Principal Investigator


Doug Clark, Professor of Learning Sciences and Science Education at Vanderbilt University.  Clark's research analyzes students’ science learning processes in technology-enhanced environments and digital games with a particular focus on conceptual change, representations, and argumentation in these environments. Much of this research focuses on public middle school and high school students in classroom settings. Clark is the PI of SURGE EGAME (NSF DRK12), SURGE EPIGAME (DOE IES), and the original SURGE (NSF Exploratory DRK12).

publications: www.dougclark.info

  


 
Co-Principal Investigators  

 
 
Pratim Sengupta, Assistant Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning at Vanderbilt University.  Pratim is a Co-Principal Investigator of the EGAME project. His general research interests concern designing modeling platforms and visual programming languages for students, and building cognitive models of how students develop their conceptual understanding and representational expertise through using these tools. For this grant, his  interests include integrating modeling and programming with gaming, as well as investigating conceptual change in students. 



 
Gautam Biswas, Professor of Computer Science, Senior Research Scientist, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University.  Biswas conducts research in Intelligent Systems with primary interests in hybrid modeling, simulation, and development of open-ended learning environments for math and science education, including the Teachable Agents project (PI) and the EGAME project (co-PI). More recently, he has started a Cyberlearning project (PI) and is developing innovative educational data mining techniques for studying students’ learning. 

publications: www.teachableagents.org/publications.php


  



Former Co-Principal Investigator on SURGE Classic

  
 
Brian C. Nelson, Associate Professor of Educational Technology at Arizona State University. Brian C. Nelson's research centers on (a) creating and testing design frameworks for collaborative inquiry environments, (b) designing scaffolding tools for collaborative inquiry environments, and (c) investigating new methods of assessment in educational games.