[1] Her research investigates numerical modeling of electromagnetic phenomena and new strategies for more inclusive engineering education.

[5] She earned her undergraduate degree in biomedical and electrical engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

[citation needed] She moved to Northwestern University for graduate studies, where she specialized in electrical engineering and developed computational models for electromagnetic phenomena.

[6] She spent her summers as an intern at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, where she developed simulations to control superconducting super-collider magnets.

[citation needed] In 2000, Piket-May joined the faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder.