PhD Alumni Listing

Graduating its first doctoral student in 2006, the School of Engineering Education has a growing set of alumni who are active in defining and expanding the discipline [Updated 06/05/2019]:

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2006

• Tamara Moore, PhD 2006, Professor, Purdue University [faculty listing] [video: research interview]
  Dissertation: Student Team Functioning and the Effect on Problem Solving in a First-Year Engineering Course

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2007

• Mica Green, PhD (Chemistry) 2007, Project Administrator, CamBridgeSens, University of Cambridge
  Dissertation: Factors Affecting the Self-Efficacy Beliefs of First- and Second-Year Engineering Students

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2008

• Brock Barry, PhD 2008, Associate Professor/Mechanics Group Director, Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering, U.S. Military Academy (West Point)
  Dissertation: Methods of Incorporating Understanding of Professional and Ethical Responsibility in the Engineering Curriculum and Results from the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination
• Shanna Daly, PhD (Chemistry) 2008, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan [video: research interview] [video: career path]
  Dissertation: Design Across Disciplines
• Holly Matusovich, PhD 2008, Associate Professor of Engineering Education, Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs in Engineering Education, Virginia Tech
  Dissertation: Choosing Engineering: Can I Succeed and Do I Want To? A Qualitative Study Using Expectancy-Value Theory
• Euridice Oware, PhD 2008, Prior: Evaluator, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry; Prior: Assistant Academic Specialist (Full-time Faculty) in Engineering Technology & Adjunct Faculty in Education, Northeastern University, Boston 
  Dissertation: Examining Elementary Students' Perceptions of Engineers

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2009

• Alejandra Magana de Leon, PhD 2009, Associate Professor, Purdue Polytechnic Institute
  Dissertation: Professors' and students' perceptions and experiences of computational simulations as learning tools
• Ken Reid, PhD 2009, Associate Dean and Director of Engineering at University of Indianapolis
  Dissertation: Development of the Student Attitudinal Success Instrument: Assessment of First-Year Engineering Students Including Differences by Gender
• Aidsa Santiago Roman, PhD 2009, Tenured Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
  Dissertation: Fitting Diagnostic Assessment to the Concept Assessment Tool for Statics
• Odesma Dalrymple, PhD 2009, Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, University of San Diego
  Dissertation: The Pedagogical Value of Disassemble/Analyze/Assemble (DAA) Activities: Assessing the Potential for Transfer
• Matthew Verleger, PhD 2009, Associate Professor, Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  Dissertation: Analysis of an Informed Peer Review Matching Algorithm and Its Impact on Student work on Model-Eliciting Activities
• Kerry Meyers, PhD 2009, Assistant Dean of Student Development, College of Engineering, Director of the Women in Engineering Program, University of Notre Dame
  Dissertation: Engineering Identity as a Developmental Process

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2010

• Tameka Clarke Douglas, PhD 2010, Programme Director, BEng. Civil Engineering Programme, School of Engineering and Computing, University of Technology, Jamaica
  Dissertation: A Case Study of an Undergraduate Engineering Peer Tutoring Group: An Investigation of the Structure of a Community of Practice and the Value Members Gain from Participation
• Carla Zoltowski, PhD 2010, Assistant Professor of Engineering Practice, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
  Dissertation: Students' Ways of Experiencing Human-Centered Design
• Nathan McNeill, PhD 2010, Instructor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder/Colorado Mesa University
  Dissertation: Global Engineering Education Programs: More than Just International Experiences
• Greg Bucks, PhD 2010, Assistant Professor-Educator, Department of Engineering Education, University of Cincinnati [faculty listing]
  Dissertation: A Phenomenographic Study of the Ways of Understanding Conditional and Repetition Structures in Computer Programming Languages
• Yogesh Velankar, PhD 2010, Adjunct Professor, Center for Engineering Education Research, KLE Technological University, India
  Dissertation: Conceptions of research and development work and competence in a high-tech entrepreneurial organization
• Irene Mena, PhD 2010, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
  Dissertation: Socialization Experiences Resulting from Engineering Teaching Assistantships at Purdue University
• Shawn Jordan, PhD 2010, Associate Professor, Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University [faculty listing] [video: research interview] [video: career path]
  Dissertation: Success in Virtual Cross-disciplinary Engineering Design Teams in Industry

