Justin Hess

Assistant Professor of Engineering Education
Mailing Addresses
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
ARMSTRONG HALL
701 WEST STADIUM AVENUE
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN 47907-2045
Office: ARMS ARMS
Email: jhess@purdue.edu
Laboratory Page

Hometown

Indianapolis, IN, USA

Education

Ph.D., Engineering Education, Purdue University
M.S., Civil Engineering, Purdue University
B.S., Civil Engineering, Purdue University

Research Interests

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
Synthesizing the influence of societal and individual worldviews on decision-making

Selected Publications

Hess, J. L., Beever, J., Zoltowski, C. B., Kisselburgh, L. G., & Brightman, A. O. (2019). Enhancing engineering students’ ethical reasoning: Situating Reflexive Principlism within the SIRA Framework. Journal of Engineering Education, 108: 82-102.

Hess, J, L. & Fore, G. (2018). A systematic literature review of US engineering ethics interventions. Science and Engineering Ethics, 24(2), 551-583. doi:10.1007/s11948-017-9910-6

Hess, J. L., Strobel, J. & Brightman, A. (2017). The development of empathic perspective-taking in an engineering ethics course. Journal of Engineering Education, 106((4), 534-563.

Experience

  • 2016-2019, Assistant Director, STEM Education Innovation & Research Institute, IUPUI
  • 2015, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
  • 2009, Project Management Co-op, OPUS West