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GAs/RAs

Boise State

Graduate/Research Assistants

  • Kyle Barrow (Spring 22 – present)
  • Kincaid Graff (Spring 22 – present)
  • Kate Hunter (Fall 22 – Fall 23)
  • Cyrus Koroni (Spring 22 – present)
  • Andy Lau (Fall 21 – Fall 22)
  • Hannah Richards (Fall 23- Spring 24)
  • Kate Thorpe (Fall 23 – Spring 24)

Augusta University

Undergraduate Research Assistants

  • IIias Kaddour-Djebbar (Spring 22, Computer Science Major)
  • Rebecca Walker (Fall 22 – Spring 24, Mathematics Major)
  • Simbai Mutoti (Fall 22 – Spring 23, Computer Science Major)
  • Holly Porterfield (Fall 22 – Spring 24, Psychology Major)
  • Brian Grace (Spring 24, Biology Major)

Roles: They all helped with collecting and organizing data, specifically data related to children in after-school programs. Additionally, they gained knowledge about 3D printing and addressed any concerns raised by PSTs during after-school programs.

Kapi’olani Community College

Undergraduate Research Assistants

  • Aryeh Bey (Fall 2022 – Spring 2023, Elementary Education)
  • Meredith Muromoto (Fall 2023, Elementary Education)
  • Serena Harris (Spring 23, Science Major)
  • Erik Bendickson (Fall 2023 – Fall 2024, Engineering Major)

Roles: Supported PSET participants to develop and implement their STEM modules lesson plans at the Community partner location, and assisted them in producing their end-of-semester poster (presented at the Students Undergraduate Research Fair event) reflecting their experience. Since Fall 2023, URA also led the design and implementation of the PSET activity by engineering the entire drone system using CAD and 3D printing.

UTSA

Graduate Research Assistants

  • Christopher Ayo (Spring 23, Mathematics Major).  Roles: He helped implementing windmill module, worked with our pre-service teachers and elementary school students in the after-school program.
  • Juan Olazaba, (Fall 2023, Statistics Major). Roles: He helped analyze the data, provided 3D technique support for newly developed 3D printing module, helped with implementing windmill module, worked with pre-service teachers and elementary school students in the after-school program.

Undergraduate Assistants

  • Curtis Foster (Spring 2022 – Fall 2022, Mechanical Engineering Major). Roles: His duties included 3D printing technique support, working with pre-service teachers and elementary school students in the after-school program.
  • Carlos Cruz Garza (Spring 2024, Electrical Engineering Major). Roles: He provided 3D technique support, helped with data collection, and worked with pre-service teachers and elementary school students in the after-school program.
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2111549. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.