Projects and portfolio

Work designed to move from ideas to classrooms, communities, and institutions.

Each project page can hold the full story: context, my role, collaborators, funding, methods, images, artifacts, publications, outcomes, and next steps. The homepage shows only a curated preview.

2024–Present · Co-Principal Investigator and curriculum collaborator

NSF AHA! AI Hardware Adventures

Connects technical AI learning with community-centered problem solving across teacher, youth, classroom, and informal-learning contexts.

Partners: University of Florida, University of North Texas, teachers and school partners across Florida, Texas, and KansasSupport: NSF DRK–12 Award 2405373 · $1,487,350 collaborative award
2024–Present · Instructor, course developer, and program contributor

Graduate AI and Data Science Education

Creates a direct pathway for translating emerging AI scholarship into the preparation of technical professionals.

Partners: MS in AI Systems and MS in Applied Data Science, University of Florida
2026–Present · Program Lead

Convergent Engineering Education Initiatives

Provides institutional leverage for moving research into programs, partnerships, credentials, and sustained educational change.

Partners: Department of Engineering Education and cross-unit collaborators at the University of FloridaSupport: Institutional leadership appointment
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conceptual visual connecting AI systems, uncertainty, engineering decisions, and responsibility
Emerging · Research agenda lead

Digital Minds and Engineering Formation

Builds a new bridge between digital minds scholarship and the formation of the technical workforce.

Partners: Prospective collaborators across engineering, philosophy, public policy, AI governance, and digital minds research
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middle-school learners, museum program, sensors, or community prototype
2024–Present · AI Initiative Advisor, researcher, and curriculum collaborator

Cade Museum AI Initiative and Informal Learning

Extends rigorous AI learning beyond formal classrooms and builds evidence about engagement in authentic public settings.

Partners: Cade Museum for Creativity and InventionSupport: NSF-supported and community partnership activities
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faculty workshop, collaborative activity, or presentation
2024–Present · Module developer and facilitator

AI Fundamentals Faculty Development

Scales AI literacy through faculty capacity and institutional professional learning.

Partners: UF AI² Center, community colleges, and higher-education institutionsSupport: UF AI² Center
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microcontroller, sensor array, prototype, or course design workshop
In development · Course designer and instructor

Edge Intelligence / Edge AI Course Development

Positions the department to offer a distinctive pathway in Edge intelligence and applied AI systems.

Partners: Department of Engineering Education, University of FloridaSupport: Provost AI Course Designation Incentive Program
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student research poster, energy comparison diagram, or mentoring conversation
2025–2026 · Research mentor and advisor

Student Research Mentoring in Edge and Cloud AI

Builds research capacity while giving students ownership of consequential questions about AI systems.

Partners: UF AI Scholars Program, MS in AI SystemsSupport: UF AI Scholar support
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cyber-informed engineering workshop, systems diagram, or collaborative meeting
2025–Present · Working group member

Cyber-Informed Engineering Education

Extends the research and curriculum agenda into national conversations about secure and responsible engineering practice.

Partners: Idaho National Laboratory and engineering education collaborators
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community STEM night, family activity, or bilingual learning session
2025–Present · STEM Nights organizer and facilitator

Children Beyond Our Borders STEM Nights

Extends AI literacy across language, cultural, and socioeconomic boundaries.

Partners: Children Beyond Our Borders

What connects the portfolio

Technical substance

AI, machine learning, deep learning, microelectronics, sensors, embedded systems, and Edge intelligence.

Educational translation

Curriculum, faculty development, learning environments, competency frameworks, and multiple entry points.

Evidence and iteration

Research, observation, student feedback, teacher co-design, expert review, and public dissemination.

Scale and partnership

Courses, programs, museums, schools, communities, institutional strategy, and externally funded collaborations.