PI, Stephanie Farrell is Professor and Founding Chair of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University (USA) and the 2018-19 President of the American Society for Engineering Education. She was a faculty member in Rowan’s Department of Chemical Engineering from 1998-2016. Dr. Farrell has been recognized for contributions to engineering education through her work in teaching innovation and promoting diversity and inclusion. She was the 2014-2015 Fulbright Scholar in Engineering Education at Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland), and was awarded Honoris Causa in Engineering Education and the Tesla International Award for Engineering Pedagogy from IGIP. She has been honored by the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) with several teaching awards such as the National Outstanding Teaching Medal and the Quinn Award for experiential learning. Her research interests include the development of spatial visualization skills, inclusive pedagogy, and diversity and inclusion in engineering.

Co-PI, Kauser Jahan is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan University. Dr. Jahan has been one of the cornerstones of the College of Engineering at Rowan University and is a 2015 Fulbright Fellow. She is a leader and innovator in the area of curriculum development and has become a nationally and internationally known expert in teaching. She completed her Ph.D. studies in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis in 1993. After completion of her graduate studies, she worked as an environmental engineer for the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP). Her research interests include removal of pollutants from water using various phyisco-chemical processes, bioremediation of contaminated groundwater and soils; the fate and transport of pollutants in the environment; and applied microbiology in environmental engineering. She has worked at all levels to advance engineering especially the representation of women and minorities.

Co-PI, Harriet Hartman is a sociologist who studied gender and engineering inthe formative years of Rowan’s College of Engineering (2001-2008) under the auspices of an NSF Powre Grant and subsequent University support. She also conducted a study on the applicant and admitted students’ pool of the College of Engineering through an Engineering Information Foundation (EIF) grant. She has extensive research experience, including survey research and focus group interviewing. Publications related to her work on STEM Education are shown inSection D [102-125]. She will be responsible for developing survey instruments, qualitative assessments, and providing guidance on curricular reform.

Project Coordinator, Tiago Forin is an engineering instructor at Rowan University. He has his Bachelor's in Civil Engineering from Florida State University and his Master's in Civil Engineering from Purdue University. He is currently active and involved in the engineering education community. He works closely with the PI, Dr. Farrell, and co-PIs Dr. Harriet Hartman, Dr. Jahan, and many faculty members at Rowan to foster a better climate of inclusion on campus. His main activities include being involved with developing propagation efforts, inclusive content and workshops, surveys and interviews for assessment, conducting interviews, assisting with data analyses and interpretation, project scheduling, communicating with other RED grant teams and preparation of reports. Along with his work on diversity and inclusive pedagogy, he is particularly focused on research on design thinking, cross-disciplinary practices, global competency development, and transformational learning.

External Evaluator, Theresa Bruckerhoff is the principal evaluator at Curriculum Research and Evaluation, Inc. (CRE). With 25 years of experience she has evaluated projects at the state and federal level. For RevED, she will conduct a non-biased project evaluation throughout the term of the project, including assisting in the development of evaluation and assessment tools and protocols, providing formative and summative evaluation data, and collaborating on all project reporting requirements.

Senior Personnel, Beena Sukumaran is currently Professor and Department Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Under her leadership, the Civil and Environmental Engineering Program has seen considerable growth in student and faculty numbers. She has been involved in various outreach activities to recruit more women and minorities into engineering and is Program Chair of the Women in Engineering Division of ASEE. She has considerable experience offering workshops and has done diversity training workshops for NSF-REU students. She also served as co-PI on an AAC&U Bildner grant, which involved inclusive pedagogy workshops for faculty at Rowan and resulted in 33 new interdisciplinary, team-taught Freshman classes that incorporated aspects of diversity and democracy. She will be responsible for the overall management of the project.

Senior Personnel, Ralph Dusseau Ph.D., P.E. is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rowan University. Dr. Dusseau’s areas of research include finite element computer modeling and field ambient vibration measurements of bridges and other structures. In addition, Dr. Dusseau is heavily involved in engineering education research. As the Founding Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rowan (1995 to 2008) and now as the Associate Chair (2014 to present), Dr. Dusseau has taken an very active role in transfer student advising and mentoring.

Senior Personnel, Sara Bauer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an alumni of Rowan University’s College of Engineering. Dr. Bauer is an established researcher of environmental engineering with research interests in water quality and wastewater treatment, pollution prevention, and renewable energy technologies. Dr. Bauer is a recipient of numerous awards and scholarships for her teaching and research achievements as a graduate student and young professional. As a female engineer, she is dedicated to increasing the representation of women in STEM fields and has been actively involved in K-12 outreach programs, such as Rowan University’s Attracting Women into Engineering (AWE) Program, which she was a participant of while in middle school. As a graduate student, she served as a Graduate Research Assistant for the University of Virginia’s NSF ADVANCE IT CHARGE Program, a program aimed to reduce implicit bias in faculty selection processes and promotion and tenure policies. Dr. Bauer is an active member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and currently serves as the Faculty Advisor for Rowan’s Student Chapter of SWE and the co-advisor for the Civil and Environmental Engineering MORE (Mentoring Opportunities Reinforcing Excellence) Mentoring Program.

Senior Personnel, Jeff Hand is an experienced Senior Vice President For Student Affairs with a demonstrated history of exceeding goals and expectations in the higher education field. Most recently Rowan University has moved from regional ranking to national ranking, in just a few years. The University is ranked 7th in nation for student growth, institutional retention rates have climbed, and graduation rates have increased, increased the diversity population, and a dramatic increase of student SAT scores, to name a few accomplishments. Demonstrated skills and accomplishments in both Profit and Nonprofit Colleges. Leadership roles have spanned; traditional students, adult, online, and continuing education student populations. My roles and positions have been on both the academic and business sides of Higher Education, and have encompassed many of the primary positions in a University from faculty to Chief Academic Officer and program manager to Senior Vice President.

Co-investigator, Dr. John Mills is Assistant Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) [101] and reports to Dr. Jeffrey Hand. He is already leading an effort to coordinate a Faculty Learning Community for Colored Faculty. He will provide assistance with workshops, extra-curricular programming for students from diverse backgrounds to ensure success and assisting with setting up a new Engineering Learning Community.

Danilo Zeppilli is currently a PhD student studying geomechanics at Rowan University. Danilo attended Rowan University from 2010-2014 and obtained a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering. From 2014-2016, Danilo worked on his M.S. in Civil Engineering concentrating on Critical State Mechanics of granular materials. He has worked in the laboratories and classrooms since 2012 as a lab technician, and most recently as a Teaching Fellow during his tenure as a Graduate Student. Danilo is also the founding member of Rowan University’s chapter of oSTEM.

Danielle Macey is currently a graduate student studying Information Systems at Rowan University. Danielle attended Rowan University from 2012-2016 and obtained a B.S. in Information Systems and graduated Magna Cum Laude. After graduating she worked full time at Lockheed Martin for over a year where she learned to apply the skills from her undergraduate degree in the Defense Industry. Now, Danielle working towards her MBA in Information systems. Her role in the RevED team is to update and maintain the website through HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP. She also is in charge of the team’s social media presences including Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr.