{"id":2,"date":"2017-07-25T17:46:53","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T17:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-10-10T19:47:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T19:47:01","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/sample-page\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>September 4, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graduate student Brianna Martinez published the first paper of her dissertation &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.jchemed.4c00334\">A Qualitative Investigation of Higher Education Chemistry Students&#8217; Perceptions of What Scientists do<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 30, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to graduate student Dr. Alexandria Roach on earning her PhD and beginning new adventures at Coral Gables High School teaching Chemistry in Fall 2024.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-569\" src=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-10-at-2.42.50-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-10-at-2.42.50-PM.png 662w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-10-at-2.42.50-PM-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>June 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Heike Stocklein for beginning new adventures at Metric Engineering Inc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 31, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood and colleagues published paper on 3DL vs active learning &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0295887\">Beyond active learning: Using 3-Dimensional learning to create scientifically authentic, student-centered classrooms<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to graduate students Kodi Nix and Heike Stocklein on earning their MS degrees.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-574\" src=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/FB_IMG_1728586372067-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/FB_IMG_1728586372067-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/FB_IMG_1728586372067-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/FB_IMG_1728586372067.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>November 17, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Underwood group outing to TopGolf<img alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-572\" src=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-10-at-2.47.58-PM-1-1024x886.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-10-at-2.47.58-PM-1-1024x886.png 1024w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-10-at-2.47.58-PM-1-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-10-at-2.47.58-PM-1-768x665.png 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-10-at-2.47.58-PM-1.png 1458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:post-content --><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><strong>August 30, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood and colleagues published paper on what makes CLUE &#8220;CLUE&#8221; in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.jchemed.3c00190\">Components critical to successful adoption and adaptation of CLUE, a transformed general chemistry curriculum<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>December 14, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Zahilyn Roche Allred, Dr. Alex Kararo, and Dr. Underwood published paper on overall findings from project &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientia.global\/lessons-learned-from-interdisciplinary-activities-that-connect-chemistry-and-biology\/\">Lessons learned from interdisciplinary activities that connect chemistry and biology<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Dr. Underwood for being awarded the 2022 Faculty Award for Dedicated Mentoring.<\/p>\n<p><strong>August 2022\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to graduate student <a href=\"https:\/\/news.fiu.edu\/2022\/panthers-earn-prestigious-2022-nsf-graduate-research-fellowships\">Brianna Martinez for receiving the NSF GRFP award<\/a>! We are so proud of you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>August 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood Group welcomes Giselle Castano to the group as a PhD student.<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:image {\"id\":583,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-583\" src=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-10-at-11.34.16-3-767x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-10-at-11.34.16-3-767x1024.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-10-at-11.34.16-3-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-10-at-11.34.16-3-768x1026.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-10-at-11.34.16-3-1150x1536.jpeg 1150w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-10-at-11.34.16-3.jpeg 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><strong>May 17, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Zahilyn Roche Allred, Dr. Alex Kararo and Dr. Underwood along with undergraduate researchers (Laura Santiago Caobi, Brittney Pardinas, and Andrea Echarri-Gonzalez) published &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifescied.org\/doi\/10.1187\/cbe.21-10-0301\">Big Ideas of the Introductory Chemistry and Biology Courses and the Connections Between Them<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 30, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Zahilyn Roche Allred and Dr. Underwood along with undergraduate student Jeffrey Gonzalez published &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.jchemed.1c00981\">Impact of Ocean Acidification on Shelled Organisms:\u00a0 Supporting Integration of Chemistry and Biology Knowledge through Multidisciplinary Activities<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>September 3, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Dr. Underwood for being awarded the 2021 Faculty Award for Excellence in Gateway Teaching.<\/p>\n<p><strong>September 1, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.fiu.edu\/2021\/chemist-searches-for-secret-formula-to-learning-success\">Dr. Zahilyn Roche Allred for being selected for the CASE Distinguished Post-Doc position<\/a> for 2021-2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>August 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood Research Group welcomes Kodi Nix and Heike Stocklein as new ChemEd graduate students.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-507\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2021\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-10-at-12.42.23-PM-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2021\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-10-at-12.42.23-PM-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2021\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-10-at-12.42.23-PM.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-508\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2021\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-10-at-12.03.19-PM-227x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2021\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-10-at-12.03.19-PM-227x300.jpeg 227w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2021\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-10-at-12.03.19-PM.jpeg 513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>May 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Underwood Research Group would like to welcome two new undergraduate students: Elaine Arias and <span style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial;font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">Patricia Alvarez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 25, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to graduate student Alexandria Roach for passing her Original Proposal defense. Next stop &#8211; candidacy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 1, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graduate student Brianna Martinez published her first first-author paper at FIU &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2021\/rp\/d0rp00353k#!divAbstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Creating and testing an activity with interdisciplinary connections: entropy to osmosis<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graduate students Brianna and Alexandria and post-doctoral researcher Zahy presented talks at their first virtual national ACS conference.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brianna&#8217;s talk was titled &#8220;Developing and Evaluating an Interdisciplinary Activity: Making Connections Between Entropy and Osmosis&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Alexandria&#8217;s talk was title &#8220;Investigating undergraduate students\u2019 understanding of chemistry core ideas&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Zahy&#8217;s talk was titled &#8220;Lessons Learned from the Development, Administration, and Evaluation of Cross-Disciplinary Activities for Chemistry and Biology Students&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>March 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to graduate student <a href=\"https:\/\/news.fiu.edu\/2021\/students-earn-prestigious-nsf-graduate-research-fellowships,-enter-exclusive-group-of-scholars\">Alexandria Roach for receiving the NSF GRFP award<\/a>! We are so proud of you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood Research Group would like to welcome two new undergraduate students: Kathryn Ramjattan and Alanys Pliopa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>November 25, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood, Dr. Alex Kararo, and Gabriela Gadia published &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlepdf\/2021\/rp\/d0rp00216j\">Investigating the impact of three-dimensional learning interventions on student understanding of structure\u2013property relationships<\/a>&#8221; in <em>Chemistry Education Research and Practice<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>September 9, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Zahilyn Roche Allred, Dr. Alex Kararo, Anthony Farias, and Dr. Underwood published &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/iubmb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/bmb.21391\">Students&#8217; use of chemistry core ideas to explain the structure and stability of DNA<\/a>&#8221; in <em>Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>August 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood Research Group welcomes Brianna Martinez as a new ChemEd graduate student.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-487 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2021\/01\/Bri-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2021\/01\/Bri-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2021\/01\/Bri-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2021\/01\/Bri-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2021\/01\/Bri-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2021\/01\/Bri-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2021\/01\/Bri-380x380.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2021\/01\/Bri.jpeg 1654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood Research Group welcomes Brittany Adams and Andrea Echarri-Gonzalez as two new undergraduate students to the Underwood Research Group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 16, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood and colleagues published &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0234640\">Characterizing college science instruction: The Three-Dimensional Learning Observation Protocol<\/a>&#8221; in <em>PLoS ONE<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>December 7, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-456 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-12-07-at-5.41.40-PM-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-12-07-at-5.41.40-PM-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-12-07-at-5.41.40-PM-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-12-07-at-5.41.40-PM-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-12-07-at-5.41.40-PM.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood and Carmel Research Groups had a great time at the Holiday Party!<\/p>\n<p><strong>August 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-459 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-06-at-5.53.09-PM-253x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-06-at-5.53.09-PM-253x300.png 253w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-06-at-5.53.09-PM-768x911.png 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-06-at-5.53.09-PM-863x1024.png 863w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-06-at-5.53.09-PM.png 946w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood Research Group welcomes Alexandria Roach as a new ChemEd graduate student.<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 16-20, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-423\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-21-at-8.30.42-AM-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-21-at-8.30.42-AM-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-21-at-8.30.42-AM-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-21-at-8.30.42-AM.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-424\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-21-at-8.30.43-AM-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-21-at-8.30.43-AM-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-21-at-8.30.43-AM-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-21-at-8.30.43-AM.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood\u00a0 and Carmel Research Groups presented posters at the Gordon Research Conference-Chemistry Education Research and Practice.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Dr. Underwood for being invited to give a talk at the GRC-CERP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 1, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Welcome Lorenzo Pla Serrano, Michael Acosta, and Jeffrey Gonzalez as three new undergraduate students to the Underwood Research Group!