Anna Howard

Teaching Professor

  • Phone: (919) 513-4019
  • Office: Engineering Building III (EB3) 3405

Dr. Howard’s research centers on providing active learning to large numbers of students and the role technology can play in improving student learning and retention. As the coordinator of MAE 206 Engineering Statics, she has developed extensive materials to allow students to excel both in and out of class. The online environment includes short videos for each topic, pre- and post-class quizzes, full class notes, and multiple example videos for each class in a gamified environment. In-class demonstrations and active problem-solving sessions challenge students to apply basic concepts to widely varying problems in an environment where they can get help from their teammates, instructors, and undergraduate learning assistants. She has contributed to and adopted open-access materials to aid students financially. Her newest research focus is on entrepreneurially-minded learning in the classroom.

Publications

Call to Action!
Howard, A., & Pardue, S. (2025, March). , https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--54148
Weekly Quizzes In Lieu of Homework
Howard, A., & Garcia, N. (2025, March). , . https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--54200
An Adaptive Learning Engineering Mechanics Curricular Sequence
Saul, K., Howard, A., Webster, Z., & Spencer, D. (2022), 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings. Presented at the 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--40509
Context Matters: Continued Study of Results of Common Concept Questions at Several Diverse Institutions
Papadopoulos, C., Davishahl, E., Abreu, J. B., Self, B., Bello, D. D., Degoede, K., … Kitch, W. (2023, June). , . https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--42759
Gamification Design for Engineering Statics
Howard, A. (2021, July). , . https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--37216
Weekly Quizzes in Lieu of Homework in Large Sections
Howard, A., & Cole, A. (2023, June). , . https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--44607
Flipped Classroom – Ten Years Later
Howard, A. (2019), 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--32849
Teaching Statics Using Agile Methodologies
Howard, A. (2018), 2018 ASEE Southeast Section Conference. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--31063
Work in Progress: 3-D Models with Lesson Plans
Howard, A. (2019), 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--33580
Assessing Teamwork in Large Classes
Howard, A. K. T., & Zellweger, M. (2018), 2018 ASEE Southeast Section Conference. Retrieved from http://asee.cs.southern.edu/openconf/modules/request.php?module=oc_program&action=view.php&id=91&type=2&a=

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Grants

  • Building Entrepreneurial Mindset Champions at NC State University
  • Wolf Pack KEEN EM Annual Support Program 2022-2023
  • CUE: Collaborative Research: Effective Peer Teaching Across Computing Pathways
  • Facilitating Entrepreneurial Mindsets for Mid-Career Engineering Faculty
  • REU Site: Summer Internships in Composites for Extreme Performance
  • Two Pilot Projects for Scalability in Engineering Instruction: Free-Body Diagrams and Instructor-led Example Problems
Anna Howard