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Research Projects

The College of Education’s projects support our mission to be a voice of innovation for learning across the lifespan. While research topics are wide-ranging, most focus on educational innovation and 21st century teaching and learning. Faculty collaborate across campus, the nation and globally to advance education through interdisciplinary projects.

Our sponsors include the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Aerospace/NASA, US Department of Education, NC Department of Public Instruction, GoldenLEAF Foundation, Burroughs Wellcome and Qualcomm.


Title: Learning Differences Leadership Capacity Building

Project Team: PI- Callie Edwards 

Sponsor: The Oak Foundation

Project Total: $9,488


Title: Improving Early Grades Leadership in North Carolina: Co-Designing and Piloting a Data Dashboard-informed Principal Learning Model

Project Team: PI- Michael Little  Timothy Drake 

Sponsor: Belk Foundation

Project Total: $141,234


Title: Integration and Immersion: The Potential of Two-Way Dual Language Immersion Programs to Foster Integration

Project Team: PI- Jenn Ayscue 

Sponsor: American Institutes for Research

Project Total: $35,600


Title: North Carolina New Teacher Support Program I

Project Team: PI- Melanie Smith 

Sponsor: East Carolina University/U.S. Dept of Education

Project Total: $31,594


Title: Developing Mathematics Teachers Responsive Pedagogies for Linguistically Marginalized Students

Project Team: PI- Samantha Marshall  Sunghwan Byun 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $449,208


Title: Conference: Conversations Across Boundaries: Bringing PreK-2 Mathematics Experts Together

Project Team: PI- Paola Sztajn  Karen Hollenbrands  Temple Walkowiak  Jessica Hunt  Jessica Jameson 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $673,241


Title: NCWorks Certified Career Pathways

Project Team: PI- James Bartlett  Michelle Bartlett 

Sponsor: NC Department of Commerce/NC Office of State Budget and Management


Title: NC Digital Equity Plan: Asset Inventory, Statewide Survey, Listening Sessions, Digital Equity Plan Review SOW

Project Team: PI- Erin Huggins  Kylie Foley 

Sponsor: NC Department of Information Technology

Project Total: $441,047


Title: Schools as Transformational Institutions to Create Thriving Communities in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Rural Settings

Project Team: PI- Maria Coady 

Sponsor: Penn State University/Spencer Foundation

Project Total: $8,300


Title: SaTC: EDU: Advancing Cybersecurity and Privacy of Educational Technologies Used in K-12 Schools

Project Team: PI- Florence Martin 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $413,141


Title: SaTC: EDU: Digital Safety Immersion for Elementary School Students

Project Team: PI- Florence Martin 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $125,843


Title: Collaborative Research: DTI: Integrating Language-Based AI Across the Curriculum to Create Diverse Pathways to AI-Rich Careers

Project Team: PI- Shiyan Jiang  Christy Byrd  Amato Nocera 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $427,651


Title: BEAD Initial Planning and Development of 5-Year Action Plan

Project Team: PI- Ray Zeisz 

Sponsor: NC Department of Information Technology

Project Total: $308,226


Title: Building Evidence to Increase Rural Learner Success

Project Team: PI- Audrey Jaeger  Monica Clark  Holley Nichols 

Sponsor: Ascendium

Project Total: $490,200


Title: NC SIP IHE Partnership

Project Team: PI- Jordan Lukins 

Sponsor: NC Department of Public Instruction

Project Total: $13,775


Title: Residential and School Segregation in California’s Gentrifying Cities

Project Team: PI- Jenn Ayscue 

Sponsor: Spencer Foundation

Project Total: $50,000


Title: Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research

Project Team: PI- Audrey Jaeger  Monica Clark 

Sponsor: John M. Belk Endowment

Project Total: $24,250,000


Title: Gaining Retention and Effectiveness though Advancing Teacher-Centered STEM Professional Learning for STEM Elementary Teachers in Rural Communities

