Presenter Bios
Siddhant Joshi, from Pune, India is a graduate student pursuing his Ph.D. in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Prior to starting his Ph.D., Siddhant completed his M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University and a B.E. in mechanical engineering from MIT World Peace University. To complement his academic experience, Siddhant has a year-long experience working as a Lean and Operational Excellence trainee at Sandvik Asia. At Purdue University, Siddhant is also an instructor for two courses at the Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute Summer Residential program and has recently introduced a new course for aspiring engineering students. Apart from academics, Siddhant currently serves as the Treasurer of the American Society of Engineering Education - Purdue Chapter with focus on ensuring a better engineering experience for undergraduate and graduate students.
Niall Peach is a PhD Candidate in Hispanic Literature at Purdue University. He is currently writing his dissertation, “Rooting Citizenry/Propagating Nationhood: Barbarie, Gardens, and the Question of Civilization in Latin American Romantic Literature.” In this he looks at the relationship between environment, race, and gender through the deployment of gardens in Romantic narratives. He argues that gardens mediate access to the nation state and undermine its structure in the narrative of progress, contradicting neo-imperial ideologies. His book, Alexander von Humboldt: Perceiving the World, for which he is a co-editor, will be published in 2021 under Purdue University Press featuring his article "Re-Rivering New Spain: Transatlantic Politics of Knowledge and Water in Alexander von Humboldt."
Authors:
Kirsten Davis
Purdue University
Siddhant Sanjay Joshi
Purdue University
Niall A. Peach
Purdue University
Francisco Montalvo
Purdue University
Bruno Staszkiewicz Garcia
Purdue University
Joe Tort
Purdue University