's research interests include constructivist learning approaches, global education, experiential learning, and problem-based learning. He is enthusiastic about the contribution of innovative pedagogical approaches by working on various teaching and learning models in advancing engineering education practices.
Carolina. He is a USC Connect Faculty Fellow for Integrative Learning and former Bell South Teaching Fellow in the College of Engineering and Computing. He is the ASEE Campus Representative and a Director for the Graduate Studies Division. Dr. Pierce has experience and interest in the evaluation of critical thinking and deep learning of students when immersed in various active learning environments.
Benedict College, has been teaching undergraduate transportation, mathematics, statistics, and computer science courses at different levels. He has been involved in undergraduate research experiences programs since 2011.He has been working on risk analyses and intelligent transportation systems through the development of applications of statistical models on different systems such as traffic signals and freeway monitoring. He is also engaged in the modeling and quantifying of cyberattacks at transportation networks under the framework of connected and autonomous vehicles. He
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