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Ida B Ngambeki Ph.D.

Post Doc Research Assistant

Campus: West Lafayette
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Department: Technology Leadership & Innovation
Office: KNOY 379B
Phone: 765.496.2709

Publications

Journals

Thompson, S., Ngambeki, I., Troch, P., Sivapalan, M., and Evangelou, D. (2012). Incorporating student-centred approaches into catchment hydrology teaching: A review and synthesis. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 16, 3263-3278.

Woodcock, A., Graziano, W.G., Branch, S.E., Ngambeki, I., & Evangelou, D. (2012). Engineering students’ beliefs about research: Sex differences, personality and career plans. Journal of Engineering Education, 101 (3).

Woodcock, A., Graziano, W.G., Branch, S.E., Habashi, M., Ngambeki, I., & Evangelou, D. (2012). Person and Thing Orientations: Psychological Correlates and Predictive Utility. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1948550612444320.

Graziano, W.G., Habashi, M.M, Evangelou, D., & Ngambeki, I. (2012). Orientations and motivations: Are you a “people person,” a “thing person,” or both? Motivation and Emotion, p. 1-13 DOI: 10.1007/s11031-011-9273-2.

Ngambeki, I., Habashi, M., Evangelou, D., Graziano, W., Corapci, F., Sakka, D. (2012). Using Profiles of Person-Thing Orientation to Examine the Underrepresentation of Women in Engineering in Three Cultural Contexts. International Journal of Engineering Education, 28 (3), p. 1-12.

Bagiati, A., Yoon, S. Y., Evangelou, D., Ngambeki, I. (2010). Engineering curricula in early education: Describing the landscape of open resources. Early Childhood Research and Practice, 12 (2). 

Presentations

Ngambeki, I. (2012). Exploring the relationship between person thing orientation and technical aptitudes. Invited seminar, Michigan Technological University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Houghton, MI, April 18, 2012.

Ngambeki, I. (2011). Motivation and major choice in engineering. Invited seminar, Harvard University, School of Applied Sciences and Engineering, Cambridge, MA, December 1, 2011.

Evangelou, D., Ngambeki, I, Ohland, M., Orr, M. Using Social Psychological Theories to Examine the Migratory Patterns of Engineering Students. National Science Foundation Engineering Education Awardees Conference, Reston, VA, February 13-15, 2011.

Ngambeki, I., Evangelou, D., Habashi, M., Graziano, W. Examining Person and Thing Orientation among University Students in the USA. Gender and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Symposium, West Lafayette, IN, February 19, 2010.

Branch, S. & Ngambeki, I. In their own words: Classifying free expressions of motivation. Gender and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Research Symposium, West Lafayette, IN, February 19, 2010.

Ngambeki, I. An Examination of the Factors Affecting Global Virtual Water Flows. Purdue University Ecological Sciences and Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Annual Symposium, West Lafayette, IN, September 25, 2009.

Behbehani, L., Galloza, M., Ngambeki, I., & Park, J. Indicators of Power in the Nile Basin. Purdue University Ecological Sciences and Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Annual Symposium, West Lafayette, IN, September 25, 2009.

Habashi, M, Evangelou, D., Graziano, W., Ngambeki, I. Teacher knows best: Interest as a predictor of children’s career plans. Society for the Study of Motivation, 2^nd Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 25, 2009.

Branch, S. & Ngambeki, I. In their own words: Classifying free expressions of motivation. Society for the Study of Motivation, 2^nd Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 25, 2009.

Ngambeki, I., Evangelou, D., Habashi, M., Graziano, W. Examining Person and Thing Orientation among University Students in the USA. Society for the Study of Motivation, 2^nd Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 25, 2009.

Woodcock, A., Ngambeki, I., Evangelou, D., Habashi, M., & Graziano, W. Focus of Interests as Motivation: Men, Women and Engineering, Society for the Study of Motivation, 1^st Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, May 22, 2008.