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2011

• Rocio Chavela, PhD 2011, Director, Education and Development, American Society for Engineering Education
  Dissertation: Faculty development units at Mexican higher education institutions: A descriptive study of characteristics, common practices and challenges
• Katerina Bagiati, PhD 2011, Research Scientist, Digital Learning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Dissertation: Early Engineering: A Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum for Young Children

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2012

• Michele Strutz, PhD 2012, Former Continuing Lecturer, First-Year Engineering, Purdue University
  Dissertation: Influences on Low-SES First Generation Students' Decision to Pursue Engineering
• Ida Ngambeki, PhD 2012, Assistant Professor, Computer and Information Technology, Purdue Polytechnic Institute
  Dissertation: Finding a Place in Engineering: Examining Students’ Choice of Engineering Discipline

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2013

• Lorie Groll, PhD 2013, Practice Administrator, SpringCreek Fertility
  Dissertation: Negotiating Cultural Humility: First-Year Engineering Students' Development in a Lifelong Journey
• Joyce (Qu) Jin, PhD 2013, Senior Data Scientist at Earnin
  Dissertation: Modeling Student Success in Engineering Education
• Sensen Li, PhD 2013, Instructional Designer/Developer, Intel Corporation
  Dissertation: Formative feedback using pseudo peer diagrams: Evaluating system equilibrium of buoyancy forces
• Mary Pilotte, PhD 2013, Director of Engineering Education Undergraduate Programs, Professor of Engineering Practice, School of Engineering Education, Purdue University [faculty listing]
  Dissertation: Engineering: Defining and Differentiating Its Unique Culture
• Emily Zhu, PhD 2013, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  Dissertation: Personal Epistemological Development of Chinese Engineering Doctoral Students in U.S. Institutions: An Application of Perry's Theory
• Diana Bairaktarova, PhD 2013, Assistant Professor, Engineering Education and Practice, Virginia Tech
  Dissertation: Mechanical Objects and the Engineering Learner: An Experimental Study of How the Presence of Objects Affects Students' Performance on Engineering-Related Tasks
• Joe J.J. Lin, PhD 2013, Assistant Professor, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan
  Dissertation: Student success: Approaches to modeling student matriculation and retention
• George Ricco, PhD 2013, Assistant Professor of Engineering, University of Indianapolis
  Dissertation: Degree program changes and curricular flexibility: Addressing long held beliefs about student progression
• Beth Holloway, PhD 2013, Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Education and Director, Women in Engineering Program, Purdue University
  Dissertation: Engineering students at typically invisible transition points: A focus on admissions and the sophomore year
• Hanjun Xian, PhD 2013, Software Engineer, Facebook
  Dissertation: Scholarly collaboration in engineering education: From big-data scientometrics to a user-centered software design
• Daniel Ferguson, PhD 2013, Postdoctoral Researcher, Engineering Education, Purdue University
  Dissertation: How engineering innovators characterize engineering innovativeness: A qualitative study

