Research Interests

• Socratic Thought
• Explanation Patterns
• Constructionist Pedagogy
• Intelligent Tutoring Systems
• Knowledge Representation
• Visual Languages
• Computational Linguistics
• Software Metrics

Current Projects

• VModelPro - Qualitative Modeling Software that leverages AI technologies.
• Learning by Reading - A computational account of learning from reading.
• Socratic Thought Project - An exploration of Socratic reasoning.
• Socratic Assistants - Utilizing Socratic pedagogy to develop interfaces for personal assistants.

Previous Projects

• VModel - Qualitative modeling software for middle school science classrooms.
• Solar House - Solar House Simulator for LeTuS curriculum.
• NSF GK12 Teachers:Graphic Design Assignments. From NSF Graduate Teaching Fellowship.
• FAVL - Feedback Articulate Virtual Laboratory
• CyclePad - Thermodynamics Software
• EvapLab - Evaporation Laboratory
• First Things First - A Goal-Based Scenario teaching one of Stephen R. Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

Journal Publications

• CyclePad: An articulate virtual laboratory for engineering thermodynamics. Forbus, K.D., Whalley, P., Everett, J., Ureel, L., Brokowski, M., Baher, J. and Kuehne, S. (1999).  Artificial Intelligence.  114, 297-347. [Local mirror]

Conference Publications

• VModel: A visual qualitative modeling environment for middle-school students. Forbus, K., Carney, K., Sherin, B. and Ureel, L. 2004. Proceedings of the 16^th Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference, San Jose, July 2004.
• Design Of Computational Supports For Students In Visual Modelling Tasks. Ureel II, Leo C., Carney, Karen (2003).  In Wasson B., Baggetun, R., Hoppe, U., Ludvigsen, S. (Eds.) International Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning, CSCL 2003, Community events, Communication and Interaction. (pp. 98-100) Bergen, Norway, University of Bergen Press.
• Using Modeling to Support Integration and Reuse of Knowledge in School Science: Vmodel, a New Educational Technology. Carney, K, Forbus K., Ureel, L., Sherin, B. (2002, April) . Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
• We Made The Mistakes So You Don't Have To! Petrelius, Joan M., Ureel II, Leo C. (2001, March) . Paper presented at the MACUL 2001 Conference in Detroit, MI.
• Supporting Student Design Work in Articulate Virtual Laboratories. Ma, J., Baher, J.L., & Ureel, L. C. (1999). Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Workshop Papers

• Question Generation for Learning by Reading, Ureel II, Leo C., & K. Forbus, C. Riesbeck, L. Birnbaum (In Press) To appear in the Proceedings of the AAAI Workshop on Textual Question Answering, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. July 2005
• A conceptual architecture for generating examples in a socratic tutor for qualitative modeling. Leo C. Ureel, II. (2004) In Neil Heffernan and Peter Wiemer-Hastings, editors, Workshop on Dialog-based Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Maceió, Brazil, 2004.
• Qualitative modeling for middle-school students. Forbus, K., Carney, K., Sherin, B. and Ureel, L. 2004.  Proceedings of the 18^th International Qualitative Reasoning Workshop, Evanston, Illinois, USA, August
• Distributed Coaching for an Intelligent Learning Environment. Kenneth D. Forbus, John O. Everett, Leo Ureel, Mike Brokowski, Julie Baher, and Sven E. Kuehne. Proceedings of QR98, May, 1998, Cape Cod.

Presentations, Demonstrations, Etc.

• Demonstration of Supports for Student Reuse and Integration of Knowledge through Modeling. Carney, Karen, Ureel, Leo (2003).  In Wasson B., Baggetun, R., Hoppe, U., Ludvigsen, S. (Eds.) International Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning, CSCL 2003, Community events, Communication and Interaction. (pp. 98-100) Bergen, Norway, University of Bergen Press.
• High School Computer Programming Now In Amazing 3-D. Leo C. Ureel II (2001, March) . Presented at the MACUL 2001 Conference in Detroit, MI.

Courses Taught

Michigan Technological University
Spring 2001	CS 1131	Computer Science I
Fall 2000	CS 1090	Introduction to Computer Science III
Fall 1999	CS 201	Introduction to Programming for Engineering and Applied Sciences
Bridge Alternative High School
Fall 2000 - Spring 2001		Computer Applications
Fall 2000 - Spring 2001		High School Mathematics
Chassell High School / NSF Graduate Teaching Fellow
Fall 1999 - Spring 2000		Multimedia Graphic Design

Distractions

• Lunar Lander - Video Game
• Tell Me A Story - Poetry
• The Great People Maker - Applet
• A Flash Narrative - Flash
• Curses! - Java Applet

Northwestern University Web Sites

• Qualitative Reasoning Group
• The Conceptual Dynamics Project
• The Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling
• ArticuLab
• Interactive Entertainment Group
• School of Education and Social Policy
• CS Department Web Page
• NU Web Page

Michigan Technological University Web Sites

• CS Department Web Page
• Department of Humanities
• Education Department
• MTU Web Page

Web Links

• Redshift Software
• Mostly Links Mystery Site
• TECHNOBABE TIMES
• blue ice anthology
• Houghton Lift Bridge Web Cam

• Kenneth D. Forbus
• Larry Birnbaum
• Chris Riesbeck
• Dedre Gentner
• Allan Collins
• Bruce Sherin
• John Lowther
• Nilufer Onder
• Linda Ott
• Anne Frances Wysocki
• Phil Sweany
• Marek W. Lugowski
• Madeline Usher
• Joyce Ma