Looking into the Design of Accessible Musical Instruments for Musicians with Physical Disabilities

Abstract

As an educator at heart, she has over 12 years of experience working with pre-college students to learn and engage in engineering. She has designed and developed several engineering learning opportunities/resources for in-school and out-of-school settings. At The Hill school, she has been developing integrated and multidisciplinary engineering and computer science programs and training teachers. She has over 7 years experience of conducting research in pre-college engineering education research, with over 50 publications and presentations. Her research focus includes exploring the engineering learning of children, including those on the autism spectrum, and ways to make connections between in-school engineering learning and out-of-school learning. Her research has been recognized several times through dissertation fellowship and Outstanding Research Award from Purdue university and national awards from American Society for Engineering Education and International Society of Teacher Education. She is also the founder of Sunny Skies Academy, where she provides educational services to under-resourced communities in the US and abroad.