Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering
Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering
Research and development interests include building research and innovation capabilities in engineering education; faculty and graduate student professional development; the role of cooperation in learning and design; problem formulation, modeling, and knowledge engineering; and project and knowledge management.
Smith, K.A. (2014). Teamwork and project management. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Smith, K.A. & Starfield, A.M. (2023). Reflections on modeling and teaching modeling. The Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics and Its Applications (UMAP), 44(2).
Smith, K.A. & Felder, R.M. (2023). Cooperative Learning in Engineering Education: The Story of an Ongoing Uphill Climb. In Robyn Gillies, Barbara Millis, and Neil Davidson, eds. Contemporary Global Perspectives on Cooperative Learning. New York: Routledge.
Streveler, R.A. & Smith, K.A. (2020). Opinion: Course Design in the Time of Coronavirus: Put on your Designer’s CAP. Advances in Engineering Education, Covid-19 Issue. [https://advances.asee.org/opinion-course-design-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-put-on-your-designers-cap/]
Pitterson, N., Allendoerfer, C., Streveler, R., Ortega-Alvarez, J., & Smith, K. (2020). The Importance of Community in Fostering Change: A Qualitative Case Study of the Rigorous Research in Engineering Education (RREE) Program. Studies in Engineering Education, 1(1), 20–37. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/see.7
Smith, K.A., Matusovich, H. & Zho, T.X.P. (2015). Constructive Controversy in Engineering Undergraduate, Masters, Doctorate, and Professional Settings. In A. Vollmer, M. Dick and T. Wehner (Eds.), Konstruktive Kontroverse in Organisationen: Konflikte bearbeiten, Entscheidungen treffen, Innovationen fördern. Springer Gabler DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-00263-3
Johnson, D.W., Johnson, R.T. & Smith, K.A. (2014). Cooperative Learning: Improving University Instruction By Basing Practice On Validated Theory – draft. In Davidson, N., Major, C., & Michaelsen, L. (Eds.). (2014). Small-group learning in higher education: Cooperative, collaborative, problem-based, and team-based learning. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 25(4). [http://celt.miamioh.edu/ject/fetch.php?id=594]
Chavela Guerra, R., Smith, K.A. McKenna, A.F., Swan, C., Korte, R., Jordan, S., Lande, M. and McNeal, R. (2014). Innovation Corps for Learning: Evidence-based Entrepreneurship™ to Improve (STEM) Education. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. [I-Corps-L WIP FIE 2014.pdf]
Moore, Tamara J. and Smith, Karl A. (2014). Advancing the State of the Art of STEM Integration. JSTEM Education – [Moore-SmithSTEMIntegrationJSTEMEd-15-1-2014]
Singer, Susan and Smith, Karl A. (2013). Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering. Guest Editorial. Journal of Engineering Education, 102 (4), 468-471. – [Singer-Smith-DBER-JEE-Oct_2013-jee20030.pdf]
Lichtenstein, G., Chen, H., Smith, K., & Maldonado, T. (2014). Retention and Persistence of Women and Minorities Along the Engineering Pathway in the United States. In A. Johri & B. Olds (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research (pp. 311-334). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139013451.021
Froyd, J.E., Wankat, P.C. & Smith, K.A. (2012). Five major shifts in 100 years of engineering education. Proceedings of the IEEE, 100, 1344-1360. [http://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2012.2190167]