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]:
2006
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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
2007
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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
2008
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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
2009
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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
2010
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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
2011
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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
2012
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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
2013
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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
2014
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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 Womenâs 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 Childrenâs 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
2015
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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
2016
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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
2017
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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
Note: For dissertations submitted to the Graduate School beginning in August 2018, they can found searching https://hammer.figshare.com. This change is currently underway, so we thank you for your patience.
2018
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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
2019
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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
2020
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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
2021
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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
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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
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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
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Julianna Gesun, PhD 2021, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of New Hampshire
Dissertation: Beyond Surviving: Developing and Testing a Model of Thriving for Engineering Students
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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.
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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
2022
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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, Electrical 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
Last Updated: July 18, 2022