, and has co-developed the STEAM Labs TM program to engage middle and high school students in learning science, technology, engineering, arts, and math concepts through designing and building chain reaction machines. He has appeared on many TV shows (including Modern Marvels on The History Channel and Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC) and a movie with his Rube Goldberg machines, and worked as a behind-the scenes engineer for season 3 of the PBS engineering design reality TV show, Design Squad. He also held the Guinness World Record for the largest number of steps -125 -in a working Rube Goldberg machine.

Engineering atArizona State University. He is the PI on three NSF-funded projects: CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society (EEC 1351728), Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?(EEC 1329321), and Broadening the Reach of Engineering through Community Engagement (BRECE)(DUE 1259356). He is also Co-PI on one NSF-funded project: Should Makers be the Engineers of the Future?(EEC 1232772), and is senior personnel on an NSF-funded grant entitled Workshop: I-Corps for Learning (i-Corps-L). He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010)and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineeringfrom Purdue University,and as a qualitative researcher studies both STEM and informal engineering education. As an educator, he foundedandled a team to two collegiate National Rube Goldberg Machine Contestchampionships, and has co-developed theSTEAMMachines TM /"Rube Goldbergineering" program over the past 6 years to exposemiddle and high school students to the engineering design process.