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Renee Desing

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Assistant Teaching Professor
Mechanical Engineering

Pronouns: she/her/hers

  • desing@uw.edu |  
  • MEB 213

Education

  • Engineering Education, The Ohio State University, 2020
  • Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, Pennsylvania State University, 2012
  • Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009

Previous appointments

  • Postdoctoral Scholar, Oregon State University, 2023
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, The Ohio State University, 2020-2023
  • Managing Consultant, IBM, 2013-2017

Select publications

  1. Kramer, A., Leonard, A., Desing, R., & Dringenberg, E. (2024). Beliefs in engineering education research: A systematic scoping review for studying beliefs beyond the most popular constructs. Journal of Engineering Education, https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20583
  2. Gestson, S. L., Brown, S., Ahmed, A., Hurwitz, D., Bornasal, F., & Desing, R. M. (2024). Exploring the differences in hydraulic engineering problem-solving behavior between undergraduate students and engineering practitioners with multiple representations using eye-tracking techniques. Journal of Civil Engineering Education, 150(1).
  3. Desing, R. M., Shermadou, A. S., Nocera, T. M., Delaine, D. A., Atiq, S. Z., Ortiz-Rosario, A., Childers, R. C., & Lewis, R. S. (2023). Identifying supports and barriers in engineering students' processes toward career attainment. Biomedical Engineering Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43683-023-00119-1
  4. Desing, R. M., Clark, A. M., Kajfez, R. L., & Wallwey, C. (2023). WIP: Recommendations for early career faculty to engage in interdisciplinary STEAM collaborations. Paper presented at the 130th American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, MD.
  5. Desing, R. M., Sajadi, S., Alston, C. A., Damas, S. A., Torres, G., & Bowen, C. L. (2023). Work in progress: Developing methods from feminist standpoint perspective to analyze a panel discussion and promote enduring impact. Paper presented at the 130th American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, MD.
  6. Wallwey, C., Desing, R. M., & Kajfez, R. L. (2023). Work in progress: The benefits and challenges of faculty development through interdisciplinary public outreach. Paper presented at the 130th American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, MD. 
  7. Clement, E., & Desing, R. M. (2023). Navigating intersectional identities in civil engineering education and practice. Paper and poster presented at the 130th American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, MD.
  8. Martin, J. P., Desing, R., & Borrego, M. (2022). Positionality statements are just the tip of the iceberg: Moving towards a reflexive process [Editorial]. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 28(4), v-vii.
  9. Desing, R. M., Kajfez, R. L., Kecskemety, K. M., & Grzybowski, D. M. (2022). Intersections between entrepreneurial minded learning, identity, and motivation in engineering. International Journal of Engineering Education, 38(5A), 1389-1407.
  10. Delaine, D., Desing, R., Wang, L., Dringenberg, E., & Walther, J. (2021). Identifying and disrupting problematic implicit beliefs about engineering held by students in service-learning. International. Journal of Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship, 16(2), 14-38.
  11. Pelan, R. R., Desing, R., Kajfez, R. L., & Dyche, A. (2021). Mapping trajectories of researcher development with qualitative longitudinal analysis: An executive summary. Paper presented at American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Virtual.
  12. Clark, A., Desing, R., Wallwey, C., Kajfez, R. L., Mohammadi-Aragh, J., & Sassi, S. (2020). Tracking first-year engineering students’ identity metrics. International Journal of Engineering Education, 36(5), 1625–1639.
  13. Desing, R., & Kajfez, R. L. (2020). How to use Q methodology in engineering education research. Paper presented at American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. Virtual.

Honors & awards

  • Best Diversity Paper, American Society for Engineering Education, New Engineering Educators Division, 2023
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Civil Engineering Education, 2023
  • Best Paper, American Society for Engineering Education, Student Division, 2020