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Engineering Education

Bottomley Engineering Education Research Lab

We have several active projects covering different areas of engineering education. Please check out the details below!

* Tracing individual concept flow through a departmental curriculum
* Faculty perceptions of Engineering Education departments
* The use of alternative assessments in technical classes
* Evaluating critical thinking, curiosity, and growth mindset of first year engineering students
* What does AI literacy look like for engineering students?
* How do we maintain critical thinking skills in the classroom in the new AI world?

Publications in the last five years:
2026
Wang, P., Williams, C. M., & Bottomley, L. (2026). Strategies for Managing and Engaging Students in Large Enrollment Engineering Courses. 2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
— Teaching practices and course design.
Wang, P., Bottomley, L., Sanap, M., & Lobaton, E. (2026). From Sensors to AI: A Faculty View of a Project-Based Wearable Course in ECE. 2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
Atif, E., & Bottomley, L. (2026). WIP: Tracking Conceptual Growth and Misconceptions to Inform Instruction—A Pre/Post Study in Signals and Systems. 2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
Thomas, K. M., Perera, G. N., Bottomley, L., & Chen, K. B. (2026). State of Engineering Education Departments (SEED): Perceptions of Engineering Education Departments Across Different College Ecosystems. 2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
2025
Perera, G. N., Chen, K. B., Bottomley, L., Kulasingam, R., Fang, E. H., & Ivy, J. (2025). Study Design and Assessment Framework for Testing Augmented Reality Tools in Engineering Education. 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. DOI: 10.18260/1-2--57157.
Bottomley, L., & Granger, L. (2025). Hidden Trends in Data on Women in STEM. 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. DOI: 10.18260/1-2--56689.
2024
Granger, L., Parker, W. B., & Bottomley, L. (2024). Work-in-Progress: Introduction of a Computational TA Role to Support Undergraduate Training in Computational Thinking Strategies for Chemical Engineering Applications. 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. DOI: 10.18260/1-2--48547.
Bottomley, L. (2024). Toward a Theoretical Model of a Successful Women and Minority Engineering Program (work in progress). 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. DOI: 10.18260/1-2--48160.
2023
Bottomley, L., Bauerle, C., Torres-Gerald, L. E., & Hall, C. (2023). Using a Framework to Define Ways of Integrating Ethics across the Curriculum in Engineering. 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. DOI: 10.18260/1-2--44560.
Bottomley, L., & Pender, K. (2023). Do Short-Term Diversity Trainings Have Lasting Effects? 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. DOI: 10.18260/1-2--43194.
Bug, L., & Bottomley, L. (2023). Designing Professional Development to Fit Your Audience. 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
2021
Bottomley, L., Emery, C. R., & Chapman, V. S. (2021). Creating a Bridge to Sisterhood. 2021 CoNECD. DOI: 10.18260/1-2--36076.
Bottomley, L., Daniel, A., & Pender, K. (2021). The Effect of a Deliberately Merged Program for Women and Minorities in Engineering. 2021 CoNECD. DOI: 10.18260/1-2--36128.
Bottomley, L. (2021). A New Change Model for Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Groups in STEM. 2021 CoNECD. DOI: 10.18260/1-2--36062.