Department of Engineering Education

Maura Borrego

Maura Borrego

Assistant Professor
Graduate Program Director

610 McBryde Hall
(540)-231-9536
(540)-231-6903 FAX

Email

Curriculum Vitae

 

 


Office Hours Education Research Experience

Office Hours

Friday 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Education

Ph.D.
 Materials Science & Engineering Stanford University 2003
M.S. Materials Science & Engineering Stanford University 2000
B.S.
 Materials Science & Engineering University of Wisconsin, Madison 1998

Research

Title Program Start Date End Date Awarded Amount
Collaborative Research: Are Engineering Departments Adopting Engineering Education Innovations? A National Survey to Assess Contributing Factors ENGINEERING EDUCATION 1/1/2009 12/31/2009 $134,999.00
IDEAS - A STEM Scholarship Program (Co-PI) NSF S-STEM: SCHLR SCI TECH ENG&MATH 7/15/2008

6/20/2013
(Estimated)

 $600,000.00
CAREER: Interdisciplinary Graduate Education in Engineering NSF ENGINEERING EDUCATION 9/15/2006 8/31/2011 $525,412.00
Expanding Global Engineering Education Research Collaboration NSF CCLI - PHASE I (Exploratory) 3/15/2008 2/28/2010 $150,001.00
Preparing Engineering Students for the Challenges of Interdisciplinary Design Teams (Co-PI) NSF ENGINEERING EDUCATION 1/1/2008 12/31/2010 $500,000.00
Increasing the Engineering and Computer Science Graduates NSF STEM TALENT EXPANSN PGM (STEP) 12/1/2004 11/30/2009 $1,999,999.00
Building Interdisciplinary Collaboration Skills Through a Green Engineering Capstone Design Experience (Co-PI) NSF CCLI 1/1/2007 12/31/2008 $142,715.00
Building Connections Within the Engineering Education Research Community (Co-PI) NSF ENGINEERING EDUCATION 4/1/2007 12/1/2007 $128,691.00
Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Engineering: Assessing Learning Outcomes and Skills NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING 1/1/2007 12/31/2007 $20,000.00
SGER Accelerating Development of Engineering Education as a Discipline via Organized Dialogue (Co-PI) NSF ENGINEERING EDUCATION 1/1/2007 12/31/2007 $200,000.00
SGER: Facilitating Effective Communication in Interdisciplinary Design Teams (Co-PI) NSF ENGINEERING DESIGN 7/1/2006 6/31/2007 $100,000.00
 

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Teaching

Experience

Assistant Professor Department of Engineering Education, Virginia Tech Spring Semester 2005 - Present
Lecturer University of Southern California Fall Semester 2004

Recognitions

  • Virginia Tech College of Engineering Dean's Award for Excellence in Research, 2009
  • U.S Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) , 2008
  • Co-recipient of Frontier's in Education's 2008 Helen Plants Award for Best Special Session, 2008
  • NSF CAREER award to study interdisciplinary graduate engineering education, 2006
  • Outstanding New Assistant Professor, Engineering Dean’s Awards, Virginia Tech, 2007
  • Certificate of Teaching Excellence, Virginia Tech, 2007
  • New Faculty Fellow Award, National Academy of Engineering Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education, 2005
  • Engineering Dean’s List for Teaching, Spring 2005, Fall 2006, Fall 2007
    Graduate Student Gold Award, Materials Research Society, Spring 2001 Meeting, 2001

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Publications


Newswander, L.K. & Borrego, M. (2009). Engagement in Two IGERT Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs. Higher Education, 58(4), 551-562.

Borrego, M., Newswander, C.B.*, McNair, L.D., McGinnis, S., & Paretti, M.C. (2009). Using Concept Maps to Assess Interdisciplinary Integration of Green Engineering Knowledge. Advances in Engineering Education, 2(1), Winter 2009, 1-26

Borrego, M., Douglas, E. P., & Amelink, C. T. (2009). Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research Methods in Engineering Education. Journal of Engineering Education, 98(1), 53-66.

Jesiek, B. K., Newswander, L.K.*, & Borrego, M. (2009). Engineering Education Research: Field, Community, or Discipline? Journal of Engineering Education, 98(1), 39-52.

 

Borrego, M., Streveler, R. A., Miller, R. L., & Smith, K. A. (2008). A New Paradigm for a New Field: Communicating Representations of Engineering Education Research. Journal of Engineering Education, 97(2), 147-162.

Borrego, M., & Newswander, L. K. (2008). Characteristics of Successful Cross-disciplinary Engineering Education Collaborations. Journal of Engineering Education, 97(2), 123-134.

Borrego, M. and Creamer, E.G.(2007). “Factors Contributing to Difficulties Experienced and Satisfaction with Cross-disciplinary Collaboration: Sex, Disciplines, and Experience Level,” Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 13 (4) 353-376

Borrego, M. “Conceptual Hurdles Experienced by Engineering Faculty Becoming Engineering Education Researchers.” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 96 No. 2 (2007) pp. 91-102.

Borrego, M. “Development of Engineering Education as a Rigorous Discipline: A Study of the Publication Patterns of Four Coalitions.” Journal of Engineering Education. Vol. 96 No. 1 (2007) pp. 5-18.

 

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