Director Of Pre-Professional Education
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States / Global
Set and oversee the strategic direction for SAE International’s STEM Educational programing at the PreK-university level. This includes development of educational programs as part of SAE’s A World In Motion and the Collegiate Design Series with a portfolio of STEM outreach in excess of $5,000,000 annually serving over 120,000 students through partnerships in education and industry. Recent Accomplishment Author (published papers)- Selecting and Designing Assessment to Measure Early Engineering Curriculum Impact on Application of Engineering Design and Attitudes Toward STEM (Ciuca & Fradey) – ASEE (2017)- SAE International - A World In Motion: A Successful Integrated STEM Education Model for Interpretation of the Framework for K-12 Science Education (Ciuca) – (2015) Author (curriculum)- SAE A World In Motion – Rolling Things Challenge (2014)- SAE A World In Motion – Engineering Inspired by Nature Challenge (2014)- SAE A World In Motion – Pinball Challenge (2014)- SAE A World In Motion – Straw Rockets Challenge (2014)- SAE A World In Motion – Gravity Cruiser Challenge (2013)Author (contributing) - The Go-To Guide for Engineering Curricula, PreK-5 (Sneider, 2015)AutoLine TV Appearance - http://www.autoline.tv/show/1813?playSTEM “Expert” Panel Participation- Solving the STEM Talent Problem Through Diversity – Technology In Motion (2017)- High-Quality STEM Education – Michigan House of Representatives Testimony (2017)- Engagement of Professional Engineering Societies in Undergraduate Engineering Education – National Academy of Engineering (2017)- STEM Education: Laying a Foundation for a Future Workforce – Southern Automotive Summit (2016)- STEM & Workforce Development – SAE World Congress (2015) - Make it STEM: Professional Development for STEM Innovation – Iowa STEM Scale-Up (2014)- Approaches to Integrated STEM Education – National Academy of Engineering (2013)