• HIGHER EDUCATION:

            Tufts University- Center for Engineering Education Outreach( CEEO)- Visiting Scholar 2014-2015

            Simmons College, Boston, MA 2002-  M.A. Education

            Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA  1975- Bachelor of Science-Electrical Engineering

            Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA  1973- Bachelor of Science-Life Sciences

                        Boit Prize, English Composition; 
                        Sigma Xi - Achievement in scientific research 


Continuing Education:

Technology/Engineering:

• Scratch Conference- July 2018
• Lego Engineering/STEM Conference June 2018
• Learning and the Brain(Conference)-Robotics, Brain Science, and Virtual/Maker Spaces- November 2017
• EdX/University of Texas- UT.WTCS.15.01x Foundations of Computer Science for Teachers- June 2017
• Scratch Conference- August 2016
• NuVu Teacher Innovation Workshop- June 2016
• Lego Engineering Conference( 2016)
• Mass STEM Summit-Presenter(2015)
• Tufts CEEO- Intermediate Lego EV3 Teacher Workshop(2015)
• MOS/Kidwind- Renewable Energy Workshop for Teachers(2015)
• Nueva School- Design Thinking Institute for Teachers ( 2015)
• Dartmouth College: DART.ENGS.01.X The Engineering of Structures Around Us (2015)

• EdX/Harvey Mudd College CS002x: Programming in Scratch( 2015)
• Tufts University:ME 94- Mechanical Engineering- How Instruments Work (2015)
• MIT/EdX: 16.00x Introduction to Aerospace Engineering:  Astronautics and Human Spaceflight.(2015)

• The Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium, San Francisco- Teacher Workshop(2014)
• The Exploratorium/Coursera :Tinkering Fundamentals: A Constructionist Approach to STEM Learning (2014)
• K-12 Blended and Online Learning- Coursera ( 2014)
• Constructing Modern Knowledge (2013)
• CAPSULE 2012 -Teaching Capstone Engineering Projects(2012)
• Introduction to Arduino (Artisan's Asylum)-2012
• STREAM Robotics ( @iRobot)-2010, 2009
• Stonington Retreat in Lego Robotics, Stonington Maine (2004)
• DOE Summer Content Institutes- Engineering Energy(2005); On the Waterfront(2004); Engineering by Design(2002)

Science:

• Sustainability(Coursera/U.of Illinois)- Spring 2018
• ​Energy Science and Engineering(Concord Consortium)- October 2017
• BioBuilder Teacher Workshop(MIT)- August 2017
• Human Evolution- EdX/Arizona State University(2015)
• WPI- Biosimulation Workshop(2015)
• MIT/EdX: Light, Spike, and Sight: The Neuroscience of Vision (2015)
• Biotechnology(PBS)-2011
• Evolution(AMNH)- 2011
• Teaching Inquiry-Based Science, EDC (2009)
• MIT-Center for Environmental Health- Workshop for Life Science Teachers (2009)
• Museum Institute for Teaching Science- Cycles, Systems, and Inquiry (2006)
• Winter Ecology, University of Colorado (Online) 2005

Woodworking:

• Furniture Institute of Massachusetts- Carving for Furniture Making(2013)
• Furniture Institute of Massachusetts- Chippendale Mirror(2012)
• Heartwood School, Washington, MA- Timberframing (2007)
• Woodenboat School, Brooklin, Maine-  Joinery (2006)
• MIT Hobby Shop-Ken Stone-Introduction to Woodworking (2002)

Certifications:

           MA Professional Certification: Biology 5-9 (Renewed 2017)
           Sheltered English Immersion Endorsement-DESE( June 2016)

          MA Provisional Certifications: Technology Education 5-9

                                                                          General Science 5-9

·          International Certification in Clinical Engineering