2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Natalie Ban
2. Lordina Odeibea Mensah
3. Matthew Whitwer http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1746-8307 University of Kentucky [biography]

   Matthew Whitwer is a third year PhD student in the department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Kentucky. He completed his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering at West Virginia University in 2020.

4. Lucy Elizabeth Hargis [biography]

   Lucy Hargis is a senior psychology major at the University of Kentucky. She is a research assistant in the P20 Motivation and Learning Lab, which conducts research related to the psychological aspects of teaching and learning.

5. Ms. Courtney Janaye Wright University of Kentucky [biography]

   Courtney Wright is a Counseling Psychology PhD student. She has a BA in Applied Psychology and Human Development and MA in Mental Health Counseling from Boston College. Courtney is the Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Sarah Wilson's NSF funded research team.

6. Dr. Joseph H Hammer [biography]

   Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology

7. Dr. Sarah A. Wilson University of Kentucky [biography]

   Dr. Sarah Wilson is an Assistant Professor in Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Kentucky. She is the director of the Wilson Research Group, where she works to understand and improve mental health in engineering. In this way, she defines mental health as not just the absence of mental illness but a mental state in which engineers can effectively cope with stress, realize their potential, and contribute to society. She is particularly interested in developing and implementing interventions to improve mental health related help seeking in undergraduate engineering students. Sarah graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rowan University and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts. She began her academic career as teaching faculty in Chemical Engineering at the University of Kentucky. As an educator, Sarah works to integrate non-cognitive skills such as creativity, social and emotional intelligence, and communication into her courses. Her experience as a teaching faculty member led her to the development of her research in student mental health, resulting in her transition from teaching faculty to assistant professor with research in engineering education in 2021. She has also co-developed and implemented a workshop on supporting undergraduate student mental health, which has been offered to engineering faculty nationally.

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