Engineering Unleashed Faculty Development

Glenn Walters is Professor of the Practice in the Department of Applied Physical Sciences at UNC Chapel Hill. He is also one of the founders of UNC’s BeAM makerspace network where he continues to serve as Senior Technical Advisor. Glenn develops and facilitates courses in engineering fundamentals and design that focus on building intuition through experiential learning and making. He also assists other faculty from a variety of departments in ideating and implementing makerspace experiences. Dr. Walters has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Vermont and received his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences and Engineering from UNC Chapel Hill. Prior to arriving at UNC, he worked in industry as an environmental engineer. During much of his time at UNC he has provided design, prototyping, and fabrication services to researchers across the university in his role as manager of the Design Innovation Hub. His current, most interesting project is serving as engineering advisor for the Argus Pathfinder (https://evryscope.astro.unc.edu/), a revolutionary astronomical telescope array used to detect short-lived transient events.

Richard Goldberg is a Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Applied Physical Sciences at UNC Chapel Hill. He is developing a new interdisciplinary engineering minor and major at UNC. He is interested in integrating engineering with the liberal arts and an entrepreneurial mindset. He teaches a variety of classes for first year students, seniors, and everyone in between, and enjoys designing and fabricating things in the makerspace whenever he has time. His primary research interest is in rehabilitation engineering and assistive technology for people with disabilities.

Anna Engelke is the Education Program Manager for the BeAM Makerspace Network at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Her work focuses on developing and managing BeAM’s educational projects, including faculty development programs to support the integration of design, making, and the BeAM makerspaces into academic course curricula. She is also current enrolled in the Learning Design and Technology PhD program at NC State University. Previously, she served as the Program Manager for Tinkering and Technology at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC. She earned her master’s degree in Education Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2017.

Laura B. Fogle, M.Ed, is the Director of the Media and Education Technology Resource Center at the NC State University College of Education. Fogle previously served as an educational technology specialist at the Duke University School of Nursing, an instructional designer for Pearson Education, and a technology facilitator for Durham Public Schools. She is the founder and Board Chair of Digital Durham, a digital equity nonprofit. She earned her BS in electrical and biomedical engineering from Duke University and her M.Ed. from NC State University. She is interested in the intersection of pedagogy, design, and technology. In addition to providing professional development for faculty, she supports the integration of technology and makerspace activities in a variety of courses within the College of Education. She manages a makerspace, is active in the North Carolina University Makerspaces collaborative, and has served as a coach in NC State University’s annual Make-a-thon.