Dr. Morphew is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research is multidisciplinary, spanning engineering education, discipline-based education, cognitive psychology, and technology. He has contributed to research in a number of areas important to learning in science, engineering, and math disciplines including embodied cognition, metacognition, self-regulated learning, augmented-reality enhanced learning environments, and computer-adaptive assessment.

He is passionate about teaching students. He believes that learning is a constructive process where students actively integrate new experiences with existing knowledge, beliefs, and conceptual understanding through authentic participation. Because of this he approaches teaching and mentoring individually, meeting each student where they are at, to help them achieve their individual goals.