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2014

• Junqui Wang, PhD 2014, Assistant Professor of Engineering Education, University of Cincinnati
  Dissertation: Assessment of Engineering Student Team Effectiveness
• Ruth Wertz, PhD 2014, Assistant Professor, Valparaiso University
  Dissertation: Toward a new model within the community of inquiry framework: Multivariate linear regression analyses based on graduate student perceptions of learning online
• Rui "Celia" Pan, PhD 2014, Sales, Product, and Remarketing Analyst at Toyota Financial Services
  Dissertation: Engineering Students Experiences and Perceptions of Workplace Problem Solving
• Junaid Siddiqui, PhD 2014, Assistant Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
  Dissertation: Transformation of engineering education: Taking a perspective for the challenges of change
• James Huff, PhD 2014, Assistant Professor, Harding University
  Dissertation: Psychological Journeys of Engineering Identity from School to the Workplace: How Students Become Engineers Among Other Forms of Self
• Meagan Pollock, PhD 2014, Director of Professional Development, National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity
  Dissertation: Multiple Case Study Analysis of Young Women’s Experiences in High School Engineering
• Noah Salzman, PhD 2014, Assistant Professor, Boise State University
  Dissertation: A Phenomenographic Study of Students' Experiences with Transition from Pre-college Engineering Programs to First-Year Engineering
• Anne Lucietto, PhD 2014, Assistant Professor, Engineering Technology, Purdue Polytechnic Institute
  Dissertation: The Role of Academic Ability in Choice of Major and Persistence in STEM Fields
• Velvet Fitzpatrick, PhD 2014, Program Officer, Policy Studies, Transportation Research Board (TRB) of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  Dissertation: Cognitive Diversity in Undergraduate Engineering: Dyslexia
• Benjamin Ahn, PhD 2014, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University
  Dissertation: Creation of an instrument to measure graduate student and postdoctoral mentoring abilities in engineering and science undergraduate research settings
• Jeremi London, PhD 2014, Assistant Professor of Engineering, Arizona State University
  Dissertation: The Impact of National Science Foundation Investments in Undergraduate Engineering Education Research: An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study
• Farrah Fayyaz, PhD 2014, Lecturer, Center for Engineering in Society, Concordia University, Canada
  Dissertation: A Qualitative Study of Problematic Reasonings of Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Students in Continuous Time Signals and Systems Courses
• Marisol Mercado Santiago, PhD 2014, Software Engineering Support Specialist, Frontier Science & Technology Research Foundation
  Dissertation: Culturally Responsive Engineering Education: A Case Study of a Pre-College Introductory Engineering Course at Tibetan Children’s Village School of Selaku
• Xingyu Chen, PhD 2014, Product Manager, Amazon
  Dissertation: The Composition of First-Year Engineering Curricula and Its Relationships to Matriculation Models and Institutional Characteristics
• Jacqueline McNeil, PhD 2014, Assistant Professor of Engineering Fundamentals, University of Louisville
  Dissertation: Engineering Faculty Views of Teaching Quality, Accreditation, and Institutional Climate and How They Influence Teaching Practice
• James Cawthorne, PhD 2014, Postdoctoral Scholar, Georgia Tech Center for Teaching and Learning
  Dissertation: Thematic Analysis of Influencers on Continuing Professional Learning of Tenure-Track Engineering Professors at an RU/VH Institution

