Matthew Grondin
Email: mgrondin@wisc.edu
Biography
Before my interests in educational psychology, I completed my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biomedical engineering with a focus on cartilage mechanics and quantitative magnetic resonance imaging. While instructing engineering courses, I found myself pondering my own educational experiences and how I learned engineering through an embodied approach. I began teaching engineering concepts in Mechanics of Materials through embodied experiences and found this to enrich student thinking. My current research revolves around embodied learning experiences in engineering education as a alternative pedagogical approach in the discipline.
Education
MS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
BS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Interests
Engineering Education, Embodied Cognition, Embodied Learning, Gesture, Analogical Reasoning
Publications/Presentations
Conference: Learning Sciences Graduate Student Conference (2021), Title: Educating Engineers Through Gesture: How Spontaneous Gesture Can Guide Educators
Paper: Journal of Biomechanical Engineering (2021), Title: Bi-Component T2 Mapping Correlates with Articular Cartilage Material Properties
Conference: International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (2020), Title: Correlation Between Single-Component and Bi-Component T2 Parameters and Proteoglycan Content and Mechanical Properties of Cartilage
Conference: Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport (2019), Title: Correlation Between Quantitative Magnetic Resonance and Physiological Relatable Mechanical Properties
Conference: International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (2019), Title: Comparison of Single-Component and Multi-Component T2 Parameters and Mechanical Parameters of Human Patellar Cartilage at 3.0T
Paper: Journal of Biomechanical Engineering (2020), Title: Bi-Component T2 Mapping Correlates with Articular Cartilage Material Properties
Awards
Honored Instructor-Recipient, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Innovation in Teaching-Nominee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Early Excellence in Teaching-Nominee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.S. Student Paper Competition Finalist at Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference
Fellowships
Interdisciplinary Training Program Fellow, School of Education-Wisconsin Center for Education Research