Faculty Directory
Neil T. Heffernan
Associate Professor
Office: Fuller Laboratories, 237
Phone: +1-508-831-5569
Fax: +1-508-831-5776
nth@wpi.edu
Related Information
Educational Background
- B.A., Amherst College, 1993
- M.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 1998
- Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 2001
IQP Advising Interests
Education of health-care professionals, effect of technology on social systems, computers & education
Honors & Awards
- Scholarships from the Miami Herald, Palm Beach Post and American Legion, 1989
- Summa Cum Laude from Amherst College, 1993
- The Marr Award from the Cognitive Science Conference for the best student paper, 1997
- Spencer Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1998-99
- Selected for and funded for a series of NSF workshops encouraging collaboration between young scientists from Germany and the US.
- Numerous citations for the www.AlgebraTutor.org web site (e.g., USA today, National Council of Teachers of mathematics, AOL, and other educational sites.)
- Patent pending for by dissertation's research project applied for by Carnegie Mellon University.
Years of Service at WPI
- 2002 - Assistant Professor
- 2008 - Associate Professor
Professional Experience & Activities
- 1993 "Teach for America", Taught 8th grade math & science to inner-city youth in Baltimore. Total of 3 years experience teaching middle school.
- 1995-2001, Research Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University
- 2001-2002, Post-Doctoral Fellow. Carnegie Mellon University, Human- Computer Interaction Institute.
Professional Societies/Memberships
- American Association of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
- Artificial Intelligence in Education
