Past Projects

ISU College of Engineering Workplace Competencies Survey

The College of Engineering and Engineering Career Services (ECS) hired RISE in 2023 to construct a new workplace competencies survey which aligned with the Accreditation… Read More

ISU Department of Agronomy: Curriculum Assessment and Outcomes Alignment Study

The ISU Department of Agronomy partnered with RISE between 2017 and 2022 to study the department’s curriculum. There were two high level goals of the… Read More

Game2Work: Accelerating the future of work through a game-based, human-autonomy teaming platform

RISE provided evaluation for the Game2Work program at Iowa State University. This “multi-organizational, interdisciplinary gaming research program” was awarded a grant from the Presidential… Read More

MSRI Incubator

Dr. Ben Van Dusen was awarded an NSF MSRI grant to gather information on how to ethically and sustainably collect quantitative data for online database. RISE is working with Dr. Van Dusen on facilitating 8 working groups over the 2 year grant period. This qualitative study includes facilitation support, transcript review and dissemination of the data collected in the working groups. White papers will be written and shared with the participants as well as the MSRI grant stakeholders. Read More

Wind Energy Science and Policy Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (WESEP IGERT)

RISE collaborates with an external evaluator to evaluate the WESEP IGERT program's impact on students and faculty in the program and the field of wind energy science as a whole. Read More

WESEP Research Experiences for Undergraduates

Brandi Geisinger is the lead evaluator of the NSF Wind Energy Science, Engineering, and Policy (WESEP) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU). Annual evaluation of the REU program includes pre- and post-program surveys and focus groups. Read More

Vision 2020

The Research Institute for Studies in Education (RISE) at Iowa State University serves as external evaluator for Fayette County Kentucky school district's "2020 Vision: Critical Languages for the 21st Century" project designed to incorporate instruction in Chinese and Japanese language and culture into the K-12 curriculum. Read More

University of Notre Dame Computing RET

Mari Kemis and Brandi Geisinger lead the evaluation of the NSF-funded Computing Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Program at the University of Notre Dame. The annual evaluation of the Computing RET program utilizes pre-program, post-program, and follow-up surveys, as well as weekly reflections during the program and a post-program focus group. Read More

University of Northern Iowa. 2012 MSP Title II Grant: Making Sense of Mathematics and Teaching. 3rd Year and Overall Program Evaluation.

Making sense of Mathematics and teaching II: Learning and Leading (MSMTII) is a three-year professional development program designed to increase elementary teachers' mathematical content knowledge for teaching, improve their instructional practices, and as a result, improve their students' achievement in mathematics. Read More

University of Northern Iowa IDREHSI Research Experiences for Undergraduates

Brandi Geisinger serves as the lead evaluator for the NSF Interdisciplinary Research Experience in Hyperspectral Imaging (IDREHSI) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of Northern Iowa. Annual evaluation of the REU program includes pre- and post-program surveys and focus groups. Read More