Robin Adams
Professor of Engineering Education; Director of Engineering Education Undergraduate Degree Programs
Mailing Addresses
PURDUE UNIVERSITYARMSTRONG HALL
701 WEST STADIUM AVENUE
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN 47907-2045
Office:
ARMS ARMS 1339; Research Lab WANG 3569
Phone:
(765) 496-3267
Fax:
(765) 494-5819
Email:
rsadams@purdue.edu
Biography
The recipient of a 2008 NSF Career Award, a Design Studies best paper award (2003), and the Journal of Engineering Education's Wickenden Award for best paper (2007), Dr. Robin S. Adams is a national leader in researching interdisciplinary thinking and design learning, in connecting research and practice, and in building research capacity in engineering education. She leads the Institute for Scholarship on Engineering Education as part of the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education and was an invited participant at the 2010 Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium.
Education
Ph.D., Education, Leadership, and Policy Studies, University of Washington
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University
Research Interests
Investigation of engineering practice: (1) cross-disciplinary ways of thinking, acting, and being; (2) design knowing and learning; and (3) the everyday nature of engineering thinking (at home, in school, at work). Creating "systems" bridges between education research and the practice of engineering education: (1) cross-disciplinary communities; (2) research-based instructional resources; and (3) translating research methods into pedagogical methods
Selected Publications
Adams, R. S., Turns, J. & Atman, C. J. (2003). Educating effective engineering designers: The role of reflective practice.” Design Studies, 24(3), pp. 275-294. [Design Studies best paper]
Atman, C.J., Adams, R.S., Mosborg, S., Cardella, M. E., Turns, J. & Saleem, J. (2007). Engineering design processes: A comparison of students and expert practitioners.” Journal of Engineering Education, 96(4), pp. 359-379. [JEE Wickenden award]
Atman, C.J., Adams, R.S., Mosborg, S., Cardella, M. E., Turns, J. & Saleem, J. (2007). Engineering design processes: A comparison of students and expert practitioners.” Journal of Engineering Education, 96(4), pp. 359-379. [JEE Wickenden award]
Awards & Honors
- American Society of Engineering Education, Member
- International Society of the Learning Sciences, Member
- American Society of Higher Education, Member
- American Education Research Association, Member
- Society of Women Engineers, Member
- Design Studies, Best Paper of the Year, 2003