Associate Professor, Integrated Engineering
- PhD, Clemson University
- MS, Clemson University
- BS, Harvey Mudd College
Diana A. Chen, PhD, is one of the founding faculty members of Integrated Engineering at the University of San Diego. She earned her BS in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College, and MS and PhD in Civil Engineering from Clemson University. In collaboration with colleagues, Dr. Chen is designing a new engineering curriculum to educate changemakers who understand that engineering is an inherently socio-technical activity. Her passion is studying and encouraging culture change in engineering curricula and spaces to shift engineering to be a field more inclusive of diversity in all forms. She is the principal investigator of the National Science Foundation grant "Co-constructing Faculty Critical Consciousness", which is a faculty development program that examines the exclusionary aspects within engineering culture and how to combat systemic barriers that contribute to racial inequity. Her scholarly interests include engineering education that contextualizes engineering sciences and design, exploring engineering boundaries for inclusive pedagogy, and sustainability and bio-inspired design in the built environment.