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Andrea Ragonese

Associate Teaching Professor

Affiliation(s):

  • School of Engineering Design and Innovation
  • Engineering Leadership Development
  • Law, Policy, and Engineering

220 Engineering Design and Innovation Building

amj108@psu.edu

814-863-8906

Research Areas:

Engineering Leadership Development

 
 

 

Education

  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 1998
  • Minor, Engineering Leadership Development, The Pennsylvania State University, 1998
  • MBA, Entrepreneurship, Southern New Hampshire University, 2016

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Kathy L. Jackson, Ivan Esparragoza, Jacquelyn Huff, Paul Carl Lynch, Steven Nozaki, Andrea M. Ragonese, Joseph Ranalii and Nancy E. Study, , "Developing an Interdisciplinary Pathway for Engineering Education Master's Curriculum", Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2021, 2021-October

Conference Proceedings

  • Julia Diane Plummer, Andrea R Ragonese and Christopher Palma, 2025, "Storytelling to Connect Students with the Culture of Astronomy", ASP 2024: Astronomy Across the Spectrum, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA, USA, 539, pp. 175-179
  • Julia Diane Plummer and Andrea M Ragonese, 2024, "Students’ Use of Cultural Practices in Astronomy Stories", Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2024, International Society of the Learning Sciences, USA, 2024, pp. 2135-2136

Research Projects

Honors and Awards

  • 2024 KEEN Engineering Unleashed Fellow, Kern Family Foundation, October 2024 - September 2025

Service

Service to Penn State:

  • Assistance to Student Organizations, Advisor, COMMON Student Organization, Advisor, COMMON, September 2024

Service to External Organizations:

  • Participation in or Service to Professional and Learned Societies, Contributor, KEEN Engineering Unleashed Community Catalyst, KEEN, September 2024 - May 2025
 


 

About

The School of Engineering Design and Innovation delivers effective engineering education and unrivaled research opportunities through active, collaborative, project-based, and professionally oriented classroom experiences. The school offers a variety of programs that partner faculty, students, and industry in the study of real-life engineering problems. Our programs teach students to solve real-life problems with innovative solutions. 

School of Engineering Design and Innovation

304 Engineering Design and Innovation Building

The Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802

Phone: 814-865-2952