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2015

• Emily Dringenberg, PhD 2015, Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Education, Ohio State University
  Dissertation: A phenomenographic analysis of first-year engineering students' experiences with problems involving multiple possible solutions
• Brianna Dorie, PhD 2015, Assistant Professor of Engineering, Gonzaga University
  Dissertation: Conversations analysis of parents occupational knowledge, attitudes and beliefs
• Dana Denick, PhD 2015, Associate Program Officer, National Science Foundation
  Dissertation: Difficulty as a concept inventory design consideration" An Exploratory Study of the Concept Assessment Tool for Statics (CAT)
• Julia Dawn Thompson, PhD 2015, EPICS Program Director, San Jose State University
  Dissertation: Engineering Community Engagement Partnerships: Investigating Motivation, Nature, and Structure
• Justin Hess, PhD 2015, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Education, Purdue University
  Dissertation: A Multi-Phase Exploration of Conceptualizations, Perceived Importance, and the Development of Empathy within Engineering
• Corey Thomas Schimpf, PhD 2015, Learning Analytics Scientist, The Concord Consortium
  Dissertation: Scaffolding Early Engineers Design Learning with a Videogame: Exploring the influence of Minecraft as a Platform for Design Ideation
• Ming-Chien Hsu, PhD 2015
  Dissertation: Undergraduate Engineering Students Experience of Interdisciplinary Learning: A Phenomenographic Perspective
• Mariana Tafur Arciniegas, PhD 2015, Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
  Dissertation: Understanding how adults approach technological challenges. A sequential mixed methods research
• Joi-Lynn Mondisa, PhD 2015, Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan
  Dissertation: In the Mentor's Mind: Examining the Experiences of African-American STEM Mentors in Higher Education
• Nicole Pitterson, PhD 2015, Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Education, Virginia Tech
  Dissertation: Undergraduate Engineering Students' Understanding of Complex Circuit Concepts: An Investigation of the Intersection of Students' Prior Knowledge, Design of Learning Environments and the Nature of the Content
• Antonette Cummings, PhD 2015, Assistant Professor, Engineering Education, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
  Dissertation: A Phenomenographic Study of How Aerospace Engineers Experience Uncertainty When Making Design Decisions
• Nataliia Perova-Mello, PhD 2015, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Oregon State University
  Dissertation: Using Google Docs to Support Work Flow Management in Teams of Engineering Students
• Michele Yatchmeneff, PhD 2015, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, University of Alaska Anchorage
  Dissertation: A Qualitative Study of Motivation in Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP) Precollege Students
• Xin "Cindy" Chen, PhD 2015, Machine Learning Data Scientist, Airbnb
  Dissertation: Understanding Student Behaviors Using Immediate Feedback Features In A Blended Learning Environment

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2016

• Farshid Marbouti, PhD 2016, Assistant Professor, San Jose State University
  Dissertation: A Learning Objective-Based Model to Predict Students' Success in a First-Year Engineering Course
• Kelsey Rodgers, PhD 2016, Assistant Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  Dissertation: Development of First-Year Engineering Teams' Mathematical Models Through Linked Modeling and Simulation Projects
• Catherine Berdanier, PhD 2016, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Penn State University
  Dissertation: Learning the Language of Academic Engineering: Sociocognitive Writing in Graduate Students
• Lee Rynearson, PhD 2016, Assistant Professor, Campbell University
  Dissertation: Promoting Teaming Metacognition
• Anastasia Rynearson, PhD 2016, Assistant Professor, Engineering Education, Campbell University
  Dissertation: From Mechanic to Designer: Evolving Perceptions of Elementary Students Over Three Years of Engineering Instruction
• Nikitha Sambamurthy, PhD 2016, Engineering Content Developer, zyBooks
  Dissertation: The Hiring Game: Invisible and Visible Diversity in the Assessment of Engineers' Professional Skills
• Monique Ross, PhD 2016, Assistant Professor, Florida International University
  Dissertation: A Unicorn's Tale: Examining the Experiences of Black Women in Engineering Industry
• John Mendoza Garcia, PhD 2016, Lecturer, Institute for Excellence in Engineering Education, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida
  Dissertation: A Phenomenographic Study of the Ability to Address Complex Socio-Technical Systems Via Variation Theory
• Canek Phillips, PhD 2016, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Rice University
  Dissertation: Race, Class and Gender in Engineering Education: A Quantitative Investigation of First Year Enrollment
• Andrea Mazzurco, PhD 2016, Lead Tutor at Queensland University of Technology
  Dissertation: Methods to Facilitate Community Participation in Humanitarian Engineering: Laying the Foundation of a Learning Platform
• Sergey Dubikovsky, PhD 2016, Associate Professor, Purdue Polytechnic Institute
  Dissertation: Social Anxiety as a Dominant Factor for Lack of Tolerance for Ambiguity in Engineering Capstone Courses
• Mark Carnes, PhD 2016, Professor of Practice, Purdue Polytechnic Institute
  Dissertation: Conceptual Understanding of Threshold Concepts of Electrical Phenomena: Mental Models of Senior Undergraduates in Electrical Engineering
• DeLean Tolbert, PhD 2016, Assistant Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Michigan-Dearborn
  Dissertation: Living, Learning, and Leveraging: An Investigation of Black Males Accessing Community Cultural Wealth and Developing Engineering Attributes

