Research Projects

  1. RAPID: Understanding the Impact of Abrupt Changes to Instructional Methods on Underrepresented Engineering Students, Sponsor: National Science Foundation (#2029564), Amount: $152,514, Level of Responsibility, PI, Co-investigator(s): Nicola Sochacka and Trina Fletcher, Dates: 05/2020 – 04/2022

  1. RAPID: Using SenseMaker to Investigate Complex Dynamics in Social Systems to Inform Agile, Real-Time Policy-Responses in Times of Crisis, Sponsor: National Science Foundation (#2028452), Amount: $108,113, Level of Responsibility, co-PI, Co-investigator(s): Nicola Sochacka (PI), John R. Morelock, Joachim Walther, Dates: 04/2020 – 04/2022
  2. Developing a Professional Learning Community to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the College of Engineering, Sponsor: University of Georgia Diversity Research and Scholarship Grant (DRSG) Program, Amount: $1160, Level of Responsibility, PI, Co-investigator(s): Nicola Sochacka, Dates: 01/2021 – 12/2021

Publications

  1. Sealey, Z. V., Lewis, R. S., & Fletcher, T. L. (2021). What I Wish My Instructor Knew: Navigating COVID-19 as an Underrepresented Student - Evidence Based Research. American Society for Engineering Education.
  2. Edwards, C. D., Lee, W. C., Knight, D. B., Fletcher, T., Reid, K., & Lewis, R. S. (2021). Outreach at Scale: Developing a Logic Model to Explore the Organizational Components of the Summer Engineering Experience for Kids Program. Advances in Engineering Education, 9(2), 1–28.

  1. Lewis, R. S., & Matusovich, H. M. (2020). Self-Efficacy Development in Students in a Declared Engineering Matriculation Structure. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--35183
  2. Morelock, J. R., Sochacka, N. W., Lewis, R. S., Culloty, C. M., Hopkins, J. S., & Ofunne, C. K. (2020). Using a Novel Research Methodology to Study and Respond to Faculty and Student Experiences with COVID-19 in Real Time. Advances in Engineering Education, 8(4), 1–14. https://advances.asee.org/wp-content/uploads/Covid 19 Issue/Text/AEE-COVID-19-Morelock.pdf
  3. Morelock, J. R., Sochacka, N. W., Lewis, R. S., Culloty, C. M., Hopkins, J. S., & Ofunne, C. K. (2020). Using a Novel Research Methodology to Study and Respond to Faculty and Student Experiences with COVID-19 in Real Time. Advances in Engineering Education, 8(4), 1–14. https://advances.asee.org/wp-content/uploads/Covid 19 Issue/Text/AEE-COVID-19-Morelock.pdf
  4. Sochacka, N. W., Morelock, J. R., Lewis, R. S., Walther, J., Culloty, C. M., Hopkins, J. S., Vedanarayanan, S., & Ofunne, C. K. (2020). Making a ​Change ​through your Stories Interim Brief 4.
  5. Sochacka, N. W., Morelock, J. R., Lewis, R. S., Walther, J., Culloty, C. M., Hopkins, J. S., Vedanarayanan, S., & Ofunne, C. K. (2020). Making a ​Change ​through your Stories Interim Brief 3.
  6. Sochacka, N. W., Morelock, J. R., Lewis, R. S., Walther, J., Culloty, C. M., Hopkins, J. S., Vedanarayanan, S., & Ofunne, C. K. (2020). Making a ​Change ​through your Stories Interim Brief 2.
  7. Sochacka, N. W., Morelock, J. R., Lewis, R. S., Walther, J., Culloty, C. M., Hopkins, J. S., Vedanarayanan, S., & Ofunne, C. K. (2020). Making a ​Change ​through your Stories Interim Brief 1.