Desen Özkan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6848705 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Desen Özkan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Desen |
| FAMILY NAME | Özkan |
| SIGNATURE | ÖZKAN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1996-7719 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Sociotechnical Judgment in Engineering Education
Engineering education often emphasizes technical competencies while underemphasizing and devaluing the social, ethical, and political contexts of engineering systems. This gap is particularly pronounced in middle-year courses, where students develop technical fluency but rarely confront the sociotechnical complexity of real-world problems. We propose sociotechnical judgment as a framework to help students see the intimately intertwining nature of…
Engaging the Complexities of Energy Transitions
Discourses of energy and energy transition have become increasingly prevalent in informal and formal learning spaces. Energy transitions differ across regions, contexts, and technologies. The contextual nature of energy is an opportunity for a sociotechnical approach to its study. Energy transition is not one big change effort but instead is made up of countless decision points negotiated by and through geography, technology, culture, as well as …
Sociotechnical curricular approaches for a culture of engagement in engineering
In it for the Long Haul
How do STS scholars and engineering educators work together over an extended period to make change? In 2015, the National Science Foundation created the Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) initiative to address persistent challenges in engineering education. A distinguishing feature of RED was its focus on culture change via interdisciplinary teams that brought social scientists and engineering education researchers into long-term depar…
Exploring the Process and Outcomes of Leading a Study Abroad Program Using Real-Time Perspectives
A study abroad program can be a transformative experience for students, but these programs rely on the support of program leaders who play a crucial mentoring role. Program leaders can also learn from their experiences abroad, but their experiences are less studied than those of students. To better prepare future program leaders, this paper describes the experiences of program leaders during a two-week study abroad program. We introduce a novel d…
Teacher Learner, Learner Teacher
Contribution: This paper analyzes reflective thinking within organizational structures in higher education and draws parallels between the challenges faced by educators developing interdisciplinary courses and their students working in ill-structured projects. Background: Interdisciplinarity as a learning goal is prevalent across engineering education literature. However, without organizational support structures to guide faculty members in devel…
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Teacher Learner, Learner Teacher
Contribution: This paper analyzes reflective thinking within organizational structures in higher education and draws parallels between the challenges faced by educators developing interdisciplinary courses and their students working in ill-structured projects. Background: Interdisciplinarity as a learning goal is prevalent across engineering education literature. However, without organizational support structures to guide faculty members in devel…
Exploring the Process and Outcomes of Leading a Study Abroad Program Using Real-Time Perspectives
A study abroad program can be a transformative experience for students, but these programs rely on the support of program leaders who play a crucial mentoring role. Program leaders can also learn from their experiences abroad, but their experiences are less studied than those of students. To better prepare future program leaders, this paper describes the experiences of program leaders during a two-week study abroad program. We introduce a novel d…
In it for the Long Haul
How do STS scholars and engineering educators work together over an extended period to make change? In 2015, the National Science Foundation created the Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED) initiative to address persistent challenges in engineering education. A distinguishing feature of RED was its focus on culture change via interdisciplinary teams that brought social scientists and engineering education researchers into long-term depar…
Sociotechnical curricular approaches for a culture of engagement in engineering
Sociotechnical Judgment in Engineering Education
Engineering education often emphasizes technical competencies while underemphasizing and devaluing the social, ethical, and political contexts of engineering systems. This gap is particularly pronounced in middle-year courses, where students develop technical fluency but rarely confront the sociotechnical complexity of real-world problems. We propose sociotechnical judgment as a framework to help students see the intimately intertwining nature of…
Engaging the Complexities of Energy Transitions
Discourses of energy and energy transition have become increasingly prevalent in informal and formal learning spaces. Energy transitions differ across regions, contexts, and technologies. The contextual nature of energy is an opportunity for a sociotechnical approach to its study. Energy transition is not one big change effort but instead is made up of countless decision points negotiated by and through geography, technology, culture, as well as …
Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration (4 works) · Career Development and Diversity (3 works) · Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (3 works) · Sociotechnical system (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Engineering education (2 works) · Engineering ethics (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Art (1 work)