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Andrea Ragonese

Assistant Director of ETCE (Engineering Technology and Commonwealth Engineering)
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, 2021, "Developing an Interdisciplinary Pathway for Engineering Education Master's Curriculum", Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2021, pp. 1-5

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