Debbie Chachra is an Associate Professor of Materials Science at Olin College of Engineering, outside Boston, MA. Her background is in biological materials, and her current research focuses on the engineering student experience, with a focus on gender. As well as a regular column, “Reinvention”, for the American Society for Engineering Education’s Prism magazine, she writes broadly on topics ranging from maker culture to Osedax, the zombie bone-eating worm. She can be found on Twitter as @debcha.