Engineering Education Faculty
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Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty
Robin Adams
Research: Design thinking and learning; Interdisciplinary thinking (investigating what it means to work at the interface between disciplines); Design of interdisciplinary learning environments; Strategies for connecting research on learning and teaching practice
Professor of Engineering Education; Director of Engineering Education Undergraduate Degree Programs
Research: Design thinking and learning; Interdisciplinary thinking (investigating what it means to work at the interface between disciplines); Design of interdisciplinary learning environments; Strategies for connecting research on learning and teaching practice
Edward Berger
Research: Teaching with technology; Assessment of technology interventions; Non-cognitive factors and their role in student success; Discipline-based engineering education research
Interim Head, Professor of Engineering Education
Research: Teaching with technology; Assessment of technology interventions; Non-cognitive factors and their role in student success; Discipline-based engineering education research
Sean Brophy
Research: Adaptive expertise; Reasoning with mathematics and models; Conceptual change using simulations; Technology supported learning environments; Designing assessment for learning
Associate Professor of Engineering Education
Research: Adaptive expertise; Reasoning with mathematics and models; Conceptual change using simulations; Technology supported learning environments; Designing assessment for learning
Kirsten Davis
Research: Global engineering programs; Experiential learning; Systems thinking; Professional skills development
Assistant Professor of Engineering Education
Research: Global engineering programs; Experiential learning; Systems thinking; Professional skills development
ARMS
kad@purdue.edu
Jennifer DeBoer
Research: International engineering education; Education and economic development; Educational technology; Online learning; Quantitative research methods
Associate Professor of Engineering Education
Research: International engineering education; Education and economic development; Educational technology; Online learning; Quantitative research methods
Kerrie Douglas
Research: Evaluation of open online engineering courses; Rationale and evidence to justify assessment uses; Fair assessment of minority groups in engineering; Assessment as means of learning in engineering design contexts
Associate Professor of Engineering Education
Research: Evaluation of open online engineering courses; Rationale and evidence to justify assessment uses; Fair assessment of minority groups in engineering; Assessment as means of learning in engineering design contexts
Audeen Fentiman
Research: First year engineering curriculum design; Recruitment and retention of engineering students from underrepresented groups; P-12 curriculum modification leading to greater interest in and better preparation for the study of engineering; Graduate education reform; Radioactive waste management; Environmental risk assessment
Crowley Family Professor in Engineering Education
Research: First year engineering curriculum design; Recruitment and retention of engineering students from underrepresented groups; P-12 curriculum modification leading to greater interest in and better preparation for the study of engineering; Graduate education reform; Radioactive waste management; Environmental risk assessment
Justin Hess
Research: Designing and implementing pedagogical methods to enhance engineering students’ ethical development, with a focus on ethical sensitivity, ethical reasoning, and care; Exploring the functional role of empathy in engineering design, ethics, and innovation; and Synthesizing the influence of societal and individual worldviews on decision-making
Assistant Professor of Engineering Education
Research: Designing and implementing pedagogical methods to enhance engineering students’ ethical development, with a focus on ethical sensitivity, ethical reasoning, and care; Exploring the functional role of empathy in engineering design, ethics, and innovation; and Synthesizing the influence of societal and individual worldviews on decision-making
ARMS
jhess@purdue.edu
Morgan Hynes
Research: Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering
Humanistic Engineering
Pre-college Engineering Education
Engineering Design
Associate Professor
Research: Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering
Humanistic Engineering
Pre-college Engineering Education
Engineering Design
Brent Jesiek
Research: Historical and social studies of engineering, engineering education, and computing; Global engineering education; Engineering ethics and social responsibility.
Professor
Research: Historical and social studies of engineering, engineering education, and computing; Global engineering education; Engineering ethics and social responsibility.
ARMS 1313
bjesiek@purdue.edu
Alejandra Magana Deleon
Professor of Engineering Education; University Faculty Scholar, Computer and Information Technology
ARMS
admagana@purdue.edu
Joyce Main
Research: Student persistence and outcomes; advising and mentoring; women in science and engineering; global engineering; social stratification; higher education; education policy
Associate Professor
Research: Student persistence and outcomes; advising and mentoring; women in science and engineering; global engineering; social stratification; higher education; education policy
Muhsin Menekse
Research: Students' learning of complex tasks and concepts in engineering and science; Verbal interactions in collaborative learning settings (e.g., teams, small groups); Metacognition, reflection, and learning; Technology enhanced learning environments
Associate Professor of Engineering Education
Research: Students' learning of complex tasks and concepts in engineering and science; Verbal interactions in collaborative learning settings (e.g., teams, small groups); Metacognition, reflection, and learning; Technology enhanced learning environments
ARMS
menekse@purdue.edu
Khairiyah Mohd Yusof
Research: Managing change focusing on students' and instructors' transition towards learner centric environment; Faculty development on supporting scholarly practice; Course and instructional design for deep learning. problem-solving and conation; Cooperative Problem-based Learning and Project-Based Learning; Engineering Education from the global perspective
Professor of Engineering Education
Research: Managing change focusing on students' and instructors' transition towards learner centric environment; Faculty development on supporting scholarly practice; Course and instructional design for deep learning. problem-solving and conation; Cooperative Problem-based Learning and Project-Based Learning; Engineering Education from the global perspective
Tamara Moore
Research: How engineering and engineering thinking promote learning in K-12 mathematics and science classrooms/higher-ed engineering classrooms through the paradigm of STEM integration; Support STEM integration pedagogies through curriculum development and teacher professional development; Mathematical modeling as a means for STEM integration
Professor, Purdue University Faculty Scholar
Research: How engineering and engineering thinking promote learning in K-12 mathematics and science classrooms/higher-ed engineering classrooms through the paradigm of STEM integration; Support STEM integration pedagogies through curriculum development and teacher professional development; Mathematical modeling as a means for STEM integration
Jason Morphew
Research: Self-Regulated Learning and Metacognition; Embodied cognition and conceptual understanding in engineering and science; Educational technology and online learning; Assessment to enhance student learning.
