She earned her doctorate from the University of Michigan’s Design Science Program in 2010; with her dissertation titled as ‘Design Heuristics’. Her work focuses on design cognition and creativity, cross-disciplinary design team dynamics, information processing in concept generation, and cognitive strategy changes among design domains and implementation of these strategies to pedagogical instructions. U226·Workshop: Integration of Photovoltaic Solar Energy into Established Degree Programs and Curriculum: Lessons Learned - Best Practices Established