Research/Areas of Interest
Milan's interest is in designing and building accessible educational robots and makerspaces. He works with students, teachers and organizations to enhance engineering and science education through engaging and playful methods.
Education
PhD Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University, 2024
MS Human Factors Engineering, Tufts University, 2019
BE Electronics and Communication Engineering, Khwopa Engineering College, 2012
Biography
Milan developed a low-cost trainable robotics tool called Smart Motors for his graduate work at Tufts. His previous work as a math teacher (Teach for Nepal 2013-2015) and makerspace manager (2016) in Nepal inspired him to work towards democratizing access to technology to improve STEM education.
Selected Publications and Presentations
Dahal, M., Kresin, L., & Rogers, C. (2023, April). Introductory Activities for Teaching Robotics with SmartMotors. In International Conference on Robotics in Education (RiE)(pp. 229-241). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Dahal, M., Kresin, L., Peres, A., Pereira, E. B., & Rogers, C. (2023, October). International Collaboration to Increase Access to Educational Robotics for Students. In 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) (pp. 1-5). IEEE.
Xu, G., Dahal, M., & Gravel, B. (2024, June). Exploring K-12 Teachers’ Confidence in Using Machine Learning Emerging Technologies through Co-design Workshop (RTP). In 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.