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2017

• Leslie Grundman, PhD 2017, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Indiana Institute of Technology
  Dissertation: Restructuring Students' Naive Theories of Stress and Strain Using Haptic Feedback Coupled Simulations
• Nichole Ramirez, PhD 2017, Research Data Analyst, Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Effectiveness, Purdue University
  Dissertation: Motivation of Students Who Switch from Engineering to Engineering Technology
• Yu Gong, PhD 2017
  Dissertation: How Interactive Example Model Can Help Inquiry: A Qualitative Study of Model-Based Inquiry Learning (Mobile) in Engineering Education
• Trina Fletcher, PhD 2017, Assistant Professor, College of Engineering and Computing, Florida International University
  Dissertation: Outcomes for Female Students Within a Summer Engineering Program: Single Sex versus Coeducation
• Corey Mathis, PhD 2017, Assistant Professor, California State University, Bakersfield
  Dissertation: STEM Integration: An Exploration of K-12 Science and Mathematics Teachers' Implementation Strategies
• Cole Joslyn, PhD 2017, High School Robotics Instructor, El Paso, Texas
  Dissertation: Exploring Transformative Learning to Teach Human-Centered Design in a Sophomore Mechanical Engineering Design Course: A Collaborative Action Research Approach To Humanizing Engineering Education
• Qin Zhu, PhD 2017, Assistant Professor, Ethics and Engineering Education, Colorado School of Mines
  Dissertation: Working Effectively with Confucian Engineers: Sociopolitical Contexts, Cultures of Engineering Practice, and Collaborative Strategies
• Nicholas Fila, PhD 2017, Postdoctoral Researcher, Iowa State University
  Dissertation: A Phenomenographic Investigation of the Ways Engineering Students Experience Innovation
• Tamecia Jones, PhD 2017, Assistant Professor of STEM Education, North Carolina State University
  Dissertation: Using an Engineering Epistemic Frame to Uncover Engineering in the Interactions of a High School Summer Session
• Natascha Trellinger Buswell, PhD 2017, Assistant Teaching Professor, University of California, Irvine
  Dissertation: Teaching pathways in the academy: A narrative and thematic study of engineering faculty at institutions of varying research and teaching activity

 

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2018

• Nick Stites, PhD 2018, Co-Director, Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, University of Colorado Boulder
  Dissertation: Beyond Aggregated Data: A Study of Group Differences in Conceptual Understanding and Resource Usage in an Undergraduate Dynamics Course
• Karen De Urquidi, PhD 2018, Teaching Instructor, Engineering Department, East Carolina University
  Dissertation: Exploring the pathway of rural students into the engineering field
• Genisson Coutinho, PhD 2018, Professor, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology, Brazil
  Dissertation: Faculty Beliefs and Orientations to Teaching and Learning in the Lab
• James Holly, Jr., PhD 2018, Assistant Professor, Urban STEM Education, Wayne State University
  Dissertation: Of the Coming of James": A Critical Autoethnography on Teaching Engineering to Black Boys as a Black Man"
• Matilde Sanchez-Pena, PhD 2018, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University at Buffalo
  Dissertation: A Quantitative Study on Faculty Retention and Promotion in Engineering across Gender
• Avneet Hira, PhD 2018, Research Scientist, Scheller Teacher Education Program (STEP), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Dissertation: Makerspaces for Education
• Molly Hathaway Goldstein, PhD 2018, Senior Lecturer, Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  Dissertation: Characterizing Trade-off Decisions in Student Designers
• Ryan Senkpeil, PhD 2018, Director of Program Effectiveness, Project Lead the Way
  Dissertation: Understanding and Improving the Non-Cognitive Factors that Affect First-Year Engineering Performance

