Benjamin E. Chaback
PhD student
Benjamin (Ben) Chaback is a Ph.D. student in Virginia Tech's Department of Engineering Education. He holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering and a MS in Systems Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. As part of his PhD dissertation, he is focusing on how students and instructors of the engineering sciences adopt and use technology to support learning and instruction of these courses. He has worked as an external reviewer for NASA's Human Research Program and the NASA TechLeap Challenge, the Program Coordinator for Undergraduate Research at Embry-Riddle, and currently as a Graduate Research Assistant at Virginia Tech.
Research areas
- Open education resources
- Middle years of engineering
- Artificial intelligence and assessment
- Undergraduate research experiences
- Robotics education
- Engineering workforce development
Advising
- Advisor: Andrew Katz
Projects
Education
- M.S. in Systems Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University