Laura J. Hirshfield

Laura J. Hirshfield obtained her Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Purdue University, completing her dissertation on the development of and the automation and control of DAMPP. Upon graduating, she switched her focus to engineering education research, aiming to study the teaching and assessment of industry-relevant non-technical skills like open-ended problem solving and innovation. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher with a joint appointment in Olin College of Engineering and the University of Michigan’s Center for Research on Learning and Teaching in Engineering and will begin a faculty appointment at Rowan University in fall of 2016.