 

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2019

• Bunmi Babajide, PhD 2019, Section Manager, Caterpillar Inc.
  Dissertation: Onboarding Early-Career Engineers: Knowledge and Skill Acquisition in Rotational Programs
• Rose Xu, PhD 2019, Senior Career Services Consultant - International Student Specialist, Purdue University
  Dissertation: Developing a Self-Assessment Tool for Engineering Students: The Self-Efficacy Inventory for Professional Engineering Competency (SEIPEC)
• Emilie Siverling, PhD 2019, Assistant Professor of Integrated Engineering, Minnesota State University, Mankato
  Dissertation: Heat Transfer Conceptions Using an Engineering Design-Based STEM Integration Unit: A Case of Struggle
• Rohit Kandakalta, PhD 2019, Director of Strategy, Operations, and Human Resource Development, KG Reddy College of Engineering and Technology - India
  Dissertation: Reimagining Course Design Using Technology: A Case-Study of How Faculty in India Learn to Integrate Technology Tools Into Engineering Courses
• Juan David Ortega-Alvarez, PhD 2019, Assistant Professor, Process Engineering, Universidad EAFIT (Medellín, Colombia)
  Dissertation: Conceptions of Teaching Among Colombian Engineering Faculty: An Exploratory Study
• Andrew Katz, PhD 2019, Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  Dissertation: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the State of U.S. Engineering Ethics Education
• Zahra Atiq, PhD 2019, Assistant Professor of Practice, Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University
  Dissertation: Emotions Experienced by First-Year Engineering Students During Programming Tasks

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2020

• Huma Shoaib, PhD 2020, Instructional Designer, Rize Education
  Dissertation: Investigating Computational Identity: A Qualitative Study of Undergraduates Participating in a Thermodynamics Course
• Behzad Beigpourian, PhD 2020
  Dissertation: Understanding the Relationship Between Team Dynamics on Peer Evaluations and Team Effectiveness
• David Evenhouse, PhD 2020, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Enigneering Education, Purdue University
  Dissertation:  Student Implementation Experiences in Blended Learning: A Phenomenographic and Narrative Analysis to Inform Pedagogical Innovation
• Swetha Nittala, PhD 2020, Science and Engineering Education Fellow/Lecturer, Standford University
  Dissertation: Lived Experiences of Recently Transitioned Engineering Managers: An Interpretive Qualitative Study
• Matthew Scheidt, PhD 2020
  Dissertation: Understanding Undergraduate Student Veteran Engineers’ Conceptualizations of Success
• Hoda Ehsan, PhD 2020, Research Faculty/Scientist, Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC), Georgia Institute of Technology
  Dissertation: A Multiple Case Study to Capture and Support the Engineering Design Thinking of Children with Mild Autism
• Jessica Rush Leeker, PhD 2020, Director of Undergraduate Education and Stephen Dunn Professor of Engineering Management, University of Colorado Boulder
  Dissertation: But, is it Working? Involvement in Informal Elementary STEM Programs: A Collective Case Study
• Dina Verdin, PhD 2020, Assistant Professor, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University
  Dissertation: Enacting Agency: Understanding How First-Generation College Students’ Personal Agency Supports Disciplinary Role Identities and Engineering Agency Beliefs
• Dhinesh Radhakrishnan, PhD 2020, Research Assistant, School of Engineering Education, Purdue University 
  Dissertation: Enabling Untrained Teachers as Engineering Facilitators: A Design Based Research Study of Teacher Professional Development in Fragile Contexts
• Nathan Hicks, PhD 2020, Joint Lecturer/Research Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  Dissertation: A Variability Analysis of Grading Open-Ended Tasks with Rubrics Across Many Graders
• Eric Holloway, PhD 2020, Sr. Director - Industry Research at Purdue University, Courtesy Faculty in the School of Engineering Education, Purdue University
  Dissertation: Development and Validation of an Assessment of Engineering PhD Students’ Research Experiences
• Anthony Lowe, PhD 2020, Assistant Professor, Colorado Technical University
  Dissertation: The Theory of Applied Mind of Programming
• Saira Anwar, PhD 2020, Assistant Professor, Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering, Texas A&M
  Dissertation: Role of Different Instructional Strategies on Engineering Students’ Academic Performance and Motivational Constructs
• Claudio Freitas, PhD 2020, Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Engineering Education, Purdue University
  Dissertation: Understanding Engineering Education in Displacement: A Qualitative Study of "Localized Engineering” in Two Refugee Camps
• Amanda Johnston, PhD 2020, Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Engineering Education, Purdue University
  Dissertation: Teacher Talk in Engineering Design Projects

