Nathan McNeill, Ph.D., worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at i2e2a (formerly the Cox Research Group). He currently is a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida where he is studying the factors that contribute to success in open-ended problem solving. He graduated with a Ph.D. in engineering education from Purdue, a M.S. in mechanical engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in engineering from Walla Walla University. Before entering graduate school, Nathan spent six years working for a small engineering firm designing equipment for the aggregate and mining industries in western Canada and the United States. He has also spent a summer doing thermodynamic studies of robotic petroleum drilling tools for Schlumberger at their product development centre in Paris, France. Nathan has experience teaching high school physics, elementary school science, and English to young professionals in China. As a Ph.D. student at Purdue University, Nathan worked with Dr. Cox on developing a direct observation instrument to collect data on the implementation of non-traditional teaching methods in laboratory classes taught by graduate teaching assistants. His dissertation is titled Global Engineering Education Programs: More Than Just International Experiences. After graduation, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Florida. He is currently an Instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado Mesa University.