Project Team: PI- Gail Jones 

Sponsor: Appalachian State Unviersity/NSF

Project Total: $245,949


Title: A Comprehensive Evaluation of North Carolina’s Supplemental Salary Fund

Project Team: PI- Lam Pham  Tamara Young 

Sponsor: UNC-Chapel Hill/U.S. Treasury Department

Project Total: $224,386


Title: Advanced Teaching Roles and Teacher Compensation Models Evaluation

Project Team: PI- Callie Edwards  Shaun Kellogg  Lam Pham 

Sponsor: NC Department of Public Instruction

Project Total: $249,909


Title: NC SIP IHE Partnership

Project Team: PI- Valerie Faulkner 

Sponsor: NC Department of Public Instruction

Project Total: $10,324


Title: Project RISE

Project Team: PI- Tamecia Jones 

Sponsor: Purdue University/U.S. Department of Education

Project Total: $881,610


Title: Sargassum and Hurricane Waste Biomass for Aviation Fuel and Graphite (SWAG)

Project Team: PI- Sunkyu Park (CNR)  Richard Venditti (CNR)  Stephen Kelley (CNR)  William Sagues (CNR)  Meg Blanchard (CED) 

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Energy

Project Total: $2,250,000


Title: Modulation of the Effector-Triggered Immunity Response by ERAD-Mediated Degradation of Activated NLRs (EMDAN)

Project Team: PI- Terri Long  Peter Balint-Kurti (CALS)  Michael Goshe (CALS)  Braska Williams (CED) 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $500,000


Title: Making Computer Science (CS) STICK: Systemic Change for Teachers

Project Team: PI- Melissa Rasberry 

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education

Project Total: $349,286


Title: Collaborative Research: Enhancing Data Science and Statistics Teacher Education-Transforming and Building Community  

Project Team: PI- Hollylyne Lee  Gemma Mojica 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $2,118,679


Title: Exploring Educator Retention in North Carolina A+ Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Project Team: PI- Sarah Bausell  Marie Hines 

Sponsor: North Carolina Arts Foundation

Project Total: $31,186


Title: Collaborative Research: Project AIM-NEXT: All Included in Mathematics New Extensions

Project Team: PI- Paola Sztajn 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $3,284,532


Title: FI IHE Supports

Project Team: PI- Jamie Gillespie  Erin Huggins 

Sponsor: NC Department of Public Instruction

Project Total: $43,743


Title: Knowledge, Beliefs, and Mindsets (KBMs) about Equity in Educators andEducational Leadership Survey

Project Team: PI- Lisa Bass 

Sponsor: The Wallace Foundation

Project Total: $908,818


Title: Sustaining Pre-K Gains Into Elementary School: Exploring the Role of School-Based Pre-K in Equity, Continuity, and Collaboration

Project Team: PI- Michael Little 

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education

Project Total: $531,230


Title: Collaborative Research: Building Confidence through Culturally Relevant Co-requisite Mathematics Courses within Math Pathways

Project Team: PI- Callie Edwards 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $39,984


Title: Recovering from COVID-Learning-Loss with a Platform to Support Human Tutoring

Project Team: PI- Shaun Kellogg  Malinda Faber  Alex Dreier 

Sponsor: ASSISTments Foundation/ U.S. Department of Education

Project Total: $700,000


Title: Who Participates in The Data Science Academy and How?

Project Team: PI- Sunghwan Byun 

Sponsor: FRPD/NC State University

Project Total: $8,000


Title: CS Education Summer Accelerator Program

Project Team: PI- Shaun Kellogg  Callie Edwards 

Sponsor: The Innovation Project/NC Department of Public Instruction

Project Total: $89,602


Title: CTE Leadership Collaborative Mini-Grant

Project Team: PI- James Bartlett  Michelle Bartlett 

Sponsor: ECMC Foundation

Project Total: $25,000



Title: North Carolina Early Grades Leadership Collaborative

Project Team: PI- Michael Little 

Sponsor: The Belk Foundation

Project Total: $75,000


Title: Factors Driving School Choice in North Carolina During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Project Team: PI- Anna J. Egalite 

Sponsor: North Carolina Policy Collaboratory

Project Total: $244,542


Title: Keeping Students Safe in the Digital World: Examining Monitoring Technologies Used by K-12 Schools During the Pandemic

Project Team: PI- Florence Martin  Callie Edwards  Rebekah Davis 

Sponsor: North Carolina Policy Collaboratory

Project Total: $297,953


Title: Broadband Infrastructure Programs, Technical Support

Project Team: PI- Ray Zeisz 

Sponsor: NC Department of Information Technology Services

Project Total: $243,784


Title: Developing a Skills Ladder with Library of Congress Primary Sources

Project Team: PI- Meghan Manfra 

Sponsor: Library of Congress

Project Total: $201,098


Title: Conference on Rural English Learner Education and Research (CREER)

