Engineering Education Directory
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(765) 494-0209
Robin Adams
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
(765) 496-3267
Jeannete Aguilar
Senior Lecturer
Research: Modeling, control, and estimation of dynamic systems; Estimation and control of systems with friction phenomena
Brandon Allen
Research Assistant Professor
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Michele Bassett
Administrative Assistant
Edward Berger
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
(765) 496-0193
Gary Bertoline
Distinguished Professor of Engineering; Courtesy Faculty of Engineering Education
(765) 494-2552
Kyler Blowers
Assistant Professor of Practice, SOE
Advisor/Major Professor: Joyce Main and Matthew Ohland
Virginia Booth Womack
Graduate Student; also Director of the Minority Engineering Program
Advisor/Major Professor: Alice Pawley and
Stephanie Masta (Zywicki)
(765) 494-3974
Sean Brophy
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
(765) 496-3316
Susan Budreau
Senior Director of Development College of Engineering
(765) 494-5340
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Brenda Capobianco
Professor of Science Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction; Affiliated Faculty in Women's Studies; Courtesy Faculty of Engineering Education
(765) 494-9635
Jeffrey Chase
First-Year Engineering Academic Advisor
(765) 494-9713
Neha Choudhary
PhD Candidate
Advisor/Major Professor: Brent Jesiek and William Oakes
Research: Dissertation proposal - "International Service Learning Partnerships: Motivations, Exceptions and Outcomes"
Monica Cox
Adjunct Associate Professor
(614) 247-8953
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Kirsten Davis
Assistant Professor of Engineering Education
Research: Global engineering programs; Experiential learning; Systems thinking; Professional skills development
Jennifer DeBoer
Associate Professor of Engineering Education
Research: International engineering education; Education and economic development; Educational technology; Online learning; Quantitative research methods
(765) 496-0195
Anne Delion
Instructional Support Coordinator
Kerrie Douglas
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
(765) 494-6932
Nathalie Duval-Couetil
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
(765) 494-7068
Melissa Dyehouse
Research Associate Professor
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Sarah Ehrlich
First-Year Engineering Academic Advisor
(765) 494-9713
David Evenhouse
ENE Temporary Research
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Audeen Fentiman
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
(765) 494-7781
Elena Fine
First-Year Engineering Academic Advisor
(765) 494-9713
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Beatriz Galarza Tohen
Visiting Assistant Professor
Allison Godwin
Adjunct Associate Professor
S. Selcen Guzey
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
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Jacqueline Handley
Limited Term Lecturer
Cindey Hays
Administrative Assistant to the Head
(765) 494-3884
Justin Hess
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
Eric Holloway
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.
Angela Hoover
Instructional Support Coordinator
(765) 496-0892
Morgan Hynes
Associate Professor
Research: Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering
Humanistic Engineering
Pre-college Engineering Education
Engineering Design
Humanistic Engineering
Pre-college Engineering Education
Engineering Design
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Leah Jamieson
Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, John A. Edwardson Dean Emerita of Engineering; Courtesy Faculty of Engineering Education
(765) 494-3653
Anne Jarrard
Senior First-Year Engineering Academic Advisor
(765) 494-9713
Brent Jesiek
Professor
Research: Historical and social studies of engineering, engineering education, and computing; Global engineering education; Engineering ethics and social responsibility.
Isabel Jimenez-Useche
Assistant Head, First-Year Engineering Program
Research: How to better teach and learn engineering in multicultural educational environments
Beata Johnson
PhD Candidate
Advisor/Major Professor: Joyce Main
Research: Dissertation proposal - "The Influence of Engineering Students’ Extracurricular Involvement on Career Aspirations and Professional Development"
Lisa Jones
Senior First-Year Engineering Academic Advisor
(765) 494-9713
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Alison Kerr
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Juyeon Kluin
Research Associate
(765) 588-3603
Daniel Koehl
First-Year Engineering Academic Advisor
(765) 494-9713
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Russell Long
Managing Director, Midfield
Michael Loui
Adjunct Professor
Research: Motivation and persistence in engineering students; Identity development and affective outcomes; Ethics in engineering and computing
Robert Loweth
Visiting Assistant Professor
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Alejandra Magana Deleon
Professor of Engineering Education; University Faculty Scholar, Computer and Information Technology
Joyce Main
Associate Professor
Research: Student persistence and outcomes; advising and mentoring; women in science and engineering; global engineering; social stratification; higher education; education policy
(765) 496-6052
Stephanie Masta
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
Mac McFall
Senior Lecturer
Loretta McKinniss
Administrative Assistant
(765) 494-3331
Muhsin Menekse
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
Prudence Miller
Assistant Director, First-Year Engineering Academic Advising
Khairiyah Mohd Yusof
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
(765) 496-4303
Tamara Moore
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
(765) 496-9030
Jason Morphew
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.
Jeffrey Myers
Lead First-Year Engineering Academic Advisor
(765) 494-9713
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Nimota Nasiru
Graduate Student
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William Oakes
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
(765) 494-3892
Curt Oechsle
Director, First-Year Engineering Advising
(765) 494-9713
Matthew Ohland
Associate Head of Engineering Education; Dale and Suzi Gallagher Professor of Engineering Education
(765) 496-1316
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Katy Panozzo
Senior First-Year Engineering Academic Advisor
(765) 494-9713
Alice Pawley
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
(765) 496-1209
Christine Pekny
Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies and Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs Advisor
(765) 494-7422
Heather Perkins
Post Doctoral Research Assistant
Mary Pilotte
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.
Kory Pritchett
Instructional Support Coordinator
Senay Purzer
Associate Head of Graduate Programs; Professor of Engineering Education
Research: Design education and assessment at the intersection of critical thinking and creative thinking.
(765) 496-1684
Tina Putz
Graduate Program Manager
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David Radcliffe
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
(765) 494-3884
Dhinesh Radhakrishnan
Research Scientist
(765) 494-0126
(765) 494-7499
Donna Riley
Adjunct Professor
Fredy Rodriguez
ENE Temporary Research
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Jeanine Shannon
Communications Director
Amena Shermadou
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
Mandy Simms
First-Year Engineering Academic Advisor
(765) 494-9713
Karl Smith
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.
(612) 210-7915
Rena Sterrett
Senior Project Manager, Scale K-12
Brandon Stevens
Graduate Student
Ruth Streveler
Professor Emerita of Engineering Education
Research: How students learn engineering; Difficult concepts in science and engineering
Student misconceptions; Conducting rigorous research in engineering education
Syed Ahmad Helmi Syed Hassan
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
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Tracy Thoennes
First-Year Engineering Academic Advisor
(765) 494-9713
Nicole Towner
FYE Director of Operations
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Sharra Vostral
Associate Professor of History; Courtesy Faculty of Engineering Education
Research: Gender & Technology; Gender & medicine; Material Culture; 20th century US popular culture
(765) 494-4132
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Phillip Wankat
Clifton L. Lovell Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering and Professor Emeritus of Engineering Education
Research: Improving engineering education and separation processes.
(765) 494-0814
Ruth Wertz
Assistant Professor of Engineering Practice
Kathleen Wible
Continuing Term Lecturer
Lauren Wiley
Associate Instructional Support Coordinator
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Mohamad Zbib
Associate Professor of Engineering Practice
(765) 496-9606
Tasha Zephirin
PhD Candidate
Advisor/Major Professor: Brent Jesiek
Research: "A role of a cultural engineering organization in the engineering education experience: A case study"
Carla Zoltowski
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
(765) 494-2382