Vision
Every child engages in high-quality pre-college engineering education facilitated by effective educators.
Mission
To grow and sustain a community whose members collectively build expertise and capacity in pre-college engineering education knowledge and practice.
Pre-College Engineering Education
By “pre-college engineering education,” we mean engineering education that occurs prior to typical college- or university-age for students (i.e., for preschool through high school learners) in either formal or informal learning environments.
Core Beliefs
We value:
- Being a part of a community of thought leaders in pre-college engineering education;
- Research that continually improves our collective understanding of pre-college engineering teaching and learning;
- Professional learning experiences for our members and for educators through conferences and professional workshops;
- Educational resources that support high-quality pre-college engineering education;
- Diversity within our membership and the engineering workforce, and among the children who ultimately benefit from the work that we do;
- Dedicated and responsible service to the division and ASEE’s other pre-college engineering education efforts through elected leadership and volunteerism;
- The development of leaders and advocates for pre-college engineering education within and beyond the division; and
- Policies and standards within and beyond ASEE that support our mission and vision.
PCEE Partners
PCEE engages with P12 communities of teachers, parents, and students through the PCEE Conference, our Twitter feed, and our Facebook pages.
We collaborated frequently with the ASEE Minorities in Engineering Division, ASEE Women in Engineering Division, ASEE’s Commission on P12 Engineering Education, and ASEE’s Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Organizational Documents
- Division Annual Report (2018)
- Current By-Laws (Approved by Board in October 2021)
- Minutes
2024-2025 PCEE Elected Executive Committee

PCEE Division Chair
Dr. Merredith Portsmore the director of the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach, as well as a research assistant professor.

Chair Elect
Dr. Manuel Alejandro Figueroa is an Associate Professor and Department Chair of The School of Engineering’s Department of Integrative STEM Education at The College of New Jersey.

Immediate Past Chair
Dr. Andrea (Burrows) Borowczak is the College of Education's Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and professor in the School of Teacher Education at the University of Wyoming (UW).

Program Chair
Dr. Yeter, is an Assistant Professor in the Natural Science and Science Education Academic Group in the National Institute of Education at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Program Chair Elect
Dr. Ehsan is the Chair of The Hill School’s Engineering Department and Associate Director of Quadrivium Engineering and Design.

Immediate Past Program Chair
Dr. Jenny Keshwani is an Associate Professor of Biological Systems Engineering and Science Literacy Specialist at the University of Nebraska.

Secretary/Treasurer
Dr. Rehmat is Research Scientist II at Georgia Institute of Technology’s Center of Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC)

Member-At-Large
Dr. Christina Alston is a distinguished science educator with almost two decades of experience in advancing STEM education and fostering diversity. Currently the director of the Colorado Diversity Initiative and faculty affiliate in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder,

Member-At-Large
Dr. Firth is an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah

Member-At-Large
Dr. Love is an Associate Teaching Professor and Associate Director of the Michael B. Silevitch and Claire J. Duggan Center for STEM Education at Northeaster University College of Engineering

Member-At-Large / Webmaster
Adrianne W. Ball is the Director of Programs at Project SYNCERE, a Chicago-based engineering education nonprofit. She is also a doctoral student at DePaul University and the PCEE Division Webmaster.
Appointed Positions

K-12 Representative, PK-5
Erdogan Kaya

K-12 Representative, 6-12
Bruce Wellman

K-12 Representative, Other
Leon Grant