Understanding the Engineering Education Research Problem Space Using Interactive Knowledge Networks

Abstract

Dr. Madhavan also served as a Research Scientist at the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing, Information Technology at Purdue University where he led the education and the educational technology effort for the NSF-funded Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN). His work focuses on how semantic grid-based technologies and tools can co-exist with students' lifestyles, learning patterns, and technology choices. Dr. Madhavan was the Chair of the IEEE/ACM Supercomputing Education Program 2006 and was the curriculum director for the Supercomputing Education Program 2005. In 2008, he was awarded the NSF CAREER award for work on learner-centric, adaptive cyber-tools and cyber-environments. He was one of 49 faculty members selected as the nation's top engineering educators and researchers by the US National Academy of Engineering to the Frontiers in Engineering Education symposium.

A Quantitative Study of Collaboration Patterns of Engineering Education Researchers

“…Osorio 26 summarized the current state of EER literatures by providing an overview of overall author profiles, sources of support, type of documents, main subjects, and major publication venues. Madhavan et al 27 provided an intuitive data gateway called iKNEER for ENE Page 25.96.4…”

How Does an Interactive Knowledge Platform Influence Decision-making of Novice Researchers in Engineering Education Research?

“…The iKNEER platform is being designed under this circumstance. Using a theoretical model that combines large-scale data mining techniques, network mapping algorithms, and time-series analysis of knowledge product evolution, iKNEER attempts to characterize and provide insights into the topology of the networks and collaborations within engineering education research 8 . iKNEER has the potential to help novice researchers to tackle with some of the difficulties they encounter when they enter this new research field.…”

“…As of December 2011, iKNEER archives 23,181 publications from top journals and conferences in engineering education research and 123, 054 NSF grant proposals. The alpha version of iKNEER has been released June 2011 at the ASEE annual conference & exposition 8 .…”