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earned a doctoral degree in Engineering Education from Purdue University. She has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Elizabethtown College, a Master's degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from Auburn University, eleven years of experience in industry as a software engineer. Her research focus is on broadening participation in engineering and computing through the exploration of: 1) race, gender, and identity and 2) computer science education research in order to inform pedagogical practices that garner interest and retain women and minorities in computer-related engineering fields.

Maral Kargarmoakhar was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. She got her bachelors degree in computer engineering from Tehran University. She pursued her master's degree from Florida International University (FIU) in computer science. Currently, she is working on her Ph.D. program at FIU.

-This empirical study examines the adoption of agile software development, and the role of Scrum in computer science senior projects at Florida International University. This paper describes the senior projects and Scrum implementation. It highlights the advantages of incremental and iterative software development and discusses how Scrum can improve the productivity of software teams. In addition, it illustrates the other benefits such as engagement, transparency, frequent delivery and flexibility to change. Finally, it evaluates the outcomes by tracking the velocity estimations of each Scrum team. It demonstrates how Scrum and our tools can facilitate the software product development and the transition of our projects throughout semesters.