Matthew Ohland

Biography

I am the Dale and Suzi Gallagher Professor and Associate Head of Engineering Education at Purdue University. I am Director of Engineering Workforce Development (EWD) for the Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification (ASPIRE) Engineering Research Center. The EWD team works closely with the Diversity and Culture of Inclusion team to advance diversity, build an inclusive center, create pathways to success for diverse STEM students, and pursue a sustainable and equitable transportation future. I Co-Direct the National Effective Teaching Institute (NETI) with Susan Lord and Michael Prince. Along with my collaborators, I have been recognized for my work on longitudinal studies of engineering students with the William Elgin Wickenden Award for the best paper published in the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008, 2011, and 2019. I have also been recognized for the best paper in IEEE Transactions on Education in 2011 and 2015, multiple conference Best Paper awards, and the Betty Vetter Award for Research from the Women in Engineering Proactive Network. The CATME Team Tools developed under my leadership have been used by over 1.9 million students of more than 23,000 faculty at more than 2500 institutions in 88 countries, and the system and related research have been recognized with the 2009 Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware and the Maryellen Weimer Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning Award in 2013. I received the Chester F. Carlson Award for Innovation in Engineering Education from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) for my leadership of that project. I am a Fellow of ASEE, IEEE, and AAAS. I’ve received teaching awards at Clemson and Purdue. I volunteer as an ABET Program Evaluator and will be serving on the Engineering Accreditation Commission for ASEE. I earned a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida, M.S. degrees in Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a B.S. in Engineering and a B.A. in Religion from Swarthmore College, and I have previously served as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Education and the 2002–2006 President of Tau Beta Pi.