Faculty Showcase: pictures, give feedback and save the date!

Congratulations to the 47 faculty who showcased wonderful examples of their teaching, scholarship, EPIC projects, mini-grants, professorships and sabbaticals! We are grateful to the support services colleagues and Gartner who shared resources available to faculty at the Showcase and the LIT Advisory working group who planned and hosted this wonderful event. Over 80 faculty, staff and students attended this wonderful event!

Faculty Showcase Presentations:

  • 2014 Sabbatical Travel to Latin America, 2015 Sabbatical Teaching of MIT’s A Global History of Architecture, and Ongoing Research and Professional Work in Java and Bali, Indonesia: Robert Cowherd
  • AePR: The AAEEBL Association’s Online Journal & The ePortfolio Field Guide:Cindy P. Stevens
  • An Introduction to Humanities 4501: 9/11 Literature and Film Ted Rooney
  • Architectural Applications of Mycelium: Orion Hansen, Antonio Furgiuele, Anuja Kamat, Ryan Rogers
  • Boston: Then and Now: Ella Howard
  • “Can Peer Grading Be Trusted?”: Nadine Stecher
  • Co-teaching of ETHS3800 Art and Religion of India: Elaine Slater & Jon Ripley
  • Cybersecurity Management: Course Tour and New Course Examples: Rick Trilling
  • Development of Internet of Things Courses:Doug Dow
  • Earthquake Simulation Technology : Shaking Table: Anuja Kamat, Hadi Kazemiroodsari, James McCusker, Tyler Boudrias, Emil Nunez, Guy-Bernard Sidze
  • EPIC Learning in Extracurricular Competition: Cristina Cosma
  • EPIC Project for Ankle Instability/Sprain: Ali Kiapour, Chen-Hsiang (Jones) Yu, Rabeeh Majidi
  • Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Clickers (But Were Afraid to Ask): Doug Goodman
  • Inquiry-Oriented Instruction: Mami Wentworth
  • Integrating of Contemporary Life Events and Global News to the Curriculum for Better Educating Students: Hossein Noorian
  • Intro to Management Hands on Experience, Spring break in Argentina, Power and Leadership Hands on Experience: Santiago Umaschi
  • “Let’s Collaborate!” Two Areas for Collaborative and Inter-disciplinary Coursework and Research
  • MCCS Studio: Boston Americana – Musical History: Christopher Gleason
  • New Course for EPIC Learning/Design: Development of Medical Devices Which Work With Mobile Applications for Experimental and Research Purposes Chen-Hsiang (Jones) Yu & Ali Kiapour
  • NuVu: a Customized Visually Oriented Digital Teaching Platform: Jennifer Lee Michaliszyn & Lora Kim
  • Popup Visual Guide to Sustainable Design Education (Book Prototype): Carlos Villamil
  • Result Examples of Interdepartmental Collaborations and Professorship Grant Funded Projects: Simon Williamson
  • Sagan Grant Project: Fatigue Tests and Data Analysis of Metal Components Under Cyclic Loading: Xiaobin Le, Vitaliy Saykin, Richard Roberts, Herb Connors
  • Standards Based Grading: Emma Smith Zbarsky
  • Structuring Writing Assignments to Appeal to WIT Students and Their Majors: Jody Gordon
  • Students Supporting Students: Jim Lambrechts
  • Peer-recommended Learning Strategies from Undergraduate Engineering Students: Memo Ergezer, Aaron Carpenter, Joan Giblin
  • Teaching Composition in the Classroom: Sean Coughlin
  • Teaching with Technology – Using Active Learning Platform in Lecture: Ali Moazed
  • Undergraduate Research Project on Superconducting Magnets: John Voccio
  • Urban Culture Institute Showcase: Christina Lanzl’s Community-Based Projects that Emphasize the Engaged, Hands-On Maker Culture of Creatives and Designers: Christina Lanzl
  • WIT NanoLab: New On Campus Capabilities: Joe Martel-Foley & Yugu Yang-Keathley
  • Workshops for International Students: Faith Litchock-Morellato & Juval Racelis
  • World Climate Interactive Simulation: Cynthia Williams, Chuck Hotchkiss, Jon Ripley