Research

Conference Papers

Conducting the Pilot Study of Integrating AI: An Experience Integrating Machine Learning into Upper Elementary Robotics Learning (Work in Progress).

Xu, G. and Zabner, D. and Cross, J. and Nadler, D. and Coxon, S. and Engelkenjohn, K. (2023)

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Introductory Activities for Teaching Robotics with SmartMotors

Dahal, M., Kresin, L., & Rogers, C. (2023, April)

International Conference on Robotics in Education (RiE) (pp. 229-241) , Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland

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International Collaboration to Increase Access to Educational Robotics for Students

Dahal, M., Kresin, L., Peres, A., Pereira, E. B., & Rogers, C. (2023, October)

IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) (pp. 1-5) , IEEE

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Exploring K-12 Teachers’ Confidence in Using Machine Learning Emerging Technologies through Co-design Workshop (RTP).

Xu, Geling, Milan Dahal, and Brian Gravel (2024)

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Playful Learning in Robotics: A Case Study with Smart Motors Workshops

Dahal, M., Church, W., & Rogers, C. (2024, October)

IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) (pp. 1-9) , IEEE

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Smart Motor: A Low-Cost Hardware and Software Toolkit for Introducing Supervised Machine Learning to Elementary School Students

Burman, Tanushree, Milan Dahal, Geling Xu, Chris Rogers, Jennifer Cross, and Jivko Sinapov (2025)

Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence , 39 (28) (pp. 29128-29136)

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Balancing Act: Mastering Beam-and-Ball Control with Reinforcement Learning

Tanushree Burman, Jevon Coney, Chris Rogers, Jennifer Cross and Jivko Sinapov (2025)

International Conference on Robotics in Education (RiE)

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A Novel Approach to AI for Elementary Students.

Nadler, D. R., Coxon, S. V., Cross, J., & Xu, G. (2025, November)

International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) conference, St. Louis, MO.

Posters

Using Onshape to design Smart Motors

Milan Dahal (2023)

Onshape Research Symposium

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Workshops

Introducing AI & Machine Learning to Elementary Students through Teacher Designed Programming.

Nadler, D. R. & Coxon, S. V. (2025, November)

National Science Teachers Association (NTSA) National Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Dissertation

Designing and Evaluating Smart Motors: Trainable Educational Robotics System for STEM Classrooms

Milan Dahal (2024)

Tufts University Department of Mechanical Engineering

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