Engineering programs in the United States are faced with the challenging problem of
decreased retention rates at the undergraduate level. This paper presents an exhaustive …

Background Graduation rates in engineering programs continue to be a concern in higher
education. Prior research has documented an association between students' experiences in …

Given the growing demand for skilled workers from the Computer Science field, the high
attrition rate of entering Computer Science students is a serious problem at most …

This study examined the difficulty introduced by spaced retrieval practice in Calculus I for
undergraduate engineering students. Spaced retrieval practice is an instructional technique …

Here we demonstrate the benefits of a new curriculum for introductory calculus-based
physics that motivates classical mechanics using a modified version of Hamiltonian …

She is currently the director of Alavi FTIR Spectroscopic Imaging Lab (AFISIL) and
supervises multiple undergraduate students in their research. Her research interests …

This WIP Research Paper investigates the temporal nature of the difficulty imposed by
spacing. Spaced retrieval practice is an evidence-based strategy for improving memory and …

This Full-Paper in the Research Category analyzed longitudinal data from the University of
Louisville's JB Speed School of Engineering to better understand the relationship between …

The process of enrolling and completing the courses needed to earn an undergraduate
degree involves complex interactions between individual students and institutional policies …

This paper describes a freshman-year two-semester bridge course implemented in the
engineering program of a teaching-focused university. The goal of the bridge course was to …