STREAM Research Team

Streamlining Teaching, Research, Equity, Access, and Mentoring in STEM

Our research group is working towards Streamlining Engineering and STEM Education. We look at improving teaching methods, understanding student and faculty experiences, and building community in classrooms. We do this using primarily qualitative research methods, with a focus on student and faculty voices.

Graduate Students

Joseph Henry (joined in 2021) – PhD student in Sociology, Graduate Student Researcher on AGEP HIRE Grant

 

Melissa Lepe (joined in 2022) – PhD student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, co-advised with Jacqueline Huynh, Graduate Student Researcher on UBelong Grant

 

Spencer Currie (joined in 2024) – PhD student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Graduate Student Researcher on UBelong Grant, Graduate Teaching Assistant for MAE 130a

 

Undergraduate Students

Leone Manaloto (joined in 2024)

Sabrina Contreras (joined in 2024)

 

Alumni

Skye Hargrove (former undergraduate research student, now working at Blue Origin)

Maya Brandy (former undergraduate research student, now a PhD Student at UC San Diego)

Cherry Ji, PhD (former graduate student researcher, now a postdoctoral research associate in the Sociology Department at University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Maricela Bañuelos (former graduate student researcher, finishing up PhD in Sociology at UC Irvine)

Nick Choi (former graduate student researcher, finishing up M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UC Irvine)