphi Method. Proceedings of the 2012 Frontiers in Education Conference; Seattle, WA.

Husman, J., Vest, A., Eggum, N., Maez, C., Nelson, K.G. (August, 2012). Persistence when the Going Gets Tough: Perceptions of Instrumentality and Academic Persistence. International Conference on Motivation; Frankfurt, Germany.

Shapcott, S., Nelson, K.G., Husman, J. (June, 2012). Changing the Face of Engineering: How Photovoltaic Engineering can Lead the Charge. Proceedings of the 119th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition; San Antonio, TX

Nelson, K.G., Koseler, R., Husman, J. (June, 2012). Creating a model for beneficial use of educational technology through a photovoltaics engineering website. Proceedings of the 119th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition; San Antonio, TX.

Nelson, K.G., Husman, J., Brem, S.K., Bowden, S., & Honsberg, C. (June, 2011). Optimizing Educational Approaches for University Photovoltaics Education. Proceedings of the 37th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Photovoltaic Specialists Conference; Seattle, WA.


CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Nelson, K.G., & Foster, C. (October, 2010). Engineering Research in the Classroom. GK-12 Rocky Mountain Regional Conference; Denver, CO.

WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONSNelson, K.G., Brem, S.K., & Husman, J. (May 2013). Photovoltaics

Misconception Workshop, QESST 2nd Annual Site Visit, Tempe AZ.

Nelson, K.G. (March, 2013). Assessing Learner’s Misconceptions of PV Content. QESST Industry Council Retreat; Tempe, AZ.

Nelson, K.G., Foster, C., Crowder, M., Husman, J., & Ganesh, T. (October, 2011). The Solar Energy Challenge: Engineering Notebook. Arizona Science Teachers Association; Mesa, AZ.

Nelson, K.G., Foster, C., & Ramakrishna, B. (November 2010). Grand Challenges in Engineering for K-12 Education, Grand Challenges K-12 Partners Program Conference; Scottsdale, AZ.

POSTER PRESENTATIONSNelson, K.G., Brem, S.K., Foster, C., Husman, J., Honsberg, C., &

Bowden, S. (May, 2013). Misconceptions of Photovoltaics Content, Engineering Research Center Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies (QESST) Second Annual Site Visit;; Phoenix, AZ.

Foster, C., Mendoza, C., Nelson, K.G., Puruhito, K., Jordan, M., & Husman, J. (May, 2013). K-12 Educational Efforts, Engineering Research Center Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies (QESST) Second Annual Site Visit; Phoenix, AZ.

Nelson, K.G., Shapcott, S., Puruhito, K., Koseler, R., Mendoza, C., Foster, C., & Husman, J. (May, 2012). Educational Research Initiatives, Engineering Research Center Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies (QESST) First Annual Site Visit; Phoenix, AZ.

Koseler, R., K.G. Nelson, Shapcott, S., & Husman, J. (May, 2012). Evaluation of pveducation.org from the User’s Perspective, Engineering Research Center Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar ;Technologies (QESST) First Annual Site Visit; Phoenix, AZ.

Nelson, K.G., Foster, C., Crowder, M., Ganesh, T., & Husman, J. (October, 2011). Pre-College Educational Efforts, Engineering Research Center Kick-off for Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies (QESST); Phoenix, AZ.

Nelson, K.G., Shapcott, S., Foster, C., Ganesh, T., & Husman, J. (October, 2011). Post-Secondary Educational Efforts, Engineering Research Center Kick-off for Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies (QESST); Phoenix, AZ.


PROPOSAL WRITING EXPERIENCE2013 Enhancing A Semiconductor Engineering Curriculum by

Incorporating Tools to Diagnose and Remediate Misconceptions. Jenefer Husman, Sarah K. Brem, Christiana Honsberg and Stuart Bowden, TUES (Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Type II – National Science Foundation.

Responsible for providing text related to how learners form misconceptions, providing a literature review on common semiconductor misconceptions, and working out and preparing the intended execution of the grant schedule, deliverables, and goals.

2011 Training for the Future: Interdisciplinary Training for Solar Energy Engineering Education. Jenefer Husman, FIRE (Fostering Interdisciplinary Research on Education)– National Science Foundation

Responsible for discussing the need for engineering training for faculty in education that do not have technical experience and providing the project overview.

HONORS AND CERTIFICATESERM Apprentice Faculty Grant Awardee (2015)PRiSM Magazine (Summer 2013) Featured in “Forward Thinkers” articleGraduate Engineering Education Consortium for Students Symposium for NSF Awardees Conference (2012)QESST Outstanding Student Engagement Award (2012)University Graduate Fellowship (2010-2012)NSF GK-12 Fellowship (2010-2011)NSF GK-12 Fellowship (2009-2010)AZ Water Scholarship (2010)AZ Water Scholarship (2009)Rensselaer Leadership Scholarship (2003-2007)Rensselaer Medal (2003-2007)

LEADERSHIPChair, American Society for Engineering Education Student Division (2013-2014)Program Chair, American Society for Engineering Education Student Division (2012-2013)Chair, Student Leadership Council for NSF-DOE Engineering Research Center - Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technology (2011-2012)Treasurer, ASU’s Chapter of Engineers Without Borders (2009-2010)


SERVICE Research Writing Workshop Lead for J. Husman undergraduate research lab teamReviewer for the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE)Invited Participant in the Gender and STEM Network Conference (Netherlands, 2012).Reviewer for Educational Research Methods (ERM) Division and Student Division for American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)Poster Reviews and Edits for Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies ScholarsContributor for Student Division Newsletter for ASEELogo Design for Student Division for ASEEDeveloped ASEE Annual Conference Session: Mentorship Through Proposed ResearchJudge for Arizona Science FairJudge for Future Cities CompetitionJudge for ASU’s EPICS program

MEMBERSHIP IN NATIONAL / PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Arizona Water Association – Young Professionals (Joined 2008)American Society for Engineering Education (Joined 2010)Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Joined 2011)Graduate Engineering Education Consortium for Students (Joined 2011)American Education Research Association (Joined 2011)

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