 

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2021

• Hossein EbrahimiNejad, PhD 2021, Data Analyst, Enrollment Management and Student Success, Drexel University
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• Donovan Colquitt, PhD 2021, Postdoctoral Research Associate, National Science Foundation
  Dissertation: Pursuit is Purpose: One Black Man's Persistence Through Engineering Education

• Chanel Beebe, PhD 2021, Design Researcher, D-Ford Detroit
  Dissertation: "But What Does it Mean to the People Who Matter?" Community Partner Meaning Making in Engineering Engagement Programs

• Rene Soto Perez, PhD 2021, Assistant Professor, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNC)
  ​Dissertation: Undergraduate Engineering Student Misconceptions Regarding Complex Circuits: The Case with Solid-State Circuits

• ​Julianna Gesun, PhD 2021, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of New Hampshire
  ​Dissertation: Beyond Surviving: Developing and Testing a Model of Thriving for Engineering Students

• Richard Aleong, PhD 2021, Lecturer, School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, in Kelowna, British Columbia
  Dissertation: Traversing Interdisciplinary Spaces: How Educational Developers Experience Disciplinary Perspectives.
   
• Hoda Ehsan, PhD 2021, Director of Engineering and Engineering Department Chair, Hill School, Pottstown, PA
  Dissertation: A Multiple Case Study to Capture and Support the Engineering Design Thinking of Children with Mild Autism

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2022

• Jenny Quintana-Cifuentes, PhD 2022, Assistant Professor, University of Louisiana Monroe
  Dissertation: Studying Design Reasoning in Problem Framing Using the Design Reasoning Quadrants Framework
• Laura Cruz, PhD 2022, Assistant Professor, University of Florida
  Dissertation: Learning Analytics Approaches for decision-making in FYE Courses
• Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh, PhD 2022, Assistant Professor, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
  Dissertation: Impact on Empathy Development of Engineering Undergraduate Students in a Community-Engagement Design Course
• Justin Major, PhD 2022, Assistant Professor, Experiential Engineering Education Department, Rowan University
  Dissertation: More than Income: Socioeconomic Inequality, Trauma, and the Pathways of Low-Income Undergraduate Engineering Students
• Brianna Benedict, PhD 2022, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Engineering Education, Virginia Tech
  Dissertation: "Being in the Beyond": An Ethnographic Case Study Exploring How an Interdisciplinary Engineering Program Emerged as a Hybrid Space for Engineering Students
• Jacqueline Rohde, PhD 2022, Assessment Coordinator, Electical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech
  Dissertation: Expectations for what “counts” as an engineering career and how career decisions are made
• Joseph Lyon, PhD 2022, Continuing Lecturerer, Honors Engineering, Purdue University
  Dissertation: Characterizing Computational Thinking Through the Use of Modeling and Simulation Activities within the Enigneering Classroom
• Paige Brown, PhD 2022 
  Dissertation: Ready or Not: A Narrative Study Examining the Preparation Experiences of Black Women Engineers for the Raced and Gendered Engineering Workplace
• Todd Fernandez, PhD 2022, Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech
  Dissertation: Entrepreneurship Education as a Mindset and a Process in Undergraduate Engineering

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^{Last Updated: July 18, 2022}