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Education:

• BS Civil Engineering Iowa State University 1992
• MS Civil Engineering University of Washington 1994
• PhD Civil Engineering University of Washington 1996

Honors and Distinctions:

• Best DEI Paper from the First-Year Programs Division of the American Society for  Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Bielefeldt, A.R. 2024. “Neurodivergent and neurotypical students in a first-year engineering design course: identity, self-efficacy, and experiences.”18 pp.
• Best Diversity Paper from the Mechanical Engineering Division of the American Society  for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Bielefeldt, A.R., J. Tisdale. 2024. “Mechanical engineering sustainability curricular content and Bachelor’s degrees awarded to women.” 15 pp.  
• Best Paper from PIC III and the Engineering Leadership Development Division of the  American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Komarek, Bielefeldt, and Knight,  2022
• Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education,  2019
• University of Colorado President’s Teaching Scholar (lifetime guild appointment),  2019
• Best Paper Award from PIC IV and Engineering Ethics Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference for M. Polmear, A.R. Bielefeldt, D. Knight, N. Canney, C. Swan. 2018. “Faculty Perceptions of Challenges to Educating Engineering and Computing Students About Ethics and Societal Issues”
• Best Paper Award from the Women in Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference for: Forbes, M.H., J.F. Sullivan, A.R. Bielefeldt. 2018. “Probing Correlations Between Undergraduate Engineering Programs’ Customizability and Gender Diversity."
• Stephen Ressler Best Paper Award from the Civil Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2018
• Best Paper Award from PIC I, nominated from Civil Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Bielefeldt, A.R. 2017. “Challenges of a Professional Issues Course in Civil Engineering: Comparison Across Two Years.”
• Best Paper Award from First-Year Programs Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference for Bielefeldt, A.R., M. Polmear, D. Knight, C. Swan, N. Canney. 2017. “Incorporation of Ethics and Societal Impact Issues into First Year Engineering Courses: Results of a National Survey.”
• Outstanding Reviewer Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 2016
• Best Paper Finalist (among 3), 2016 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Benjamin Dasher Best Paper Award for Forbes, M., A. Bielefeldt, J. Sullivan. 2016. “Curricular Choice and Technical--Non-Technical Balance in Computer Science and Engineering Degree Programs”
• Best Paper Award from PIC IV and Engineering Ethics Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference for Bielefeldt, A.R., N.E. Canney. 2016. “Perspectives of Engineers on Ethical Dilemmas in the Workplace.”
• Best Paper Award from American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)      Annual Conference for Canney, N.E., A. Bielefeldt, M. Russu. 2015. “Which Courses Influence Engineering Students’ Views of Social Responsibility.”  Liberal Education / Engineering & Society Division, PIC III, and Best Overall Paper 2015
• Best Paper Award, Environmental Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference 2015 for Bielefeldt, A.R. 2015. “Sustainable, Global, Interdisciplinary and Concerned for Others? Trends in Environmental Engineering Students.”
• Professional Affiliations:
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Association of Environmental Engineering Scientists and Professors (AEESP)

Interests:

• Engineering education: sustainability, service learning, ethics, social responsibility, recruiting and retention, diversity
• Biodegradation and biotransformation of organic and inorganic pollutants in soil, water, and air
• Sustainable water and wastewater treatment for developing communities

Examples of Recent Publications (one asterisk are Bielefeldt-advised undergraduate students; two asterisks are Bielefeldt-advised graduate students):

• Tisdale, J.K.**, A.R. Bielefeldt. 2024. Instructors’ Perspectives on Enhancing Sustainability’s Diffusion into Mechanical Engineering Courses. Sustainability. 16 (1): 53. 15 pp.
   
• Tisdale, J.K.**, A.R. Bielefeldt. 2023. Sustainability in Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Courses at 100 Universities. ASME Open Journal of Engineering. 2: 021049, 10 pp.
   
• Komarek, R.**, A.R. Bielefeldt, D.W. Knight. 2021. Influences of Engineering Students’ College Experiences on Leadership Skill Assurance. International Journal of Engineering Education. 37 (5), 1454-1465.

• Komarek, R.**, A.R. Bielefeldt, D.W. Knight. 2021. Multirater Feedback of Leadership of Underrepresented Groups in a Civil Engineering Capstone Design Course. Journal of Civil Engineering Education. 147 (4), .

• Harper, J.**, A. Bielefeldt, A. Javernick-Will, K. Dickinson, T. Veasna, T. Kozole, C. Nicoletti. 2021. Household Preferences for Rural Fecal Sludge Management Services in Cambodia: A Discrete Choice Experiment. Environmental Science & Technology. .

• Bielefeldt, A.R., M. Polmear**, D. Knight, N. Canney, C. Swan. 2021. Educating engineers to work ethically with global marginalized communities. Environmental Engineering Science. 38 (5), 320-330. DOI 10.1089/ees.2020.0269.

• Polmear, M.**, A.R. Bielefeldt, D. Knight, C. Swan, N. Canney. 2020. Exploratory Investigation of Personal Influences on Educators’ Engagement in Engineering Ethics and Societal Impacts Instruction. Science and Engineering Ethics. 26 (6).

• Bielefeldt, A.R., J.W. Lewis*, M. Polmear**, D. Knight, N. Canney, C. Swan. 2020. Educating Civil Engineering Students about Ethics and Societal Impacts via Co-curricular Activities. Journal of Civil Engineering Education. 146 (4) DOI 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.2643-9115.0000021

• Canney, N. and A.R. Bielefeldt. 2020. Collegiate service engagement correlations with engineering job selection and satisfaction. International Journal of Service Learning in Engineering. 15 (1), 1-17.