Project Team: PI- Maria Coady 

Sponsor: The Spencer Foundation

Project Total: $43,498


Title: NC State University’s Leadership Academies

Project Team: PI- Bonnie Fusarelli  Lance Fusarelli  Lesley Wirt 

Sponsor: University of North Carolina Systems Office/North Carolina Principal Fellows Commission

Project Total: $6,867,396


Title: Collaborative Research: Supporting Teachers to Develop Equitable Mathematics Instruction Through Rubric-Based Coaching

Project Team: PI- Jonee Wilson 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $1,146,432


Title: FIRST in PD Teaching – Food Innovation, Research, Science and Technology in Product Development Teaching

Project Team: PI- Fernanda Santos (CALS)  Jessica White (CALS)  Shaun Kellogg (CED) 

Sponsor: Cal Poly Corporation/U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Project Total: $217,158


Title: FMRG: Future Eco Manufacturing of Soft Electronics

Project Team: PI- Zhu Yong  Meg Blanchard (CED)  Richard Venditti (CNR)  Jingyan Dong (Eng)  Orlin Velev (Eng)   

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $2,998,710


Title: NC Education Corps Evaluation

Project Team: PI- Callie Womble  Shaun Kellogg 

Sponsor: North Carolina Education Corps

Project Total: $376,842


Title: Recovering from COVID-Learning-Loss with a Platform to Support Human Tutoring

Project Team: PI- Malinda Faber  Shaun Kellogg 

Sponsor: ASSISTments Foundation/U.S. Dept of Education

Project Total: $700,000


Title: TEXplore – Summer Enrichment and Saturday Academy Program

Project Team: PI- Merica Ivey (COT)  Braska Williams (CED)  Delisha Hinton (COT) 

Sponsor: Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Project Total: $178,134


Title: Focus Groups and Professional Development for the Innovative Assessment Pilot

Project Team: PI- Shaun Kellogg  Emmy Coleman 

Sponsor: NC Dept of Public Instruction

Project Total: $334,235


Title: Building Positive Relationships Among University Students Across Religion And Worldview Diversity

Project Team: PI- Alyssa Rockenbach 

Sponsor: Durham University/Auxilium Foundation

Project Total: $37,613


Title: African American Teachers and Pedagogies of Freedom: A Historical Examination of Black Teaching in Professional Networks, 1925-1954

Project Team: PI- Amato Nocera 

Sponsor: Spencer Foundation

Project Total: $74,986


Title: Enhancing Pre-K-3rd Grade Principal Practice in NorthCarolina

Project Team: PI- Michael Little  Timothy Drake 

Sponsor: Belk Foundation

Project Total: $75,000


Title: Developing a Model for Supporting Coastal Resilience through Youth-Led Coproduction

Project Team: PI- Kathryn Stevenson (CNR)  K.C. Busch (CED)  Nils Peterson (CNR) 

Sponsor: NC Sea Grant

Project Total: $119,995


Title: AI Institute for Engaged Learning

Project Team: PI- James Lester (Eng)  Eric Wiebe (Snr Personnel) 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $19,996,290


Title: Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE): Expanding the Reach and Impact of Innovations in STEM Education

Project Team: PI- Eric Wiebe (CED) 

Sponsor: Education Development Center, Inc./National Science Foundation

Project Total: $85,434



Title: Applying a Digital Tool to Support Self-regulated Learning Strategies in Introductory Geoscience Courses

Project Team: PI- David McConnell (COS)  John Nietfeld (CED) 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $480,225


Title: IGE: Learning the Entire Pipeline: Analyzing and Improving Graduate Engineering Education through Communities of Practice

Project Team: PI- Kook Han (Eng)  Cesar Delgado (CED)  Collin Lynch (Eng) 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $332,184


Title: STC: Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability (STEPS) Center