<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 11, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-420 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-11-at-9.30.17-PM-2-300x245.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-11-at-9.30.17-PM-2-300x245.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-11-at-9.30.17-PM-2-768x627.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-11-at-9.30.17-PM-2-1024x835.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-11-at-9.30.17-PM-2.jpeg 1081w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood and Carmel Research Groups had a great time at the End of Semester BBQ!<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 1, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-403 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-02-at-10.01.46-PM-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-02-at-10.01.46-PM-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-02-at-10.01.46-PM-768x1154.png 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-02-at-10.01.46-PM-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-02-at-10.01.46-PM.png 904w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood research group welcomes Dr. Zahilyn Roche Allred to the group as a new post-doctoral researcher working on the project of investigating student connections between chemistry and biology. Dr. Allred recently graduated from Miami University in May 2019\u00a0with a PhD in Chemistry Education under the advisement of Dr. Stacey Lowery-Bretz.<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 30, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-400\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/IMG-20190430-WA0008-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/IMG-20190430-WA0008-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/IMG-20190430-WA0008-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/IMG-20190430-WA0008.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-401\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/IMG-20190430-WA0007-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/IMG-20190430-WA0007-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/IMG-20190430-WA0007-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/05\/IMG-20190430-WA0007.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Brittney Pardinas on being an Honors College Graduate with her BS in Biological Sciences. She was awarded a scholarship to attend FIU&#8217;s Medical School beginning Fall 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Also congratulations to LAs: Ghardie Mathelier and Daniel Colado<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 16, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-427\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/08\/top-scholars-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/08\/top-scholars-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/08\/top-scholars-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/08\/top-scholars-1024x684.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Dr. Underwood for receiving FIU Top Scholar award for Junior Faculty\u00a0Scholar for Research and Creative Activities in the category of Junior Faculty with Significant Grants (Sciences).<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 31-April 4, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Members of Dr. Underwood&#8217;s group and Dr. Carmel&#8217;s group attended ACS National Meeting in Orlando, FL.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-389 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-31-at-4.49.53-PM-2-300x191.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-31-at-4.49.53-PM-2-300x191.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-31-at-4.49.53-PM-2-768x488.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-03-31-at-4.49.53-PM-2.jpeg 896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Laura, Brittney and Anthony for presenting posters for the first time at the national ACS conference.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-396\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/laura-169x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/laura-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/laura-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/laura-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/laura.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-395\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/laura-and-sonia-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/laura-and-sonia-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/laura-and-sonia-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/laura-and-sonia-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/laura-and-sonia.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Laura presented a poster titled &#8220;Investigating students&#8217; perceptions of their general chemistry and introductory biology courses&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-394\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/brittney-169x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/brittney-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/brittney-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/brittney-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/brittney.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-393\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/brittney-and-sonia-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/brittney-and-sonia-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/brittney-and-sonia-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/brittney-and-sonia-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/brittney-and-sonia.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brittney presented a poster titled &#8220;Developing assessments that integrate students&#8217; chemistry and biology knowledge&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-392\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/anthony-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/anthony-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/anthony-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/anthony-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/anthony.