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Research, Publications & Presentations

2024 Cummings Foundation grant to Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation for听The Charles River Collaboratory听$150,000(Co-leads: Bob Perry, Mike Barnett, Avneet Hira & Helen Zhang)

2024 Constellation鈥檚 E2 Energy to Educate grant.听Engaging Youth and their Families in Learning About Alternative Energies through Food Justice听$25,000 (PI: Mike Barnett, Co-PIs: Helen Zhang & Avneet Hira)

2023 Schiller Institute SI-RITEA Type A.听Promoting Community Climate Resilience and Wellbeing in Northern Kenya through Peace Education听$50,000 (PI: Avneet Hira, Co-PIs: Justin Henriques (James Madison University), Ahmed Mohamed (Garissa University))

2023 Schiller Institute SI-RITEA Type B.听A strategic partnership: Creating a Collaboratory for Environmental听Science $50,000 (PI: MIke Barnett, Co-PI: Bob Perry, Helen Zhang, Avneet Hira)

2022 Boston College Research in Formative Education.听Great Resignation or Great Transformation?: Purpose-Driven Engineers听$14,880 (PI: Dr. Avneet Hira, Co-PI: Dr. Belle Liang)

2022 Lynch School Collaborative Fellows Grant.听Supporting Youth in Engaging the Community in Environmental Justice Issues听$121,674 (PI: Dr. Mike Barnett, Co-PIs: Dr. Avneet Hira & Dr. Helen Zhang)

2022 Schiller Institute Grants for Exploratory Collaborative Scholarship (SIGECS).听Digital Mental Health Innovations to Support Scaling Out a Family Strengthening Intervention for Afghan Refugee Families: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration听$50,000 (PI: Dr. Theresa Betancourt, Co-PIs: Dr. Nam Wook Kim, Dr. Avneet Hira, Prof. Sunand Bhattacharya)

2022 Boston College Academic Technology Innovation Grant (ATIG).听Transdisciplinary Learning across contexts: Blending Tissue Engineering and Learning Sciences听$36,425 (PI: Dr. Mike Barnett, Co-PIs: Dr. Helen Zhang, Dr. Avneet Hira, Dr. Glenn Gaudette)

2021 Schiller Institute Grants for Exploratory Collaborative Scholarship (SIGECS).听Engaging families in growing their own food through home-based STEM learning experiences听$50,000 (PI: Dr. Mike Barnett, Co-PIs: Dr. Avneet Hira, Dr. Helen Zhang)

2021 Center for Social Innovation in the School of Social Work at Boston College.听Using Human Centered Design to Develop a School-Personnel Training to Improve Transgender Adolescents鈥� Mental Health听$22,220 (PI: Dr. Maggi Price, Co-PIs: Dr. Paul Poteat, Dr. Avneet Hira )

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[18] Hira, A., Gemski, J., & Henriques, J. (2024). Assistive Technology and Human-Centered Engineering Design: Partnership between a school that serves students with extensive support needs and a human-centered engineering program.听International Journal for Engineering Education.听(in press)

[17] Woods, P., Anderson, E., & Hira, A (2024). Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on the Grammar of Schools in Project-Based Learning Contexts.听Journal of Educational Change. (in press)

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[7] Anderson, E., & Hira, A. (2020). Loss of brick-and-mortar schooling: how elementary educators respond.听Information and Learning Sciences,听121(5/6), 411-418.

[6] Hira, A., & Hynes, M. M. (2018). People, Means, and Activities: A Conceptual Framework for Realizing the Educational Potential of Makerspaces.听Education Research International, 1鈥�10.

[5] Hira, A., & Hynes, M. M. (2017). Design-based research to broaden participation in pre-college engineering: research and practice of an interest-based engineering challenges framework.听European Journal of Engineering Education,听44(1鈥�2), 103鈥�122.

[4] Hynes, M., Joslyn, C., Hira, A., J. Holly, J., & Jubelt, N. (2016). Exploring Diverse Pre-College Students鈥� Interests and Understandings of Engineering to Promote Engineering Education for All.听International Journal of Engineering Education,听32(5B), 2318鈥�2327.

[3] Hira, A. (2015). An ontological approach towards the next generation engineer: What it means to become and be an engineer.听Journal of Engineering Education Transformations,听28(2&3), 179鈥�184.

[2] Hira, A., Kansal, V., Jindal, T. K., Kansal, J., & Ganju, A. (2012). Harnessing wind energy in cryospheric regions.听International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology,听3(2), 313鈥�319.

[1] Hynes, W., Hynes, M., & Hira, A. (2015). Applying the makerspace model to the K-12 classroom.听Educational Facility Planner,听49(1), 35鈥�38.

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[25] Hira, A., Gemski, J., & Henriques, J. (2023). Assistive Technology and Human-Centered Engineering Design: Partnership between a school that serves students with extensive support needs and a human-centered engineering program. In听Clive L Dym Mudd Design Workshop.

[24] Shah, A., Phatak, J., Hira, A., Zhang, H., & Barnett, A. (2023). Tech Demo: 鈥淪mart Greenhouse鈥� Project: Combining Physical Computing with Plant Science. In听International Society of the Learning Sciences 2023 Conference.

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[18] Hira, A., Bhattacharya, S., Gaudette, G. & Govindasamy, S., (2021). Designing a design-driven human-centered engineering program. In听Clive L Dym Mudd Design Workshop.

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[16] Hira, A., Beebe, C., Maxey, K., & Hynes, M. (2018). 鈥淏ut, What Do You Want Me to Teach?鈥�: Best Practices for Teaching in Educational Makerspaces (RTP). In听ASEE 2018 Annual Conference.听Salt Lake City, UT.听

[15] Hynes, M., Beebe, C., Hira, A., & Maxey, K (2018). Make-an-Engineer Introduction to Engineering Activity (P12 Resource/Curriculum Exchange). In听ASEE 2018 Annual Conference.听Salt Lake City, UT.听

[14] Hira, A., Salah, S., Hurt, C., & Hynes, M. (2017). Broadening the contexts of engineering to broaden participation: A multi-method study of an interest-based engineering challenges framework. In听ASEE 2017 Annual Conference.Colombus, OH.听

[13] Rush, J., Hira, A., & Hynes, M. (2017). The role of gender in pre-college students鈥� perceptions of engineering. In听ASEE 2017 Annual Conference.听Colombus, OH.听

[12] Beebe, C., Sarwar, U., Jubelt, N., Hira, A., & Hynes, M. (2016). MAKER: A Game to Make Engineering. In ASEE 2016 Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA.

[11] Hira, A., & Hynes, M. (2016a). A thematic analysis of the maker movement in cyberspace across cultural contexts. In听ASEE 2016 Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA.

[10] Hira, A., & Hynes, M. M. (2016b). Impromptu reflection as a means for self-assessment of design thinking skills. In听ASEE 2016 Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA.

[9] Holly, J., Joslyn, C., Hira, A., Hynes, M., & Beebe, C. (2016). What do you like to do? Exploring pre-college students鈥� career aspirations and perceptions of engineering (Work in progress). In听ASEE 2016 Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA.

[8] Hira, A., Holly, J., & Hynes, M. (2015) Implementation of an Interest-based Engineering Challenges Framework: A Design Research Approach (Work in progress). In听Translating Research to Practice. REES. Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland.

[7] Hynes, M. M., Joslyn, C. H., & Hira, A. (2015). Underrepresented students鈥� interests and how they relate to engineering. In听NARST Annual International Conference. Chicago, IL.

[6] Hira, A., & Hynes, M. M. (2015). Broadening participation in engineering: Making in the K-12 Classroom following an interest-based framework.听ASEE Annual Conference. Seattle, WA.

[5] Streveler, R. A., Pitterson, N. P., Hira, A., Rodriguez-Simmonds, H., & Alvarez, J. O. (2015). Learning about engineering education research: What conceptual difficulties still exist for a new generation of scholars?. In听IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Proceeedings听(pp. 1-6). El Paso, TX.

[4] Hira, A., Joslyn, C. H., & Hynes, M. M. (2014). Classroom makerspaces: Identifying the opportunities and challenges. In听IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings听(pp. 1677鈥�1681). Madrid, Spain.

[3] Fila, N. D., Hess, J., Hira, A., Joslyn, C. H., Tolbert, D., & Hynes, M. M. (2014). The people part of engineering: Engineering for, with, and as people. In听IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings听(pp. 727鈥�735). Madrid, Spain.

[2] Hira, A., Jain, N., Chhjed, S., & Sarkar, S. (2013). Lift generation characteristics of an airfoil in hover with time dependent gust models. In听9th International Conference on Intelligent Unmanned Systems. Jaipur, India.

[1] Hira, A., Kapoor, A., Joseph, D., & Das, S. (2010). Flying cars: A dream or reality. In听National Aerospace Olympiad (Aeronautical Society of India). Chandigarh, India.

[8] Stuopis, I., Ramos, K. A., Hancock, C., Louime, E. J., & Hira, A. (2024, June). Board 222: CAREER: Engineering in Youth-led Technology-rich Settings: Promoting Belonging and Preventing Harm. In听2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.

[7] Shah, A., Phatak, J., Zhang, H., Hira., A, & Barnett, M. (2024) Smart Greenhouse: Bridging Physical Computing, Plant Science, and Data Literacy. In听SIGCSE Technical Symposium 2024 program.

[6] Shah, S A, Raphael, D, Phatak, J, Hira, A, Zhang, H, & Barnett, M.听(2024) Cultivating science identity: An automated table-top greenhouse project with middle school students.听National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST)

[5] Raphael, D, Shah, S A, Phatak, J U, Hira, A, Zhang, H, & Barnett, M.听(2024) Enhancing middle-school students鈥� interest in coding through a tabletop automated greenhouse project [iPoster].听American Educational Research Association

[4] Shah, S. A., Phatak, J. U., Hira, A., & Zhang, H. (2023, June). Board 304: HighSchoolers鈥� Understanding about 鈥淓ngineering鈥� and Their Perception of the Coding-Engineering Relationship. In听2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.

[3] Woods, P., Anderson, E., & Hira, A. (2022) Failing to Reset: A Critical Examination of COVID-19鈥檚 Impact on the Grammar of Schooling.听American Educational Studies Association.听

[2] Hira, A., Zhang, H., & Barnett, M. (2022) Engaging families in growing their own food through home-based STEM learning experiences. Science Educators for Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice Annual Conference.

[1] Brady, S., Kang, E., Louime, E., Naples, S., Katz, A., Hira, A. (2021, December 5-8).听Emerging Learning Technologies for Education on Sustainability Topics听[Conference Presentation]. Research in Engineering Education Symposium & Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference, Perth, WA, Australia.