Faculty Scholarship
​​Leading innovation at the University of San Diego's Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering.
Our community of faculty scholars engage in interdisciplinary research that focuses on real world problems and lays the groundwork for the innovations of tomorrow that can improve the lives and the livelihood of people around the world. Their research generates the knowledge and understanding needed for a better society, and it strengthens our teaching mission by enriching our students' learning experience in and out of the classroom.
We encourage you to further explore our featured undergraduate research work.
The ten featured or most recent scholarship is displayed for each faculty listed below.
Chen, Diana
Journal Articles
- With Chapman, M. A. and Mejia, J. A., "Balancing Complex Social and Technical Aspects of Design: Exposing Engineering Students to Homelessness Issues," Sustainability Special Issue: Innovative Practices in Engineering Education: Concept and Implementat, vol. 12, no. 15, p. 5917, 2020.
- With Hoople, G., Ledwith, N., Burlingame, E., Scott, G., and Bush, S., "Exploring Faculty and Student Conceptualizations of Engineering using an Online Card Sorting Platform," International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, vol. 10, no. 1, 2020.
- With Mejia, J. A. and Breslin, S. , "Navigating Equity Work in Engineering: Contradicting Messages Encountered by Minority Faculty," Digital Creativity: Hybrid Pedagogies, 2019.
- With Ross, B. and Klotz, L., "Parametric Analysis of a Spiraled Shell: Learning from Nature's Adaptable Structures," Designs, vol. 2, no. 4, p. 46, 2018.
- With Ross, B., Conejos, S., and Khademi, A., "Enabling Adaptable Buildings: Results of a Preliminary Expert Survey," Procedia Engineering, vol. 145, pp. 420-427, 2016.
- "Mathematically Characterizing Natural Systems for Adaptable, Biomimetic Design," Procedia Engineering, vol. 145, pp. 497-503, 2016.
- With Ross, B. and Klotz, L., "Lessons from a Coral Reef: Biomimicry for Structural Engineers," Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 141, no. 4, p. 2514002, 2015.
Conference Papers and Other Media
- With Mejia, J. A. and Chapman, M. A. , "Engineering as a challenging vocation: How students align personal values to the dominant engineering discourse. ." American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference. , Virtual, Montréal, Quebec, 2020.
- With Hoople, G. D., Mejia, J. A. , and Lord, S. M. , "Reimagining Energy Year 2: Integrating CSPs into Course Development. ." American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference. , Virtual, Montréal, Quebec, 2020.
- With *Nelson, M., Hoople, G.D., Mejia, J. A., and Lord, S. M. , "What is Energy? Examining Engineering Students’ Conceptions of Energy. ." American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference. , Virtual, Montréal, Quebec, 2020.
- With Lam, M. and Yin, Z. Y. , "City Intersections: Impact of City and Social Resources on Social Justice." Engineering Sustainability, Pittsburgh, PA, 2019.
- With Wodin-Schwarz, S., "Contextualizing Statics: Our Process and Examples." American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, 2019.
- With Przestrzelski, B. , "Let the Composites Speak: Using Statics to Critically Evaluate Gerrymandering." Frontiers in Education Conference, Cincinnati, OH, 2019.
- With Hoople, G. D., Mejia, J. A. , and Lord, S. M. , "Reimagining Energy Year 1: Identifying Non-Canonical Examples of Energy in Engineering." American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, 2019.
- With Lord, S. M., Mejia, J. A., and Hoople, G., "Special Session: Exploring Decolonization in Engineering Education." Frontiers in Education Conference, Cincinnati, OH, 2019.
- With Peters, M., Hoople, G. D., Mejia, J. A., and Lord, S. M. , "Vocation across the Curriculum: Challenging Students to Recognize their Values." American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, 2019.
- With Lord, S. M., Mejia, J. A. , Hoople, G.D., Dalrymple, O., Reddy, E., Prezestrzelski, B., and Choi-Fitzpatrick, A., "Creative Curricula for Changemaking Engineers." World Engineering Education Forum-Global Engineering Deans Council, Albuquerque, NM, 2018.
- With Hoople, G., Mejia, A., and Lord, S., "Drawing Connections Between Native Science and Engineering: A Search for Non-Canonical Contextualization." Research in Engineering Education Symposium, Cape Town, South Afr, 2018.
- With Hoople, G. D., Mejia, J. A. , and Lord, S. M. , "Reimagining Energy: Deconstructing Traditional Engineering Silos Using Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies." ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, 2018.
- With Mejia, J. A., Dalrymple, O. O., and Lord, S. M. , "Revealing the Invisible: Conversations about -Isms and Power Relations in Engineering Courses." ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, 2018.
- With Hoople, G. D., "Contextualizing a New General Engineering Curriculum in the Liberal Arts." ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, OH, 2017.
- With Ross, B. E. and Klotz, L. E., "Exploring Infrastructure Solutions through Bio-Inspired, Adaptable, Structural Art." ICSI Creating Infrastructure for a Sustainable World, , 2014, pp. 947-959.