Projects

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    Although the research on games and learning has seen tremendous growth in the past 15 years, board games are the focus of only a small segment of studies. There is a need for rigorous research in this area to increase the visibility of board games, accelerate future research, and ultimately improve student learning and engagement through gaming.

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    With support from the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Program: Education and Human Resources (IUSE:EHR), this project aims to serve the national interest by improving student learning and retention in chemical engineering.

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    In this project, we aim to develop a robust, flexible testbed will enable researchers to evaluate the effectiveness of human-agent teaming concepts and issues. In the testbed, MazeWorld, multiple agents play different roles in which tasks are interdependent. Each role can be served by a human or an autonomous agent.

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    We seek to improve students’ knowledge of geotechnical engineering principles, engineering employability skills, and attitudes through game development.

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    We are investigating the use of cooperative video games in teaching and assessing teamwork skills.

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    We are investigating how gameful approaches can be used to engage diverse members of a community in urban planning activities.