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-391 \" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/anthony-and-sonia-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/anthony-and-sonia-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/04\/anthony-and-sonia-380x380.jpeg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Anthony presented a poster titled &#8220;Integrating chemistry and biology: Student application of intermolecular forces in denaturation of DNA&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood presented a talk titled &#8220;Investigating the impact of three-dimensional learning on student understanding&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kararo presented a talk titled &#8220;Challenges and lessons learned during the initial propagation of a curriculum&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 1, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-385  aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/02\/Amy-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/02\/Amy-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/02\/Amy-380x380.jpeg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood research group welcomes Amy Volero to the group as a new undergraduate researcher working on the project of investigating what changes faculty make to a curriculum when adopting a curriculum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>December 27, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood and colleagues published &#8220;<span class=\"hlFld-Title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.jchemed.8b00784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reasoning about Reactions in Organic Chemistry: Starting It in General Chemistry<\/a>&#8221; in <em>Journal of Chemical Education<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>December 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-369 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/01\/44e88a2b-f0cc-432c-b531-f9c7965149e6-original-300x241.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/01\/44e88a2b-f0cc-432c-b531-f9c7965149e6-original-300x241.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/01\/44e88a2b-f0cc-432c-b531-f9c7965149e6-original-768x618.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/01\/44e88a2b-f0cc-432c-b531-f9c7965149e6-original-1024x823.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/01\/44e88a2b-f0cc-432c-b531-f9c7965149e6-original-560x450.jpeg 560w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2019\/01\/44e88a2b-f0cc-432c-b531-f9c7965149e6-original.jpeg 1695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Daniel Pardon on completing his B.S. degree in Chemistry from FIU and being recognized as a <a href=\"https:\/\/commencement.fiu.edu\/day-of-ceremony\/worlds-ahead-graduates\/past-worlds-ahead-graduates\/people\/fall-18\/daniel-padron.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Worlds Ahead Graduate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>November 28, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood, Dr. Kararo, and colleagues published &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2018\/rp\/c8rp00195b#!divAbstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Making predictions and constructing explanations: An investigation into introductory chemistry students&#8217; understanding of structure-property relationships<\/a>&#8221; in <em>Chemistry Education Research and Practice<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 24, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood and colleagues published &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/advances.sciencemag.org\/content\/4\/10\/eaau0554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evaluating the extent of a large-scale transformation in gateway science course<\/a>s&#8221; in <em>Science Advances<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>September 5, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood and colleagues published &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifescied.org\/doi\/full\/10.1187\/cbe.17-10-0225?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Developing an Analytical Framework to Characterize Student Reasoning about Complex Processes<\/a>&#8221; in <em>CBE &#8211; Life Sciences Education<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 29-August 2, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Carmel&#8217;s group and Dr. Underwood&#8217;s group attended the 25th Biennial Conference on Chemistry Education\u00a0(BCCE) at the University of Notre Dame.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-354 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/08\/imagejpeg_0_09-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/08\/imagejpeg_0_09-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/08\/imagejpeg_0_09.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Laura and Brittney for giving their first talks at a national conference.<\/p>\n<p>Laura presented a talk titled &#8220;Investigating students&#8217; views of the big ideas for their general chemistry and introductory biology courses&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Brittney presented a talk titled &#8220;Creating assessments to investigate student understanding of core chemistry ideas in introductory biology&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-159 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-22-at-8.56.49-PM-300x198.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-22-at-8.56.49-PM-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-22-at-8.56.49-PM-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-22-at-8.56.49-PM-1024x676.png 1024w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-22-at-8.56.49-PM.png 1490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood led two workshops on the development of assessments that measure three-dimensional learning. The first workshop focused on the use of core ideas and the second workshop focused on scientific practices.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-158 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-22-at-8.45.37-PM-263x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-22-at-8.45.37-PM-263x300.png 263w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-22-at-8.45.37-PM-768x877.png 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-22-at-8.45.37-PM-897x1024.png 897w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-22-at-8.45.37-PM.png 1018w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood and Dr. Kararo led a workshop titled &#8220;An Alternative general chemistry curriculum &#8211; Chemistry, Life, the Universe, &amp; Everything (CLUE)&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 12, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/08\/37104491_10160597949930072_2609918352944005120_o.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/08\/37104491_10160597949930072_2609918352944005120_o-297x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/08\/37104491_10160597949930072_2609918352944005120_o-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/08\/37104491_10160597949930072_2609918352944005120_o-768x777.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/08\/37104491_10160597949930072_2609918352944005120_o-1013x1024.