First-Year Faculty
Eleven professors specialize in teaching first year engineering courses to help new students meet the challenges of the first year.
r.whalen@northeastern.edu
Engineering Education, Evidence-Based Teaching, Pedagogy, Assessment, Thermo-fluids Engineering, Microscale Heat Transfer, Numerical Modeling of Laser Welding of Plastics, Thermal Effects in Nonlinear Optical Material
k.schulte@northeastern.edu
Service-learning in engineering, first year engineering success, sustainable urban design; alternative energy sources; green roof technology; soil-liquid infiltration physics
Engineering education; decision making; engineering design process, especially novice engineers; social implications of and within engineering
sfreeman@coe.northeastern.edu
j.hertz@northeastern.edu
l.keyvani@northeastern.edu
Resilience Engineering, Engineering Education, Evidence-Based Teaching, Pedagogy, Progressive Collapse
mahes@coe.northeastern.edu
Current Research: Experiential Engineering Education via Innovation and Invention. Focus on the Technical Design, Energy System, and Medical Engineering (MedEng) Design Innovations via Prototyping and Proof of Concept. Past Research: High-Temperature Superconductors, Two-Dimensional Electron Gas, and Engineering Physics Education.
Empathy in engineering, design education, character education, community engagement and multimedia learning
m.burns@northeastern.edu
