Arts Problem-Solving for Engineering Problem-Solving (APS4EPS): Multi-Modality Skill Building - P-12, College, and the Impact Beyond

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Mehmet Vurkaç is an associate professor of Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy (EERE) at Oregon Institute of Technology, where he has also taught courses in critical thinking, percussion, and mathematics.Vurkaç is on sabbatical at Seattle University, in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, for the academic year 2016-'17.Vurkaç earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering in December 2011 at Portland State University, with research at the confluence of machine learning, information theory, philosophy of science, music information retrieval, and mathematical music theory. His current research areas are engineering education, music information retrieval (DSP and machine learning), music perception, and mathematical music theory.Prior to tenure track (1994 through 2010), Vurkaç taught in the following academic settings.