Project Team: PI- Jacob Jones (Eng)  Rosangela Sozzani (COS)  Justin S Baker (CALS)  Paul Westerhoff (Arizona State University)  Christine O Hendren (Duke University)  Gail Jones (CED)  Aziz Amoozegar (CALS)  Douglas Call (Eng)  John Classen (CALS)  Owen Duckworth (CALS)  Wei Gao (COT)  Jen Genzer (Eng)  Khara Grieger (GES)  Dean Hesterberg (CALS)  Jordan Kern (CNR)  Detlef Knappe (Eng)  James Levis (Eng)  Natalie Nelson (CALS)  Ruben Rellan Alvarez (COS)  Ranga Vatsavai (Eng)  Yuan Yao (CNR)  Yaroslava Yingling (Eng)  Christopher Gorman (COS)  Rada Chirkova (Eng)  Luciano Colpo Gatiboni (CALS)  Daniel Obenour (Eng)  Ashleigh Wright (Eng)  Maude Cuchiara (Eng)  Cranos Williams (Eng) 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $24,997,435


Title: SCC-PG: Empathy and AI: Towards Equitable Microtransit

Project Team: PI- Eleni Bardaka (CC&EE)  Crystal Chen Lee (CED)  Leila Dizaji (Engineering)  Munindar Singh (Engineering)  Christopher Mayhorn (Engineering) 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $150,000


Title: Computer Science Discoveries & Computer Science Principles Training

Project Team: PI- Melissa Raspberry 

Sponsor: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Project Total: $1,897,500


Title: Postsecondary CTE Research Fellows at NC State University

Project Team: PI- James Bartlett  Michelle Bartlett  Audrey J. Jaeger 

Sponsor: ECMC

Project Total: $1,354,331


Title: Advancing Equitable Outcomes through Leadership

Project Team: PI- Audrey J. Jaeger  Kimberly Sepich  Jemilia Davis 

Sponsor: Ascendium

Project Total: $1,803,200


Title: Building Capacity of Regional/Virtual Centers for Teaching and Learning to Improve Student Success in North Carolina Community Colleges

Project Team: PI- Audrey J. Jaeger 

Sponsor: Belk Foundation

Project Total: $2,500,000


Title: Co-development of Reading Ability and Science Content Knowledge for Elementary-Grade English Learners: The Role of Language Instruction Educational Program (LIEP)

Project Team: PI- Jackie Relyea 

Sponsor: American Educational Research Association/National Science Foundation

Project Total: $25,000


Title: Supporting the Implementation of Scientific Modeling Instruction in High School Chemistry and Biology in Rural Schools

Project Team: PI- Neal Ragan (The Science House)  Soonhye Park 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $1,236,590


Title: Developing and Refining a Parent Training to Improve Outcomes for African American Children with Autism

Project Team: PI- Jamie Pearson 

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education

Project Total: $699,224



Title: Healthy and Connected Workforce initiative: ARC Power Implementation Grant

Project Team: PI- Shaun Kellogg  Erin Huggins 

Sponsor: NC Department of Information Technology Services

Project Total: $129,071


Title: Connecting Students with Autism to Geographic Information Science & Technology (GIST) Careers

Project Team: PI- Jason Painter (College of Sciences)  Jamie Pearson (College of Education) 

Sponsor: NSF

Project Total: $1,345,436


Title: SCALE-VR: Scale Cognition through Advanced Learning Environments in Virtual Reality

Project Team: PI- Karen Chen (College of Engineering)  Cesar Delgado (College of Education)  Matther Peterson (College of Design) 

Sponsor: NSF

Project Total: $1,342,683


Title: Design and Pitch Challenges in STEM: Merging Entrepreneurship and Mathematics Learning

Project Team: PI- Erin Krupa  Robin Anderson 

Sponsor: NSF

Project Total: $1,424,834


Title: NC ACCESS Charter School Program Evalaution

Project Team: Erin Huggins 

Project Total: $123,413


Title: Next Steps in Interfaith Innovations: Introducing the Welcoming Worldview Index

Project Team: PI- Alyssa Rockenbach 

Sponsor: Ohio State University/Arthur Vining Davis Foundation

Project Total: 109,985


Title: RCN-UBE: The Undergraduate Network for Increasing Diversity of Ecologists (UNIDE)

Project Team: PI- Shaun Kellogg 

Sponsor: Ohio State University/NSF

Project Total: $54,297


Title: NNCI: North Carolina Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN)

Project Team: PI- Jacob Jones (Eng)  David Berube (Communication)  Ayman Hawari (Eng)  Philip Barletta (Eng)  Gail Jones (College of Education) 

