Dr. Magana earned her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a M.S. Ed. in Educational Technology from Purdue University and a M.S. in E-commerce from ITESM in Mexico City. Dr. Magana has hold appointments in the past as Postdoctoral Scholar in the School of Engineering Education and the Network for Computational Nanotechnology and as Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Technology and the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Magana’s research interest are focused on two major goals: