
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- PhD University of Colorado Boulder
- MS University of Colorado Boulder
- BA Boston University
Marissa Forbes, PhD, is an assistant professor in mechanical engineering at the University of San Diego. Dr. Forbes earned her MS and PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder in Civil (environmental) Engineering. She conducts research in the fields of environmental engineering and engineering education.
Scholarly Work
- With Marissa Forbes, Susan M Lord, and Paulina Diaz-Montiel, "Celebrating and Leveraging Classroom Geographic and Cultural Diversity to Enhance Student Learning ," Education Sciences, 2024.
- With Melissa M Gibbons and Gordon Hoople, "Hands-on engineering design in an undergraduate thermodynamics learning context," International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 2024.