Sponsor: NSF

Project Total: $5,500,000


Title: Enhancing Undergraduate Learning About Biomechanics and Data Science Through Augmented Reality and Self-motion Data

Project Team: PI- Xu Xu (Eng)  Xiaolei Fang (Eng)  Karen Chen (Eng)  Tianfu Wu (Eng)  Shiyan Jiang (College of Education) 

Sponsor: NSF

Project Total: $600,000


Title: Supporting Elementary Teacher Learning for Effective School-Based Citizen Science (TL4CS)

Project Team: PI- Sarah Carrier 

Sponsor: Horizon Research/NSF

Project Total: $467,282


Title: Collaborative Research: Improving Undergraduate Education in Civil & Building Engineering through Student-centric Cyber-Physical Systems and Real-world Problems

Project Team: PI- Kook Han (Eng)  Jason Patrick (Eng)  Tamecia Jones (CED) 

Sponsor: NSF

Project Total: $199,999


Title: Supporting Reading Comprehension for English Learners Through Inquiry-Based, Language Focused Instruction

Project Team: PI- Dennis Davis  Jackie Relyea 

Sponsor: US Department of Education

Project Total: $1,398,946


Title: AccelNet: International Collaboration to Accelerate Integration of Engineering, Plant Sciences, and Agricultural Research

Project Team: PI- Rosangela Sozzani (CALS)  Juan Cisneros (CALS)  Amy Grunden (CALS)  Cranos Williams (Eng)  Terry Long (CALS)  Shaun Kellogg (CED) 

Sponsor: NSF

Project Total: $749,441


Title: Learning Analytics in STEM Education Research Institute

Project Team: PI- Shaun Kellogg  Shiyan Jiang  Hollylynne Lee 

Sponsor: NSF

Project Total: $993,150


Title: School Connectivity Initiative (2020-2023)

Project Team: PI- Ray Zeisz 

Sponsor: NC Department of Public Instruction

Project Total: $850,500


Title: Developing STEM Identity in Rural Audiences through Community-based Engineering Design

Project Team: PI- Tameshia Ballard (Eng)  Tricia Townsend (CED)  Braska Williams (CED) 

Sponsor: NSF

Project Total: $1,401,591


Title: Artificial Intelligence Academy: North Carolina Apprenticeships for Innovation (NCAI)

Project Team: PI- Carla Johnson  James Robinson  Angela Mullennix 

Sponsor: US Department of Labor

Project Total: $5,999,799


Title: Narrative Modeling with StoryQ: Integrating Mathematics, Language Arts, and Computing to Create Pathways to Artificial Intelligence Careers

Project Team: PI- Shiyan Jiang 

Sponsor: Concord Consortium/NSF

Project Total: $350,161


Title: NC State University’s Leadership Academies

Project Team: PI- Bonnie Fusarelli  Lance Fusarelli  Lesley Wirt 

Sponsor: UNC-General Administration/NC Principal Fellows Commission

Project Total: $4,499,887


Title: Building Capacity for Regional Collective Evaluation across North Carolina Science Museums

Project Team: PI- K.C. Busch  Kathryn Stevenson (CNR)  Lincoln Larson (CNR) 

Sponsor: NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources/Institute of Museum & Library Services

Project Total: $356,750


Title: Measuring the Impact of the Deliberative Discussion Model

Project Team: PI- Paula McAvoy 

Sponsor: Street Law, Inc.

Project Total: $92,606


Title: Professional Online Learning Module (PLOM) Project

Project Team: PI- Carla Johnson  Jessica Hunt  Meghan Day 

Sponsor: US Dept. of Education/IES

Project Total: $934,215


Title: Enhancing Engagement and Conceptual Understanding of Fractions for Students with Learning Disabilities using the Model Mathematics Education Curriculum

Project Team: PI- Jessica Hunt 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $1,391,542


Title: Literacy Leaders Partnership

Project Team: PI- Dennis Davis 

Sponsor: Mebane Charitable Foundation

Project Total: $575,183


Title: Programmed Robotics in the After-School Makerspace: A Four-County Initiative

Project Team: PI- Kevin Oliver  John Newby (CED-STEM)  Regina Barrier (The Science House) 

Sponsor: Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Project Total: $177,468


Title: Invigorating Statistics Teacher Education Through Professional Online Learning (InSTEP)

