Kenneth Berry, Ed.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Department

ECE
Email

ksberry@smu.edu
Office Location

Junkins 316

Ken Berry is a Clinical Assistant Professor who teaches the Modern Electric Technology course. He has been a Research Professor, an Associate Professor, and the Director of the Science and Engineering Education Center (SEEC) at UT Dallas. His research is in engineering education. He works with robotics competitions, and drone competitions. Other programs he has developed include computers in the elementary classroom, pumpkin-chunkin, rocketry, weather balloons, and the Mars Rover Project.

Dr. Berry has presented at over 150 conferences and hosted 15 different conferences on robotics in the classroom and drones in the classroom. He has served as the Principal Investigator on more than 20 grants worth over $6 million.

Education

Ed.D. Educational Technology and Leadership, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA

Research

  • Computers in the Classroom
  • Undergraduate Engineering Experiences
  • High School Engineering Capstone Course Development
  • Drones in the Classroom
  • Robots in the Classroom

Publications

  • Berry, K. (2022, January) Computational Thinking and Curriculum Integration in the Elementary School, Paper presented at the 2022 Hawaii International Conference on Education.
  • Berry, K., Games that Drones Play, OnPynt (2021)
  • Berry, K., (2021, July), Computer Science and Computational Thinking Across the Early Elementary Curriculum (Work in Progress) Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. 10.18260/1-2—36829
  • Berry, K., (2021, July), Middle School Capstone Engineering Projects (Work in Progress) Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference.

Honors and Awards

  • Finalist for the Tech Titan Community Hero Award
  • Lead Writer and Organizer for the Robot Merit Badge for the Boy Scouts of America
  • Founder of the Aerial Robotics in STEM Education (ARISE) Organization
  • Founder of the RoboEducators Organization
Ken Berry Headshot