Sirena Hargrove-Leak

Dr. Hargrove-Leak received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from NC A&T State University and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of South Carolina.  The mission and commitment of Elon University have led her to explore the scholarship of teaching and learning.   She was most recently a Principal Investigator on a collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation to explore the use of case study teaching in STEM courses.  She also has interests in heterogeneous catalysis for fine chemical and pharmaceutical applications and membrane separations, for which she and her collaborators hold a patent for work on a flux-enhanced cross-flow membrane filter (US Patent No 6,168,714 B1).

Her current engineering education interests are in the areas of entrepreneurial minded learning, user-centered design, project-based learning, and broadening participation in engineering.