Project Team: PI- Hollylynne Lee  Gemma Mojica  Alex Dreier 

Sponsor: NSF

Project Total: $3,044,905


Title: Collaborative Research: Validity Evidence for Measurement in Mathematics Education (VM2Ed)

Project Team: PI- Erin Krupa 

Sponsor: NSF

Project Total: $1,390,727


Title: Using Animated Contrasting Cases to Improve Procedural and Conceptual Knowledge in Geometry

Project Team: PI- Erin Krupa 

Sponsor: NSF

Project Total: $449,451


Title: Validation of the Equity and Access Rubrics for Mathematics Instruction (VEAR-MI)

Project Team: PI- Jonee Wilson  Temple Walkowiak 

Sponsor: NSF

Project Total: $2,296,493


Title: RET Site: Atomic Scale Design and Engineering

Project Team: PI- Jacob Jones (Eng)  Gail Jones (CED-STEM) 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $600,000


Title: AEOP Consortium Evaluation

Project Team: PI- Carla Johnson 

Sponsor: Battelle Memorial Institute

Project Total: $4,127,517


Title: Indiana’s GEAR UP Program

Project Team: PI- Carla Johnson 

Sponsor: Purdue University/US Department of Education

Project Total: $394,450


Title: Science Data Stories: Integrating Computational Data Investigations in Middle School Science Classrooms

Project Team: PI- Hollylynne Lee 

Sponsor: University of California - Berkeley / National Science Foundation

Project Total: $280,017


Title: North Carolina High School Mathematics Master Teacher Fellows

Project Team: PI- Karen Hollebrands  Erin Krupa (CED-STEM)  Shaun Kellogg (CED-Friday Institute)  Molly Fenn (COS-Mathematics) 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $1,844,149


Title: Interdisciplinary Doctoral Education Program in Animal Production from Renewable Forest Resources

Project Team: PI- Sunkyu Park (CNR-Forest Biomaterials)  Richard Venditti (CNR-Forest Biomaterials)  Yuan Yao (CNR-Biomaterials)  Sung Kim (CALS-Animal Science)  Miles See (CALS-Animal Science)  Max Coffey (CALS-Animal Science)  Meg Blanchard (CED-STEM) 

Sponsor: US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) - National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Project Total: $238,500


Title: Developing Expertise in Risk Analysis and Risk Management for the Bioeconomy

Project Team: PI- Ronalds Gonzalez (CNR-Forest Biomaterials)  Stephen Kelley (CNR-Forest Biomaterials)  Robert Handfiled (Business Management)  Robert Abt (CNR-Forestry and Environmental Resources)  Lucian Lucia (CNR-Forest Biomaterials)  Hasan Jameel (CNR-Forest Biomaterials)  Jeffrey Stonebraker (Business Management)  Meg Blanchard (CED-Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education) 

Sponsor: US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) - National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Project Total: $238,500


Title: Collaborative Research: Preparing to Teach Mathematics with Technology – Examining Student Practice [PTMT-ESP]

Project Team: PI- Hollylynne S. Lee 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $438,365



Title: ​Environmental Health Research Experiences for Teachers in High-Poverty Schools: A Professional Development Program

Project Team: Margareta M. Thomson   Reade Roberts (COS) 

Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Project Total: $​497,530


Title: Preparing Diverse and Rural Students and Teachers to Meet the Challenges in the Bioproducts and Bioenergy Industry

Project Team: PI- ​Richard Venditti (CNR-Forest Biomaterials)  Stephen Kelley (CNR-Forest Biomaterials)  Ronalds Gonzalez (CNR-Forest Biomaterials)  Elizabeth Nichols (CNR-Forestry and Environmental Resources)  Sunkyu Park (CNR-Forest Biomaterials)  Hasan Jameel (CNR-Forest Biomaterials)  Yuan Yao (CNR-Forest Biomaterials)  Meg Blanchard (CED-STEM) 

Sponsor: US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) - National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Project Total: $​2,750,000


Title: Promoting STEM Interests and Careers through FAME (Families and Museums Exploring)

Project Team: PI- Gail Jones 

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project Total: $956,574

Description: The goal of the 3-year project is to research and test a new model to promote the development of positive attitudes toward STEM and to increase interest in STEM careers with a focus on underserved students and their families.  The project is a partnership with Marbles Museum, the Morehead Planetarium and... Read More