Lecturer
Department of Engineering Fundamentals
Contact Information
- 363D Zeanah Engineering Complex
- Phone: 865-974-8392
- E-mail: aespera@utk.edu
- Instructional approaches and curricular design
- Difficult engineering concepts
- Applied statistics
- Electronics engineering
- Additive manufacturing
- PhD in Engineering Education, Virginia Tech, VA
“Through the Lenses of Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Instructor Beliefs: Understanding Engineering Instructors’ Enacted Practice” - MA Data Analytics and Applied Statistics , Virginia Tech, VA
“Analysis of a Concept Inventory for Introductory Electric Circuits” - MS in Electronics Engineering, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
“A Field Programmable Gate Array -in-the-loop Simulation of an Artificial Neural Network -based Optimization Design of Greenhouse Supplemental Illumination” - BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering, Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines
“Intelligent Agricultural Weather Micro-Forecasting System for Banana Growers” - Member - American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
- Member - American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Associate Member – National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP), Engineering and Industrial Research Division
- Regular Member – Philippine Society for Engineering Education (PSEE)
- Member - Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP)
- Licensed Engineer - Philippine Regulatory Commission (PRC) License: Electronics Engineer Reg. No. 0050072
- P. Pitterson, S. Crimmins, A. H. Espera, and S. Hoffenson, “Student Reflections on the use of a Market Simulator in an Engineering Design Course *,” International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 1140–1153, 2023.
- H. Espera et al., “On the 3D printability of silicone-based adhesives via viscous paste extrusion,” MRS Commun, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 102–110, 2023
- W. Miska, L. Mathews, J. Driscoll, S. Hoffenson, S. Crimmins, A. H. Espera, N. Pitterson “How do undergraduate engineering students conceptualize product design? An analysis of two third-year design courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 111, pp. 616–641, 2022.
- H. Espera, J. R. C. Dizon, A. D. Valino, and R. C. Advincula, “Advancing flexible electronics and additive manufacturing,” Jpn J Appl Phys, vol. 61, no. SE, p. SE0803, Apr. 2022
- B. Caldona, J. R. C. Dizon, A. H. Espera, and R. C. Advincula, “On the Economic, Environmental, and Sustainability Aspects of 3D Printing toward a Cyclic Economy,” ACS Symposium Series, vol. 1412, pp. 507–525, 2022
- H. Espera, J. R. C. Dizon, Q. Chen, and R. C. Advincula, “3D-printing and advanced manufacturing for electronics,” Progress in Additive Manufacturing, vol. 0, no. 0, p. 0, 2019
- H. Espera, A. D. Valino, J. O. Palaganas, L. Souza, Q. Chen, and R. C. Advincula, “3D Printing of a Robust Polyamide-12-Carbon Black Composite via Selective Laser Sintering: Thermal and Electrical Conductivity,” Macromol Mater Eng, vol. 304, no. 4, p. 1800718, Apr. 2019
- R. C. Dizon, A. H. Espera, Q. Chen, and R. C. Advincula, “Mechanical characterization of 3D-printed polymers,” Addit. Manuf., vol. 20, pp. 44–67, 2018
- H. Espera and N. P. Pitterson, “Statistical Analysis of an Adaptive Concept Inventory in Introductory Electric Circuits for Students and Instructors,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2022.
- H. Espera, “The Necessary Interdisciplinarity in Engineering,” TEDx Talk, https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_espera_the_necessary_interdisciplinarity_in_engineering, 2022
- H. Espera and N. P. Pitterson, “Exploring Students’ Learning of Electric Circuits in Real-World Context,” in 2021 ASEE Annual Conference, Virtual Meeting: ASEE, Jul. 2021.
- H. Espera, N. Pitterson, and R. A. Soto Perez, “Understanding potential misconceptions shared between instructors and students in fundamental electric circuits,” in 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, 2020.
- H. Espera and N. Pitterson, “Teaching circuit concepts using evidence-based instructional approaches: A systematic review,” in ASEE 126th Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL, 2019.
- H. Espera, “Exploring Challenges in the Design of Learning Environments Towards Technical Competency Development in Additive Manufacturing,” in 2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Cincinnati, OH, 2019.
- H. Espera and R. C. Advincula, “Transforming technology and manufacturing in the age of 3-D printing,” NANOscientific, vol. 13, pp. 21–22, Feb. 2018
Biography
Andrew is a Lecturer with the Engineering Fundamentals Program of the Tickle College of Engineering, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Before joining the program, he was a postdoctoral research associate with the Advincula Lab at the Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing at the same institution. He has a PhD in engineering education and an MA in data analytics and applied Statistics from Virginia Tech, USA. He was an associate professor with the electronics engineering department at the Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines, for 10 years. He earned his BS and MS degrees in electronics engineering from Ateneo de Davao University and Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, respectively. He has taught electronics and electrical professional, and foundations of engineering courses, and has done and published research in the areas of advanced materials and manufacturing, the design and optimization of electronic systems, instructional designs in teaching electrical and electronics engineering concepts, and curricular innovations for advanced manufacturing programs.
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