Lisa Benson, Ph.D. is a Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Engineering Education. Her research focuses on the interactions between student motivation and their learning experiences. Her projects include studies of student attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, and their development of problem solving skills, self-regulated learning practices, and beliefs about knowledge in their field. She earned a B.S. in Bioengineering (1978) from the University of Vermont, and M.S. (1986) and Ph.D. (2002) in Bioengineering from Clemson University.

Karin Jensen, Ph.D. is a Teaching Associate Professor in bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include student mental health and wellness, engineering student career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research. She was awarded a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for her research on undergraduate mental health in engineering programs. Before joining UIUC she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Sanofi Oncology in Cambridge, MA. She earned a bachelor's degree in biological engineering from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Virginia.

Becky Bates, Ph.D. is Chair of the Department of Integrated Engineering and Professor of Computer Science at Minnesota State University, Mankato, home to the Iron Range, Twin Cities, and Bell Engineering programs. Her research has focused on speech recognition and understanding as well as engineering and computer science education. She has been a program officer at the National Science Foundation. She is the founding chair of the American Society for Engineering Education’s Ethics Committee and has served as the Chair of ASEE’s Commission on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. She is an Editor for Engineering with the Online Ethics Center. Her degrees are in biomedical engineering (BS), electrical engineering (MS, PhD), and theological studies (MTS).

Gary Lichtenstein, Ed.D., is an EER PERT Co-PI, focused on research design and project evaluation. Gary is founder and principal of Quality Evaluation Designs, conducting research and evaluation nationwide since 1996. He also serves as Director of Program Effectiveness for the Entrepreneurial Mindset initiative at Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Gary has extensive background in STEM education, has been a mentor in the JEE Mentored Reviewer Program, and has twice been awarded the William Elgin Wickenden Award from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) for the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE) article each year that exemplifies the highest standards of scholarly research.

Evan Ko is a 4th year undergraduate student studying Bioengineering with a minor in Material Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. On campus, he actively participates as an Engineering Ambassador: encouraging younger students’ interest in STEM related fields while changing the definition and conversation of what it means to be an engineer. His research interests include motivation and STEM curriculum development and evaluation. He is very excited to be a part of this community and hopes to spark the interest of engineering education research within his peer groups and to return to education after industry experience.

Kelsey Watts is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate studying Bioengineering at Clemson University. In addition to her work in a Systems Mechanobiology lab, she is developing STEM outreach modules to teach computational thinking to high school students. She is a teaching assistant for the Clemson Bioengineering department and is pursuing a Certificate in Engineering and Science Education. She earned a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and a minor in Humanitarian Engineering with a focus on STEM outreach in 2017 from The Ohio State University.

Sydney Brown is a 3rd year undergraduate student studying Bioengineering with a concentration in Biomaterials and a minor in Business Administration at Clemson University. On campus she is an involved member of the Clemson Bioengineering Society, Women in Science and Engineering, and her sorority, Sigma Kappa, for which she serves as the Vice President of Communication and Operations. She is passionate about learning and excited to be making a contribution to engineering education research and the peer review process.