2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Dr. Ying Wang http://orcid.org/https://0000-0001-9352-3342 FHI 360 [biography]

   Ying Wang is a senior research associate in the U.S. Education Department at FHI360. She earned her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology at The Pennsylvania State University and Master of Education at Temple University. Ying is an educational psychologist who conducts research on examining how students learn and the effective ways to support students’ learning and their academic and professional successes.

2. Dr. Elizabeth Adelman FHI 360 [biography]

   I am an education researcher studying the development and experience of young people pursuing STEM education.

3. Caitlin Kim
4. Dr. Rachel L Renbarger FHI 360 [biography]

   Rachel Renbarger, PhD, is an Educational Researcher with FHI 360, a nonprofit focused on improving wellbeing globally. As a rural, first-generation, and low-income student and former teacher and professor, her research interests include utilizing best practices in research methods along with increasing educational access and success in higher education. Part of her research methods work focuses on improving the research-to-practice pipeline and thus works to increase transparency and confidence in educational research through the inclusion of critical lenses and appropriate open science practices.

5. Dylan Busa [biography]

   Dylan Busa is a Technical Advisor with FHI 360 with over 25 years’ experience in STEM education. He started his career as a mathematics and science high school teacher, before joining Mindset Network in 2003, an NGO producing and broadcasting educational content across Africa. Here he filled various roles including Schooling Executive, directing the organisation’s education portfolio.

   In 2014, Dylan joined FHI 360 as the Southern African Programme Manager for Design Squad Global, an out-of-school engineering programme for middle schoolers. He began work as an independent consultant in 2017 and, over the next 5 years, consulted to private organisations, NGOs, and national governments on curriculum design and development, education technology adoption and policy, STEM education policy, and materials development. He also led the development of six high school STEM textbooks as well as a national technical education programme in South Africa.

   Dylan re-joined FHI 360 in November 2021 to lead the Learning and Content team for Next Engineers, a GE Aerospace funded initiative to broaden the pipeline of new engineers entering the profession across the globe.

The full paper will be available to logged in and registered conference attendees once the conference starts on June 21, 2026, and to all visitors after the conference ends on June 24, 2026