2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Dr. Alexander R. Murphy http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8806-6378 University of Texas at Dallas [biography]

   I am currently an assistant professor at Florida Polytechnic University. Before this position, I held a Research Associate appointment at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). I was awarded an ASEE eFellows fellowship funded by NSF for the postdoctoral research position at UTD. I completed my Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in July of 2021 at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. In Spring of 2018, I was awarded an NSF GRFP fellowship in STEM Education and Learning Research. My research areas include engineering design theory, design methodology, design cognition, design education and engineering education. My research often involves human-subject studies with both quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques including experiment design, rubric development, inter-rater analysis, and semi-structured and structured interviews. My current research is focused on exploring how system representation affects engineering designer behavior, how trained facilitation impacts the design process, and how experience affects students’ approaches to CAD modeling.

2. Abigail Susan Whittle [biography]

   Abigail S. Whittle is an undergraduate research assistant in the mechanical engineering department at the University of Texas at Dallas pursuing a bachelor's of science in mechanical engineering. She began as a research assistant following her sophomore year. Her research interests include engineering design and methods to improve engineering education/curricula. During her undergraduate studies, Abigail has served as a representative for the student-athlete advisory committee and as a dance choreographer for the UTD Power Dancers.

3. Dr. Katherine Fu University of Wisconsin - Madison [biography]

   Dr. Kate Fu is the Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. From 2014 to 2021, she was an Assistant and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to these appointments, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). In May 2012, she completed her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. She received her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon in 2009, and her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University in 2007. Her work has focused on studying the engineering design process through cognitive studies, and extending those findings to the development of methods and tools to facilitate more effective and inspired design and innovation. Dr. Fu is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, the ASME Design Theory and Methodology Young Investigator Award, the ASME Atlanta Section 2015 Early Career Engineer of the Year Award, and was an Achievement Rewards For College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholar.

4. Dr. Julie S. Linsey Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems [biography]

   Dr. Julie S. Linsey is a Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technological. Her research focus is on design methods, theory, and engineering education with a particular focus on innovation and conceptual design.

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