Heidi Diefes-Dux

Professor of Engineering Education Emphasis Area: Engineering Education Research University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Address: CHA 210
Lincoln NE 68583-0726
Phone: BSE Front Desk - 402-472-1413
Email: heidi.diefes-dux@unl.edu

Curriculum Vitae (CV):

Areas of Research and Professional Interest

Engineering education, specifically development, implementation, and assessment of authentic engineering activities (e.g. mathematical modeling, design) in undergraduate settings; translation of current technical research outputs to K-16 classroom settings; and learning objective based assessment strategies

Affiliation: Discipline-Based Education Research in the College of Engineering at UNL

PhD Degree Available: Unified PhD in Engineering, Specialization in Engineering Education Research

Education

B.S. in Food Science, Cornell University
M.S. in Food Science, Cornell University
Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering (Food Process Engineering), Purdue University

Research Profiles:

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Courses Taught

AGEN/BSEN 303 Introduction to Process Engineering
ENGR 824 Unique Concerns of Engineering Education
AGEN/BSEN 889 Graduate Seminar I
ENGR 891 Engineering Education Research Graduate Seminar I

Experience

Professor of Engineering Education and First-Year Engineering course instructor and curator at Purdue University, Fulbright-Colombia Specialist Grant, co-author of Models and Modeling in Engineering Education

ORCiD: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3635-1825

Selected Publications

Diefes-Dux, H. A., & Cruz Castro, L. M. (2022). Reflection types and students' viewing of feedback in a first-year engineering course using Standards-Based Grading. Journal of Engineering Education, 111(2), 283-307. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20452

Diefes-Dux, H. A. (2021). Discipline-based education research to advance authentic learning in agricultural and biological engineering. Transactions of the ASABE, 64(3), 987-995. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.14422 [Invited Frontier Paper]

Diefes-Dux, H. A. (2018). Student self-reported use of standards-based grading resources and feedback. European Journal of Engineering Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2018.1483896

Marbouti, F., Shafaat, A., Ulas, J., & Diefes-Dux, H. A. (2018). Relationship between time of class and students’ grades in an active learning course. Journal of Engineering Education, 107(3), 468-490. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20221

Kong, Y., Diefes-Dux, H. A., Douglas, K. A., & Madhavan, K. (2017). Size and scale framework and assessment for first-year engineering students. Journal of Engineering Education, 106(3), 431-453. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20172

Verleger, M. A., Rodgers, K, J., & Diefes-Dux, H. A. (2016). Selecting effective samples to train students for artifact peer review. Journal of Engineering Education, 105(4), 585-604. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20148 [Honorable Mention for the 2017 William Elgin Wickenden Award of ASEE]