Today’s global, high-tech world demands that schools across the U.S. expand and intensify science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs.  To do this, teachers need to know how students learn, how to best teach different concepts, and how to apply these principles across diverse environments. At the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE) USU’s Christine Hailey, Kurt Becker and Daniel Householder lead a network of scholars from nine universities that conducts research into learning and teaching of engineering content in high school settings.  NCETE has recently focused on professional development workshops to guide teachers in teaching engineering and technology concepts.  The researchers coordinate the efforts of 20 doctoral fellows and their mentors at four universities, and the fellows are expected to become national leaders in engineering and technology education.