Assistant Professor
Research: Self-Regulated Learning and Metacognition; Embodied cognition and conceptual understanding in engineering and science; Educational technology and online learning; Assessment to enhance student learning.
ARMS 1305
jmorphew@purdue.edu
William Oakes
Research: Service learning in engineering education; Impact of cognitive and non-cognitive variables on student persistence; Design in engineering education
Assistant Dean for Experiential Learning
Director, EPICS Program
Director, EPICS Program
Research: Service learning in engineering education; Impact of cognitive and non-cognitive variables on student persistence; Design in engineering education
Matthew Ohland
Associate Head of Engineering Education; Dale and Suzi Gallagher Professor of Engineering Education
Alice Pawley
Research: Gender and race in engineering education; feminist science and technology studies; underrepresented students and faculty in engineering; feminist theory; critical race theory; intersectionality theory; institutional structure and inequality; social justice in engineering and engineering education; broadening participation in engineering education
Professor
Research: Gender and race in engineering education; feminist science and technology studies; underrepresented students and faculty in engineering; feminist theory; critical race theory; intersectionality theory; institutional structure and inequality; social justice in engineering and engineering education; broadening participation in engineering education
Senay Purzer
Research: Design education and assessment at the intersection of critical thinking and creative thinking.
Associate Head of Graduate Programs; Professor of Engineering Education
Research: Design education and assessment at the intersection of critical thinking and creative thinking.
Professors of Engineering Practice
Syed Ahmad Helmi Syed Hassan
Research: Complex Problem Solving, Engineering Design, Academic Change Management, and Student-Centred Learning, especially focusing on Team-based, Project-based, and Problem-based Learning methodologies
Professor of Engineering Practice
Research: Complex Problem Solving, Engineering Design, Academic Change Management, and Student-Centred Learning, especially focusing on Team-based, Project-based, and Problem-based Learning methodologies
GRIS 343
ssyedhas@purdue.edu
Ruth Wertz
Assistant Professor of Engineering Practice
ARMS
rwertz@purdue.edu
Mohamad Zbib
Associate Professor of Engineering Practice
Visiting Faculty
Beatriz Galarza Tohen
Visiting Assistant Professor
ARMS 1345
bgalarza@purdue.edu
Robert Loweth
Visiting Assistant Professor
ARMS
rloweth@purdue.edu
Amena Shermadou
Research: Muslim experiences in engineering; counterstorytelling methodologies; hidden curriculum; intersectional and decolonial perspectives; identity and belonging in engineering; engineering in MENA regions
Visiting Assistant Professor
Research: Muslim experiences in engineering; counterstorytelling methodologies; hidden curriculum; intersectional and decolonial perspectives; identity and belonging in engineering; engineering in MENA regions
ARMS
ashermad@purdue.edu
Lecturers
Jeannete Aguilar
Research: Modeling, control, and estimation of dynamic systems; Estimation and control of systems with friction phenomena
Senior Lecturer
Research: Modeling, control, and estimation of dynamic systems; Estimation and control of systems with friction phenomena
Jacqueline Handley
Limited Term Lecturer
ARMS
jhandle@purdue.edu
Mac McFall
Senior Lecturer
DUDL 3rd Floor
gmcfall@purdue.edu
Kathleen Wible
Continuing Term Lecturer
Research Faculty
Brandon Allen
Research Assistant Professor
ARMS 1349
allen352@purdue.edu
Melissa Dyehouse
Research Associate Professor
ARMS
mdyehous@purdue.edu
Courtesy Faculty
Gary Bertoline
Distinguished Professor of Engineering; Courtesy Faculty of Engineering Education
Brenda Capobianco
Professor of Science Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction; Affiliated Faculty in Women's Studies; Courtesy Faculty of Engineering Education
Nathalie Duval-Couetil
Research: Multidisciplinary entrepreneurship education; Environments and conditions that foster entrepreneurial activity among students; Educational program evaluation and assessment; Women and leadership; Market and technology assessment
Professor, Department of Technology, Leadership and Innovation; Director, Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program; Associate Director, Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship; Courtesy Faculty of Engineering Education
Research: Multidisciplinary entrepreneurship education; Environments and conditions that foster entrepreneurial activity among students; Educational program evaluation and assessment; Women and leadership; Market and technology assessment
S. Selcen Guzey
Research: Integration of engineering into K-12 science classrooms; Influences of integrated STEM education approaches on student achievement and interest; Effective integrated STEM teaching approaches; Life STEM Education
Assistant Professor of Science Education, Departments. of Curriculum and Instruction and of Biological Sciences; Courtesy Faculty of Engineering Education
Research: Integration of engineering into K-12 science classrooms; Influences of integrated STEM education approaches on student achievement and interest; Effective integrated STEM teaching approaches; Life STEM Education
BRNG
sguzey@purdue.edu
Eric Holloway
Research: The professional formation of students and engineers for practice; the impacts of faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students who interact with industry; the social and cultural contexts of engineering disciplines and research experiences; designing and implementing assessments of learning and professional development experiences.
