Making Learning Fun: Implementing a Gamified Approach to Materials Science and Engineering Education

Abstract

She holds the NSERC Vanier Scholarship, the most prestigious Canadian doctoral award, and is the current Student Representative of the Microscopical Society of Canada. Her research focuses on understanding the mechanisms behind biomineralization processes as well as using and developing electron microscopy methods, particularly liquid electron microscopy techniques, to characterize mineralized tissues and other biological materials. Outside of the lab, Liza has a passion for teaching and strives to make materials science education funner through gamified means, where she has worked as a Student Partner for pedagogical research with Dr. Bosco Yu on improving the first-year materials science and engineering curriculum at McMaster University.