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/08\/37104491_10160597949930072_2609918352944005120_o.jpg 1424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Dr. Underwood attended the 25th IUPAC International Conference on Chemistry Education in Sydney, Australia to present &#8220;Use of evidence to inform instructional transformation: An investigation into student understanding of structure-property relationships&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 22, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood and colleagues published &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifescied.org\/doi\/10.1187\/cbe.18-01-0004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connecting Structure\u2013Property and Structure\u2013Function Relationships across the Disciplines of Chemistry and Biology: Exploring Student Perceptions<\/a>&#8221; in <em>CBE &#8211; Life Sciences Education<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 1, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-350\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/07\/pic-267x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/07\/pic-267x300.png 267w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/07\/pic.png 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-352\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/07\/ant-2-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/07\/ant-2-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/07\/ant-2-768x706.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/07\/ant-2-1024x941.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/07\/ant-2.jpg 1736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood research group welcomes Anthony Farias and Chavelys Hernandez to the group as new undergraduate researchers working on the project of investigating how students connect their chemistry and biology knowledge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 28, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-107 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Abigail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Abigail.jpg 250w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Abigail-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Abby on graduating from FIU with a B.S. in chemistry!<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 6, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-344 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/FISSS-2018-poster-laura-and-brittney-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/FISSS-2018-poster-laura-and-brittney-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/FISSS-2018-poster-laura-and-brittney-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/FISSS-2018-poster-laura-and-brittney-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood, Dr. Kararo, Laura, and Brittney presented a poster titled &#8220;Development of assessments for student understanding of core ideas in introductory biology&#8221; at the 2nd Annual Faculty Innovations for Student Success Showcase at FIU.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 17-22, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-343 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/received_1633562323395986-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/received_1633562323395986-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/received_1633562323395986-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/received_1633562323395986-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/received_1633562323395986.jpeg 1992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-342 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/received_1633562313395987-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/received_1633562313395987-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/received_1633562313395987-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/received_1633562313395987-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/received_1633562313395987.jpeg 1992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood, Dr. Kararo, and Abby attended the ACS National Meeting in New Orleans. Dr. Underwood presented a talk titled &#8220;Investigating the impact of an alternative general chemistry curriculum among diverse classroom environments&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-338 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/20180319_133952-2-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/20180319_133952-2-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/20180319_133952-2-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/20180319_133952-2-1024x668.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/20180319_133952-2.jpg 1377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kararo presented a talk titled &#8220;Investigating the impact of using transformed curriculum materials on structure-property relationships in a traditional general chemistry course&#8221;. She also presented two posters: &#8220;Development of assessments for student understanding of core ideas in introductory biology&#8221; and &#8220;Improving student understanding of intermolecular forces with transformed curricula materials&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-339 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/imagejpeg_0_01-2-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/imagejpeg_0_01-2-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/imagejpeg_0_01-2-480x300.jpg 480w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/04\/imagejpeg_0_01-2.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Abby presented a poster titled &#8220;Investigating how undergraduate general chemistry students interpret and explain everyday phenomena&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 8, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Dr. Kararo who received the <a href=\"http:\/\/ycc.sites.acs.org\/cibatravelaward.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spring 2018 CIBA Young Scientist Travel Award<\/a> to support her trip to the ACS national meeting to present research.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 1, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood and colleagues published &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifescied.org\/doi\/10.1187\/cbe.17-08-0169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Energy connections and misconnections across chemistry and biology<\/a>&#8221; in <em>CBE-Life Sciences Education<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 26, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood is presenting a talk titled\u00a0&#8220;Using student understanding of structure-property relationships as evidence to drive instructional changes within the general chemistry curriculum&#8221; at Emory University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 23, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood is presenting a three-dimensional learning assessment protocol workshop at Emory University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 9, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Dr. Underwood and colleagues whose publication &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.jchemed.7b00645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adapting assessment tasks to support three-dimensional learning<\/a>&#8221; was selected as <a href=\"http:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/359\/6376\/twil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Editor&#8217;s Choice<\/a> in Science Magazine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 30, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-319 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/02\/20180214_104757-e1518712076242-273x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/02\/20180214_104757-e1518712076242-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/02\/20180214_104757-e1518712076242-768x844.