Professor of Engineering Practice, School of Mechanical Engineering; Courtesy Faculty of Engineering Education
Research: The professional formation of students and engineers for practice; the impacts of faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students who interact with industry; the social and cultural contexts of engineering disciplines and research experiences; designing and implementing assessments of learning and professional development experiences.
WANG 4052
eholloway@purdue.edu
Leah Jamieson
Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, John A. Edwardson Dean Emerita of Engineering; Courtesy Faculty of Engineering Education
Stephanie Masta
Research: Indigenous education; Brown and Black student experiences in educational settings; marginalization in engineering; qualitative research methods; autoethnography
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction; Courtesy Faculty of Engineering Education
Research: Indigenous education; Brown and Black student experiences in educational settings; marginalization in engineering; qualitative research methods; autoethnography
ARMS
szywicki@purdue.edu
Sharra Vostral
Research: Gender & Technology; Gender & medicine; Material Culture; 20th century US popular culture
Associate Professor of History; Courtesy Faculty of Engineering Education
Research: Gender & Technology; Gender & medicine; Material Culture; 20th century US popular culture
Carla Zoltowski
Research: Professional formation of engineers; Diversity and inclusion in engineering; Design thinking and learning; Engineering ethics
Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Courtesy Faculty of Engineering Education
Research: Professional formation of engineers; Diversity and inclusion in engineering; Design thinking and learning; Engineering ethics
Adjunct Faculty
Monica Cox
Adjunct Associate Professor
Allison Godwin
Adjunct Associate Professor
ARMS
afg64@cornell.edu
Michael Loui
Research: Motivation and persistence in engineering students; Identity development and affective outcomes; Ethics in engineering and computing
Adjunct Professor
Research: Motivation and persistence in engineering students; Identity development and affective outcomes; Ethics in engineering and computing
ARMS 1331
mloui@purdue.edu
Donna Riley
Adjunct Professor
ARMS 1317
riley@purdue.edu
Emeritus Faculty
Mary Pilotte
Research: engineering culture and professional practice; generational knowledge transfer; person-thing orientations in engineering; neurodiversity in engineering classrooms and practice.
Professor Emerita of Practice of Engineering Education
Research: engineering culture and professional practice; generational knowledge transfer; person-thing orientations in engineering; neurodiversity in engineering classrooms and practice.
YONG 1345
mpilotte@purdue.edu
David Radcliffe
Research: Interdisciplinary research methods in engineering education; Design thinking and engineering knowledge creation; Engineering design and design management in industry; Sustainable systems design; Professional formation of engineers in practice
Kamyar Haghighi Head and Epistemology Professor Emeritus of Engineering Education
Research: Interdisciplinary research methods in engineering education; Design thinking and engineering knowledge creation; Engineering design and design management in industry; Sustainable systems design; Professional formation of engineers in practice
Karl Smith
Research: Building rigorous research capabilities in engineering education. The role of cooperation in learning and design. Teamwork. Project and knowledge management and leadership.
Professor Emeritus of Cooperative Learning
Research: Building rigorous research capabilities in engineering education. The role of cooperation in learning and design. Teamwork. Project and knowledge management and leadership.
Ruth Streveler
Research: How students learn engineering; Difficult concepts in science and engineering Student misconceptions; Conducting rigorous research in engineering education
Professor Emerita of Engineering Education
Research: How students learn engineering; Difficult concepts in science and engineering Student misconceptions; Conducting rigorous research in engineering education
ARMS 1307
streveler@purdue.edu
Phillip Wankat
Research: Improving engineering education and separation processes.
Clifton L. Lovell Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering and Professor Emeritus of Engineering Education
Research: Improving engineering education and separation processes.