Özkan, Desen

Desen Özkan

Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Email desen.ozkan@uconn.edu
Mailing Address Department of Chemical &
Biomolecular Engineering Engineering II, Room 204 191 Auditorium Road, Unit 3222 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-3222
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Brief Bio

Desen Özkan is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut. Her research focuses on sociotechnical engineering education and interdisciplinary energy education. In her research, Desen critically examines facets of engineering decision-making to generate expansive and contextual framings of concepts like risk, resilience, safety, and jobs based on qualitative studies across local contexts. At UConn, Desen is a founding faculty member of the Engineering Education Ph.D. program and teaches in the Engineering and Human Rights Initiative. Before joining UConn, she was a postdoctoral scholar at Tufts University, where she collaborated with the offshore wind research group to conduct sociotechnical analyses of existing and proposed projects.

source: https://cssn.org/scholar/desen-sevi-ozkan/

  1. Kleine, M. S., Zacharias, K., & Ozkan, D. S. Contextualization in engineering education: A scoping literature review. Journal of Engineering Education. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20570
  2. Patrick, A. Y., Wisnioski, M. H., McNair, L., Ozkan, D. S., Reeping, D., Martin, T. L., ... & Haines, C. E. (2023). In it for the Long Haul: The Groundwork of Interdisciplinary Culture Change in Engineering Education Reform. Engineering Studies, 1-24.  https://doi.org/10.1080/19378629.2023.2243608
  3. Ozkan, D. S. & Andrews, C. (2022). Perspectives of Seven Minoritized Students in a First-Year Course Redesign toward Sociotechnical Engineering Education presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. https://par.nsf.gov/biblio/10417936
  4. Hampton, C., Reeping, D., & Ozkan, D. S. (2021). Positionality Statements in Engineering Education Research: A Look at the Hand that Guides the Methodological Tools. Studies in Engineering Education, 1(2), 126–141. http://doi.org/10.21061/see.13
  5. Davis, K., Deters, J., Ozkan, D. S., Davis, J., & Murzi, H. (2022). Exploring the Process and Outcomes of Leading a Study Abroad Program Using Real-Time Perspectives. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 34(2), 351–381. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v34i2.654
  6. Ozkan, D. S., Davis, K. A., Davis, J. C.; James, M., Murzi, H., and Knight, D. B. (2020). Expectations and Experiences of Short-Term Study Abroad Leadership Teams. Journal of International Engineering Education: Vol. 2:1 in October 2020. https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/jiee/vol2/iss1/1
  7. Velez, A. L., Lewis, S. N., Thomas, R. C., & Ozkan, D. S. (2021). Learning Transdisciplinary Collaboration: Undergraduate Student Perceptions of Successes and Areas for Improvement in Transdisciplinary, Problem-Focused Honors Seminar Courses. Journal of Advanced Academics, https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1932202X211061121.
  8. Ozkan, D. S., McNair, L. D., & Bairaktarova, D. (2019). Teacher Learner, Learner Teacher: Parallels and Dissonance in an Interdisciplinary Design Education Minor. In IEEE Transactions on Education, Special Issue: Using Design Projects to Spur Cognitive Development of Students in Science and Engineering. http://doi.org/10.1109/TE.2019.2901781

Offshore Wind Energy Research:

  1. Dawson, A., Moynihan, B., & Ozkan, D. S. (2024, April). Op-Ed: Why America Needs Public Wind Power. Next City.https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/why-america-needs-public-wind-power
  2. Dawson, A., Moynihan, B., & Ozkan, D. S. (2024, March). Public Power Observatory Report: Why We Need Public Wind Power. https://publicpowerobservatory.org/reports/
  3. Ozkan, D. S., & Fried, S., & Rosenberg, B. J. (2023, June), Worker Safety in Offshore Wind as a Door for Sociotechnical Engineering Education Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland. 10.18260/1-2—42302
  4. Fried, S., Ozkan, D. S., Halldén, K., Moynihan, B., DeFrancisci, J., Kuchma, D., Bachant, C., Hines., E. (2022). Low-Carbon, Nature-Inclusive Concrete Gravity-Based Foundations for Offshore Wind Turbines. Tufts OSPRE Repository. https://dl.tufts.edu/concern/pdfs/pk02cr