Faculty Directory
Jennifer Cole

Associate Professor of Instruction

Assistant Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Associate Director of Northwestern Center for Engineering Education Research

Contact

2145 Sheridan Road
Tech E178
Evanston, IL 60208-3109

847-467-5712 Email Jennifer Cole

Departments

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Education

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL

B.S., University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Research Interests

Engineering education research; analytical and computational skills in capstone design; teamwork; social justice and anti-racism; inclusion

Selected Publications

Laura P. Ford, Janie Brennan, David L. Silverstein, Lucas J. Landherr, Christy W. West, Stephen W. Thiel, Kevin D. Dahm, Jennifer Cole, Marnie V. Jamieson, (2021, July), How We Teach: Kinetics and Reactor Design Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference, https://peer.asee.org/37261

Laura P. Ford, Janie Brennan, Jennifer Cole, Kevin D Dahm, Marnie V. Jamieson, Lucas J. Landherr, David L. Silverstein, Bruce K. Vaughen, Margot A. Vigeant, Steven W. Thiel, (2020, June), How We Teach: Chemical Engineering in the First Year Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference, https://peer.asee.org/34738

Cheryl A Bodnar, Arthur Felse, Karen A High, Jason M. Keith, Adrienne Minerick, Ann Saterbak, Jennifer Cole, “Diversity in Chemical Engineering Education: Status and Perspectives,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2015 Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, 2015.

Robert Linsenmeier, Jennifer Cole, and Matthew Glucksberg. (2014). Chapter 10: Some Cognitive Issues in Engineering Design. McDaniel, M., Frey, R., Fitzpatrick, S., and Roediger, H.L. (Eds.), Integrating Cognitive Science with Innovative Teaching in STEM Disciplines. [e-reader version] doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7936/K72Z13FZ

Jennifer Cole, Robert Linsenmeier, Timothy Miller, Matthew Glucksberg, “Using Instruction to Improve Mathematical Modeling in Capstone Design,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2012 Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2012.

Jennifer Cole, Robert Linsenmeier, Esteban Molina, Mathew Glucksberg, Ann F. McKenna, “Assessing Engineering Students’ Abilities at Generating and Using Mathematical Models in Capstone Design,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2011 Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2011.

Adam Carberry, Ann F. McKenna, Robert Linsenmeier, Jennifer Cole, “Exploring Senior Engineering Students’ Conceptions of Modeling,” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2011 Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2011.