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/02\/20180214_104757-e1518712076242-932x1024.jpg 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood research group welcomes Laura Santiago to the group as a new undergraduate researcher working on the project of investigating how students connect their chemistry and biology knowledge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 19-21, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kararo attended the ACS Leadership Development Workshop in Dallas, Texas through the Younger Chemist Leadership Development Award she received.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 15, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-321 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/02\/20180214_104830-e1518653297903-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/02\/20180214_104830-e1518653297903-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/02\/20180214_104830-e1518653297903-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/02\/20180214_104830-e1518653297903-768x761.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/02\/20180214_104830-e1518653297903-1024x1015.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood research group welcomes Daniel Padron to the group as a new undergraduate researcher working on the project of investigating the use of 3D-LAP questions on assessments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>December 18, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Mashood for accepting a faculty member position at the Homi Bhadha Centre for Science Education at the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research in Mumbai, India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>December 13, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-320 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2018\/02\/20180214_104803-e1518649431112-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood research group welcomes Brittney Pardinas to the group as a new undergraduate researcher working on the project of investigating how students connect their chemistry and biology knowledge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>December 12, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Dr. Underwood and colleagues on having &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.jchemed.7b00645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adapting assessment tasks to support three-dimensional learning<\/a>&#8221; published and be chosen at Editor&#8217;s Choice in the <em>Journal of Chemical Education<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>December 9, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood group and Dr. Justin Carmel had a wonderful First Annual Chemistry Education Holiday Party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>November 8, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood presented Dr. Kararo&#8217;s and Gabi&#8217;s new research findings at SERMACS regional ACS meeting titled &#8220;A tale of using evidence to inform instructional transformation: An investigation into student understanding of structure-property relationships&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>November 3, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood gave a great talk to the Department of Chemistry &amp; Biochemistry at University of North Carolina Wilmington titled &#8220;Using student understanding of structure-property relationships as evidence to drive instructional changes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>August 21, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Happy first day of classes for the Fall 2017 semester!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-149 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Eclipse-300x66.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Eclipse-300x66.png 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Eclipse-768x169.png 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Eclipse-1024x226.png 1024w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Eclipse.png 1117w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-151 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/20170821_150702-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/20170821_150702-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/20170821_150702-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/20170821_150702-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What did your viewing of the eclipse look like today?<\/p>\n<p><strong>August 1, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Dr. Sonia Underwood for being awarded a collaborative $300,000 NSF grant to begin working on a project with Michigan State University to develop three-dimensional learning (core ideas, scientific practices, and crosscutting concepts) introductory biology assessment questions focused on chemistry core ideas to investigate how students are connecting their chemistry and biology knowledge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>August 1, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Dr. Sonia Underwood and Dr. Justin Carmel for being awarded a collaborative $2 million NSF grant to continue working with Michigan State University, Grand Valley State University, and Kansas State University on investigating the impact of curricula transformation. As part of this grant we will continue examining the impact of three-dimensional learning (core ideas, scientific practices, and crosscutting concepts) as an approach on helping adoption and implementation of instructional teaching practices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>August 1, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-81\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/DSC_5436-2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/DSC_5436-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/DSC_5436-2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/DSC_5436-2-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/DSC_5436-2.jpg 1925w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood research group welcomes Dr. Alex Kararo as a new post-doc in the group on the project of assessing the impact of curriculum transformations. Alex graduated from Purdue University in August 2017 with a PhD in Chemistry Education under the advisement of \u00a0Dr. Gabriela Weaver and Dr. George Bodner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Gabi.