CAIRE doctoral research on AI integration in higher education was featured at WSU’s Graduate Research Showcase, highlighting the importance of teacher AI literacy and ethical considerations in educational innovation.

CAIRE undergraduate research on AI-powered classroom innovation was featured at WSU’s SURCA, highlighting a multi-agent system designed to support equitable participation and reduce teacher workload.

CAIRE is proud to announce that our Visiting Scholar, Honglu, has been selected to receive the NARST Graduate Student Travel Award ($2,000). This award recognizes emerging scholars whose research contributes to advancing science education through rigorous inquiry and innovation.

Our team at the CAIRE Research Lab has just wrapped up an incredible two weeks of academic exchange and leadership in the field of AI and science education. From leadership roles in AERA SIGs to a high-impact workshop at NSTA and a paper set at NARST, it’s been an honor to share our research with the global community.

WLNS 6 News recently featured research led by CAIRE co-director Dr. Tingting Li. Discover how our WSU-developed ADAPT-AI platform is empowering science educators and reshaping the future of classroom learning through intelligent design.

CAIRE Research Lab recently hosted a regional workshop for Washington State educators focused on AI-supported NGSS-aligned assessment design. Bringing together teachers, coordinators, and school leaders, the workshop combined conceptual foundations, hands-on practice, and ethical reflection to support responsible and effective AI integration in teaching and assessment.

Washington State University recently featured ongoing artificial intelligence initiatives across campus in its university-wide AI innovation series, highlighting work in research and teaching that advances responsible AI integration. The report recognizes education researchers in the College of Education, Sport, and Human Sciences and CAIRE research team in advancing AI innovation for K–12 education. Featured initiatives […]

Dr. Peng He has been named co-PI for a $300,000 grant under the WSU President’s Big Ideas Initiative. Led by Ananth Kalyanaraman, the “Rural AI” project is one of ten funded proposals aimed at solving urgent state needs. Dr. He will lead the educational efforts, exploring how translational AI can support students and educators in rural settings across agriculture, healthcare, and environmental sectors.

NVIDIA has awarded Dr. Peng He from the CAIRE Research Lab at WSU (Co-PI) and Dr. Parteek Kumar (PI) an Academic Grant of 32,000 A100 GPU-hours to advance educational AI.

Tingting Li and fellow researcher Peng He, also an assistant professor in CESHS, will receive $82,500 to support their Rural AI for Societal Equity (RAISE) project, which will build upon their previous efforts to help teachers and students in small towns make the most of the rapidly expanding technology.

The AI in Education Network brings together AIR researchers working at the intersection of technology, learning, and evidence. Through six coordinated studies, teams will explore how AI is being used to support instruction, assessment, professional learning, and data-driven decision-making in schools across the country.

CAIRE Research Lab faculty member Dr. Peng He (Department of Teaching and Learning) has received a 2025 New Faculty Seed Grant to support his project Building Community-Engaged Partnerships to Develop K-12 STEM Teacher AI Literacy. The New Faculty Seed Grant is an internal funding program at Washington State University designed to encourage new, junior-level faculty […]

Tingting Li has been awarded a 2025 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship for her project, Designing an LLM-Based Multi-Agent System for Customized Science Assessments Through Multidisciplinary Human–AI Collaboration.

Peng He has received a $50,000 grant from Microsoft’s 2025 AI for Good initiative to develop an AI-powered tool that supports equitable science learning in middle school classrooms.

CESHS researcher brings AI-powered science tools to rural teachers with Microsoft grant The CAIRE Research Lab is proud to share that Dr. Tingting Li has received a $50,000 Microsoft AI for Good grant to advance AI-powered science assessment tools for rural elementary teachers in Washington State.  The project will develop an adaptive assessment system that helps teachers […]