2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Jessica Nhu Tran University of British Columbia [biography]

   Jessica Tran is an oncoming graduate student pursing a master’s degree in engineering education at the University of British Columbia (UBC). They are interested in exploring justice-oriented pedagogies and praxis, decolonization, and EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion) within engineering education spaces, particularly within K-12 STEM outreach.

2. Jessica Wolf University of British Columbia [biography]

   Jessica Wolf is a PhD student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UBC. Her research focuses on equity issues in engineering education, particularly looking at the impacts of engineering outreach programs on historically marginalized groups in STEM.

3. Shouka Farrokh University of British Columbia [biography]

   Shouka Farrokh is an undergraduate student pursuing Psychology at The University of British Columbia. She contributes as a research assistant in Engineering Education projects focusing on STEM Outreach initiatives.

4. Dr. Katherine Lyon University of British Columbia [biography]

   Katherine Lyon is Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Katherine's research merges sociology of education with the scholarship of teaching and learning, focusing on experiential pedagogies and inclusive assessment. She is the author of the textbook, COVID-19 and Society (2022, Oxford University Press). Katherine holds a Certificate on Curriculum and Pedagogy in Higher Education from the International Program for the Scholarship of Educational Leadership and is a recipient of the 2023 Outstanding Contribution to Teaching Award from the Canadian Sociological Association.

5. Dr. Robyn Newell University of British Columbia [biography]

   Dr. Robyn Newell is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the School of Biomedical Engineering at the University of British Columbia. Her teaching initiatives focus on developing experiential, problem-solving education in the Biomedical engineering space. She specializes in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering Design, and integrating teaching strategies that include accessible, experiential, student-driven learning and capstone-design programming. She has also been engaged in research exploring diversity, equity, and inclusivity in the field of engineering.

6. Dr. Jenna Felice Usprech University of British Columbia [biography]

   Dr. Jenna Usprech is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the School of Biomedical Engineering at the University of British Columbia. She is particularly passionate about student wellness, science communication, and classroom strategies that promote critical thought and retention of material. Dr. Usprech has worked to incorporate hands on cellular/tissue engineering design into the SBME undergraduate curriculum and teaches courses in professionalism and ethics, and engineering and design.

7. Prof. Karen C. Cheung University of British Columbia [biography]

   Karen Cheung received her B.S. and PhD. degrees in Bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley. She did her postdoctoral work in microtechnologies at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. She is a Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and the School of Biomedical Engineering at the University of British Columbia.

8. Dr. Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9736-119X University of British Columbia [biography]

   Dr. Agnes d’Entremont, P.Eng., is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UBC. Her work focuses on student learning and curriculum development in mechanical engineering. She teaches courses in mechanics, including orthopaedic biomechanics and injury biomechanics, and mechanical design, and teaches Arts and Commerce students about engineering. Her teaching-related interests include active learning, open educational resources (OER), and open pedagogy. She also focuses on student mental wellbeing and equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) issues in engineering education and the broader engineering profession.

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