Kansas State University | 2020 - 2023
Dissertation: Development of STEM professionals when integrating education research and physics public engagement into their careers
DePaul University | 2018 - 2020
Master’s Thesis: Interactions of context and teaching practices for physics instructors: a case study
American University | 2014 - 2018
Senior Capstone: Visualization tool for particle acceleration in simulated eruptive flares
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2023 - 2024
Collaboration with faculty and staff to successfully coordinate on-campus blended physics classes
Kansas State University, Physics Department | May 2023 - July 2023
Writing research reports and publications
American Physical Society | June 2023 – July 2023
External evaluation for the Science Trust Project
American Physical Society (APS) | Jan 2022 - Aug 2022
Design and implementation of interview study to identify APS members’ resource needs in public engagement.
El-Adawy, S., Lau, A. C., Sayre, E. C., & Fracchiolla, C. (2024). Motivation and needs of informal physics practitioners. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 20(1), 010125.
El-Adawy, S., Hass, C.A.F, Vasserman, E., Kustusch, M.B, Franklin, S.& Sayre, E.C “A Professional Development for Emerging STEM Education Researchers”, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (2023), Baltimore, MD.
El-Adawy, S., Vogel, V., & Larkin, T. “Women in the Physics and STEM Pipelines: Recruiting, Retaining, and Returning in the Aftermath of a Global Pandemic”, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (2022), Minneapolis, MN.
Hass, C.A.F, El-Adawy, S. Hancock, E., Milos Savic & Sayre, E.C. “Emerging Mathematics Education Researchers Conception of Theory in Education Research” Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (2022) Boston, MA.
Khong, H., El-Adawy, S. & Sayre, E.C. “Community of Practice in a physics department: double-majored students’ perspectives” International Conference of the Learning Sciences (2021), Online.
Co-facilitator & LEAPS Fellow, Leadership and Professional Strategies Program
MIT, Spring 2024
Executive Committee Member, Topical Group on Physics Education Research (GPER)
APS, 2023
Executive Committee Member, Physics Education Research Consortium of Graduate Students
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), 2021–2022
International Committee Chair, Physics Student Council
Kansas State University, 2021–2022
President, Women in Science Student Organization
American University, 2017–2018
President, International Student Association
American University, 2015–2018
Volunteer, Technology Innovation Hub (mHub)
Malawi, 2017
International Orientation Coordinator, International Student & Scholar Services
American University, 2015–2017
Women Initiative Executive Board Member, Student Government
American University, Washington D.C., 2015–2016
