Avneet Hira

Assistant Professor, Sabet Family Dean鈥檚 Faculty Fellow

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Avneet Hira

Ph.D.

Contact

245 Beacon Street, Room 519

Telephone: 617-552-2786

Email: avneet.hira@bc.edu

Education

  • B.E., Punjab Engineering College
  • M.S., Purdue University
  • Ph.D., Purdue University

Research Interests

Engineering education, Educational technologies, Engineering epistemology , Design education, Educational Makerspaces

Profile

Avneet Hira鈥檚 scholarship is motivated by the fundamental question of how engineering and technology can support people in living well in an increasingly engineered world. Her research, which is in engineering education, focuses on affordances of technology, humanistic design, and engineering epistemology. Her work is inspired by Making and tinkering practices, especially those from different local knowledge systems. Prior to 艾可直播 College, Avneet worked at the MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program and Education Arcade as a research scientist and at MathWorks as an education program manager. 听

She partners with students and educators (middle school to undergraduate), youth and their families, community organizations, artisans, Makers, designers, and technologists in her work. She is passionate about creating technology-rich inclusive spaces for supporting purpose and connection in engineering education. Avneet received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education and MS in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University, and BE in Aeronautical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College.听

Selected Publications

  • Hira, A., Woods, P., & Anderson, A. (2023) Reflections of three educational researchers on research and life during the pandemic. In McCarther S. & Davis D. (Eds.), Breakthrough: From Pandemic Panic to Promising Practice OEH Book Series.
  • Ramos, K., Gardow, J., Louime, E., Kang, E., & Hira, A (2023). Promoting belonging and breaking down gatekeeping in youth-centered engineering spaces. In ASEE 2023 Annual Conference.听
  • Louime, E., Kang, E., Anderson, E., Searle, K., & Hira, A (2023). Intergenerational E-Textile Workshops for Engineering and Social-Emotional Learning. In ASEE 2023 Annual Conference.听
  • Huang, A., Bachiochi, G., Bozorgmehri, N., Broome, A., Carter., P, Cho, H., ... & Hira, A (2023). Experiences from the First Cohort of Engineering Students at a Liberal Arts University. In ASEE 2023 Annual Conference.听
  • 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 Clive L Dym Mudd Design Workshop.听
  • Hira, A., Bhattacharya, S., Gaudette, G. & Govindasamy, S., (2022). Designing a design-driven human-centered engineering program. International Journal of Engineering Education.
  • Holly, Jr, J., Hira, A., Maxey, K, & Beebe, C. (2022) Who gets to engineer? In T. Fowler (Eds.), Countering the mythology of inclusion and wellness in schooling (pp 67 鈥� 92) DIO Press, New York.
  • Hira, A., & Hynes, M. (2021). How do designers and engineers practice design while Making? A narrative inquiry of designers who Make.听Information and Learning Sciences, 122(11/12), 749-773
  • Hira, A. & Anderson, E. (2021). Motivating Online Learning through Project-Based Learning During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic. IAFOR Journal of Education, 9(2), 93-110.
  • Anderson, E., & Hira, A. (2020). Loss of brick-and-mortar schooling: how elementary educators respond.听Information and Learning Sciences, 121(5/6), 411-418.

Selected Funded Projects

  • 2023 NSF CAREER. CAREER: Engineering in Youth-led Technology-rich Settings: Promoting Belonging and Preventing Harm $594,440 (PI: Avneet Hira)听
  • 2023 NSF ITEST. Developing and Testing Innovations: Restorative Gardening: Growing youth empowerment through learning & teaching about artificially intelligent community sustainable urban gardens $1,299,256 (PI: Mike Barnett, Co-PIs: Helen Zhang, Avneet Hira, Lacee Satcher, Maureen Kenny)
  • 2023 Schiller Institute SI-RITEA Type A. Promoting Community Climate Resilience and Wellbeing in Northern Kenya through Peace Education $50,000 (PI: Avneet Hira, Co-PIs: Justin Henriques, Ahmed Mohamed)
  • 2022 艾可直播 College Research in Formative Education. Great Resignation or Great Transformation?: Purpose-Driven Engineers $14,880 (PI: Avneet Hira, Co-PI: Belle Liang)听
  • 2021 NSF ITEST. Building a Youth-Led Learning Community through Automating Hydroponic Systems $1,414,733 (PI: Mike Barnett, Co-PIs: Helen Zhang, Maureen Kenny, Claudia Rinaldi, Jacqueline DeLisi, Avneet Hira)
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