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" \/><\/span>The Underwood research group welcomes Gabi Gadia to the group as a new undergraduate researcher working on the project of assessing the impact of curriculum transformations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 27, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The spring semester has come to an end. It has been a great year of teaching general chemistry. Thank you to all my Learning Assistants and students as everyone has worked so hard this academic year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 25, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-109 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Rachel-e1502978353489-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Rachel-e1502978353489-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Rachel-e1502978353489-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Rachel for receiving 1st place at the 14th Annual Adelphi Research Conference for her 2016 REU research. <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<a href=\"http:\/\/aurc.adelphi.edu\/award-winners\/2017-award-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/aurc.adelphi.edu\/award-winners\/2017-award-winners\/<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 19, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-103 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Abby-Award-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Abby-Award-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Abby-Award-3-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/Abby-Award-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span>Congratulations to Abby for receiving the 2017 Zaida C. Morales-Mart\u00ednez and Howard E. Moore Chemistry Award for her dedication to her classes, teaching, and research.<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<a href=\"https:\/\/sish.fiu.edu\/news\/2017\/2017-scholarships-awarded-to-sish-undergraduates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/sish.fiu.edu\/news\/2017\/2017-scholarships-awarded-to-sish-undergraduates\/<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 5, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-94 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/08\/Rachel-ACS-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/08\/Rachel-ACS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/08\/Rachel-ACS-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/08\/Rachel-ACS-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rachel Colvin gave an outstanding presentation at ACS in San Francisco titled &#8220;Making predictions and constructing explanations: An investigation into introductory chemistry students&#8217; understanding of structure-property relationships<em>&#8220;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 16, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood and colleagues published &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.jchemed.6b00900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Core ideas and topics: Building up or drilling down?<\/a>&#8221; in the <em>Journal of Chemical Education<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 1, 2017\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-117 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/mashood2-213x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Underwood research group welcomes Dr. Mashood Kalarattu Kandiyil to the group as a new post-doc working on the project of investigating how student reason about everyday phenomena.<\/p>\n<p><strong>September 8, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood and colleagues published &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0162333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Characterizing college science assessments: The three-dimensional learning assessment protocol<\/a>&#8221; in <em>PLOS One<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>August 11, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood and colleagues published &#8220;<span class=\"hlFld-Title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.jchemed.6b00417\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Investigating students&#8217; reasoning about acid-base reactions<\/a>&#8221; in the <em>Journal of Chemical Education<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>July 20-21, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood and colleagues presented the paper &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.compadre.org\/per\/items\/detail.cfm?ID=14233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Developing an empirically grounded framework to assess interdisciplinarity of student explanations of everyday phenomena<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0 at the Physics Education Research Conference.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 5, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-155 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/12694875_10153230785651394_6551947152501073039_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/12694875_10153230785651394_6551947152501073039_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/12694875_10153230785651394_6551947152501073039_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/12694875_10153230785651394_6551947152501073039_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2017\/07\/12694875_10153230785651394_6551947152501073039_o.jpg 1238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Second Annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/FIUSISH\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=10153230785181394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">STEMposium<\/a> was such a success. A full day filled with breakfast at President Rosenberg&#8217;s house, a keynote presentation from Joan Ferrini-Mundy (the Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) for Education and Human Resources), a Q&amp;A faculty discussion panel, as well as a poster session.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 2, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Underwood and colleagues published &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2016\/rp\/c5rp00217f#!divAbstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">When do students recognize relationships between molecular structure and properties? A longitudinal comparison of the impact of traditional and transformed curricula<\/a>&#8221; in <em>Chemistry Education Research and Practice<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":583,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-10-at-11.34.16-3-767x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-10-at-11.34.16-3-767x1024.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-10-at-11.34.16-3-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-10-at-11.34.16-3-768x1026.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-10-at-11.34.16-3-1150x1536.jpeg 1150w, https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1170\/2024\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-10-10-at-11.34.16-3.jpeg 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 4, 2024 Graduate student Brianna Martinez published the first paper of her dissertation &#8220;A Qualitative Investigation of Higher Education Chemistry Students&#8217; Perceptions of What Scientists do&#8220; July 30, 2024 Congratulations to graduate student Dr. Alexandria Roach on earning her PhD and beginning new adventures at Coral Gables High School teaching Chemistry in Fall 2024&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1165,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myweb.fiu.edu\/sunderwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}