Translating Engineering Education Research into Practice
Adrienne Decker
PhD
Associate Professor
Teaching Areas: Engineering Education; Undergraduate Engineering
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Specialty/Research Focus
Effectiveness of pre-college computing education; Introductory programming education (CS1/CS2); Broadening participation in computing and gaming; Assessment in computing education; History of computing, computing education, and computer games
Education
- PhD, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo, 2007
- MS, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo, 2001
- BS, Computer Science, University at Buffalo, 2001
Awards and Honors
- 2016 Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Senior Member
- 2013 Wall of Fame Inductee, John F. Kennedy High School (Cheektowaga, NY)
- 2007 Milton Plesur Award for Excellence in Teaching, University at Buffalo
- 2005 Best Paper: When Objects Collide: Abstractions over Common Physics Problems for Capstone Projects in CS1, Twenty-first Annual CCSC Eastern Conference
- 2003 Best Paper: A Tale of Two Paradigms, Nineteenth Annual CCSC Eastern Conference