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Interactive Nano-Visualization in Science and Engineering Education: Conforming Technology to Transform Education
The IN-VSEE Project
Laurie Luckenbill, Arizona State University
Kirsten Hintze, Arizona State University
B. L. Ramakrishna, Arizona State University
Vincent Pizziconi, Arizona State University

Laurie Luckenbill

Ms. Luckenbill is an Instructional Designer and Instructional Technologist in the Center for Solid State Science at Arizona State University. She is involved in several educational outreach projects partnering University resources with K-14 educators. Her interests include the use of Visualization, Image Processing and other technology tools in Science and Math education. She is involved in the use of multimedia and hypermedia in distance education and in teacher training.

She completed a Bachelors degree in Chemistry in 1995 and a Masters of Education degree at Arizona State University in December of 1997. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in Learning and Instructional Technology.

Arizona State University
Center for Solid State Science
PO Box 871704
Tempe, AZ, USA 85287-1704

Email: Laurie.Luckenbill@asu.edu

Kirsten Hintze

Ms. Hintze is currently researching web-based science education at the higher education level. She is also involved in developing on-line educational programs for IN-VSEE, a part of the Center for Solid State Science at Arizona State University. She produced two educational multimedia CD-ROMs that are currently used in ASU Mycology and Phycology courses.

She completed her Masters degree at Arizona State University in 1997 and is working on an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Plant Biology and Education.

Arizona State University
Center for Solid State Science
PO Box 871704
Tempe, AZ, USA 85287-1704

Email: khb@asu.edu

B. L. Ramakrishna

Dr. Ramakrishna is a faculty member in the Department of Plant Biology and the Director of Education and Outreach programs for the Center for Solid State Science in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at ASU. He in interested in the understanding at the nanoscale of biomineralization- an interdisciplinary field at crossroads of Biology and solid state Materials Science. He is deeply committed to integrate state-of-the-art research results into education and outreach in an effort to revitalize the curriculum, to convey the excitement at the research frontiers to the undergraduate curriculum and to infuse technology & telecommunications to bring about innovations in science and engineering education at all levels.

He received his Ph.D. in solid state chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India in 1983 and has been at Arizona State University since 1985.

Arizona State University
Department of Plant Biology and Center for Solid State Science
PO Box 871601
Tempe, AZ, USA 85287-1601

Email: BRamakrishna@asu.edu

Vincent Pizziconi

Dr. Pizziconi is an associate professor of Bioengineering in the Chemical, Bio, and Materials Engineering Department at Arizona State University. He is involved in numerous innovative projects using active and cooperative learning, asynchronous learning, K-12 outreach, interdisciplinary undergraduate education, women in engineering programs, Research Experiences for Undergraduate (REU) programs, and distance learning. He also has ongoing research activities in artificial organs, biomaterials, biosensors, molecular and cellular bioengineering, and Scanning Probe Microscopy.

He received his Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Arizona State University. He joined the Bioengineering faculty in 1989.

Arizona State University
Chemical, Bio and Materials Engineering Department
PO Box 876006
Tempe, AZ, USA 85287-6006

Email: Vincent.Pizziconi@asu.edu

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