Ngambeki, I., Dalrymple, O., and Evangelou, D. Decision-Making in First-Year Engineering: How Students Choose an Engineering Discipline, Centre for the Integration of Science Education and Research Conference: On Being an Engineer, Lubbock, TX, February 1-2, 2008.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Coso, A. Louis, R., Ngambeki, I., Sattler, B., and London, J. (2012) Exploring the reasons for collaboration and cooperation among graduate student researchers. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, San Antonio TX, June 10-13.

Mendoza-Garcia, J., Ngambeki, I., Behbehani, L., Evangelou, D., Rao, S., Cox, M. (2012) Defining the knowledge and skills that enable engineers to participate in public policy. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, San Antonio TX, June 10-13.

Ngambeki, I., Evangelou, D., Rao, S., Cox, M. (2011). Work in progress: Developing a curriculum to prepare engineers to participate in public policy. Frontiers in Education Conference, Rapid City, South Dakota, October 12 - 15.

Ngambeki, I., Evangelou, D., Graziano, W. (2011). Investigating the nature of thing orientation. Research in Engineering Education Symposium, Madrid, Spain, October 4-7.

Ngambeki, I., Evangelou, D., Woodcock, A., Graziano, W.G., Branch, S.E. (2011). Person-thing orientation as a predictor of engineering persistence and success. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Vancouver, Canada, June 26-29.

Ngambeki, I., Evangelou, D., Ohland, M. W., & Ricco, G. (2011). Exploring the motivations for migration among engineering students. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Vancouver, Canada, June 26-29.

Ngambeki, I., Corapci, F., Sakka, D., Bairaktorova, D., Evangelou, D., Habashi, M., and Graziano, W. (2010). Differences in person-thing orientation in STEM majors across three countries. Joint International IGIP-SEFI Annual Conference Proceedings, Trnava, Slovakia, 19th - 22nd September.

Ohland, M., Ngambeki, I., Long, R., Evangelou, D., Ricco, G. (2010). Describing the pathways of students continuing in and leaving engineering. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Louisville, KY, June 20-23.

Branch, S. & Ngambeki, I.(2010). Rule, role and value orientations as motivations for engineering. Research in Engineering Education Symposium, Queensland, Australia, July 20-23

Habashi, M., Graziano, W., Evangelou, D., Ngambeki, I. (2009). Teacher Influences on Child Interest in STEM Careers. Research in Engineering Education Symposium, Queensland, Australia, July 20-23.

Evangelou, D., Habashi, M., Ngambeki, I., Graziano, W. (2008). Interest in Engineering, a Developmental Perspective, Research in Engineering Education Symposium, Davos, Switzerland, July 7-10.

Habashi, M., Graziano, W., Evangelou, D., Ngambeki, I. (2008). Age Related Gender Differences in Interest in Engineering, Research in Engineering Education Symposium, Davos, Switzerland, July 7-10.

Ngambeki, I., Evangelou, D., and Dalrymple, O. (2008). Decision-Making in First Year Engineering: Exploring how Students Decide about Future Studies and Career Pathways, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Pittsburgh, PA, June 22-25.

Riley, D. M., Claris, L. and Ngambeki, I. (2006). Learning/Assessment: A tool for assessing liberative pedagogies in engineering education. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Chicago, IL, June 18 - 21.

Riley, D. M., Claris, L., and Ngambeki, I. (2006). The Ethics Blog: Students making connections among ethics, thermodynamics, and life. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Chicago, IL, June 18 - 21.

Ngambeki, I., Riley, D., and Rua, A. (2006). Sojourns and Pathways: Personal and professional identity formation and attitudes toward learning among college women. Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, San Diego, CA, October 28-31.

Workshops

 Ngambeki, I., Coso, A., Herman, G. Completing the cycle: Effectively disseminating and implementing your research. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, June 10-13, 2012.

Dalrymple, O., Ngambeki, I., Bagiati, A., Evangelou, D. Artefact Redesign Using Disassemble/Analyze/Assemble (DAA) Activities, Annual American Society for Engineering Education IN/IL Section Conference, Terre Haute, IN, April 3-5, 2008.