Joe Michael Allen, MS

Graduate Student, University of California, Riverside. jalle010@ucr.edu
http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~jalle010/

RESEARCH/PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

STEM education research with a focus on building skill-based educational games.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. , Present, Computer Science, University of California, Riverside.
  Topic: STEM education via Serious Games
  Advisor: Professor Frank Vahid
• M.S., June 2016, Computer Engineering, University of California, Riverside.
• B.S., June 2015, Computer Engineering, University of California, Riverside.

RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

• Graduate student researcher, March 2016 - Present, University of California, Riverside, advised by Frank Vahid. My work is focused on creating educational games that teach skill through repetition.
  
• Teaching assistant, April 2017 - June 2017, University of California, Riverside. 1 lower-division computer science course.

SKILLS

• HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/jQuery, C/C++.

AWARDS AND HONORS

• US Department of Education GAANN Fellowship, University of California, Riverside, 2016-2017.

PUBLICATIONS

F. Vahid, J.M. Allen, and A. Edgcomb. Web-based games to master core skills in introductory college mathematics, Joint Mathematics Meetings, 2017, abstract.

J.M. Allen, F. Vahid, S. Salehain, and A. Edgcomb. Serious games for building skills in computing and engineering, Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, 2017.