Team
Current Students
Janice Higuera. Janice is pursuing her PhD in civil engineering with a focus in civil systems / construction engineering management. She is researching military service experiences.
Undergraduate students: Maya Leizerovich, Anvie Gowrishankar, Shane Gavney
Former Students
D.C. Beardmore (2023). Desi completed their PhD in civil engineering with an emphasis in Construction Engineering Management. Their research explored the experiences of graduate students with invisible dis/abilities. Desi was previously a graduate fellow working with the CU Engineering Goldshirt Program and a Graduate Part Time Instructor teaching GEEN 1400 First-Year Engineering Projects. Desi is currently the Goldshirt Program Manager for the BOLD Center of the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä College of Engineering and Applied Science.
Sabina earned her PhD in environmental engineering with an engineering education focus. Her dissertation research focused on the impacts of mentoring K12 students in STEM on the STEM identity of the mentors. At CU Sabina was a GK-12 fellow, Teaching Assistant in environmental engineering, editor for TeachEngineering, and a Chancellor's Fellow for STEM Education (2019/2020). She also explored the relationship of mentoring and identity on learning assistants (LA's), work in collaboration with Valerie Otero of CU's School of Education. Sabina was a postdoctoral fellow at Florida International University working at the STEM Transformation Institute from 2021-2023. Sabina is currently a Teach@Mines instructor and advisor at the Colorado School of Mines.
James earned his PhD in civil engineering with a civil systems / global engineering focus. His dissertation research focused on fecal sludge management in Cambodia, in collaboration with iDE. Co-advised by Amy Javernick-Will. James is currently an educator, engineer, and researcher at Noble Pursuits, program manager and lead engineer at EWB-USA, and an instructor at the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä.
Becky earned her PhD in civil engineering with a civil systems / engineering education research focus. Her dissertation studied leadership development in engineering students. She is the Assistant Director for the Idea Forge in the College of Engineering & Applied Science at the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä. More information
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Maddie earned her PhD in civil engineering with an environmental and engineering education focus. Her dissertation research focused on macroethics education. Maddie earned her BS in Environmental Engineering and MS in Civil Engineering at the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä. At CU she was involved in outreach projects in communities affected by oil and natural gas development, worked with community groups in Colorado and tribal students in North Dakota on citizen science projects relating to air and water quality monitoring. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Florida working with Prof. Denise Simmons from 2019-2021, followed by a EUTOPIA Science & Innovation Fellowship/Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND Fellow at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Dr. Polmear is currently a lecturer in Engineering Education at King's Collge London.
Evaluating Admission Practices as Potential Barriers to Creating Equitable Access to Undergraduate Engineering Education. Awarded the WEPAN Leader in Engineering Education Award from the Women in Engineering ProActive Network in 2020. Beth is currently the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness at the University of Colorado Denver. Previously, Beth was the Assistant Vice Provost for Student Success Initiatives (2019 - 2022) and the Director of Accreditation and Assessment in the College of Engineering & Applied Science (2016-2019), both at the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä.
Evolving Social Responsibility Understandings, Motivations, and Career Goals of Undergraduate Students Initially Pursuing Engineering Degrees. Currently: AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, US AID. Formerly: Lecturer, University of Maryland; Assistant Professor, Division of Engineering, Design, and Society, Colorado School of Mines.
Course Choice Opportunity and Technical Non-Technical Balance in Undergraduate Engineering Education. Marissa was also lead editor of the TeachEngineering Digital Library and an NSF GK=12 Fellow. Currently: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of San Diego.
Assessing engineering students’ understanding of personal and professional social responsibility. Currently: Senior Project Manager at Taylor Devices, Inc. Previous: Instructor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle University (2013-2017); Structural Engineer, CYS Structural Engineers, Sacramento CA (2017-2020).
Impacts of Project-Based Service-Learning on Attitudes towards Engineering in High School and First-Year Undergraduate Students. Current: Teaching Professor / Principal Instructor and Associate Director for the Integrated Design Engineering Program, College of Engineering & Applied Science, ²ÊÃñ±¦µä. Website
Todd Cort (2000) Lecturer in Sustainability; Faculty Director of Sustainability Program. School of Management, Yale University.