Molly Hathaway Goldstein

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Education

• Ph.D., Engineering Education, Purdue University, 2018
• M.S., Systems & Entrepreneurial Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2006
• B.S., General Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2004

Academic Positions

• Affiliate (0%), Siebel Center for Design (2023-Present)
• Courtesy (0%) appointment, School of Art & Design (2023-Present)
• Courtesy (0%) appointment, Mechanical Science and Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, (2021-Present)
• Courtesy (0%) appointment, Curriculum & Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, (2021-Present)
• Teaching Associate Professor, Product Design Lab Director, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois (August 2025-Present)
• Teaching Assistant Professor, Product Design Lab Director, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, (August 2019-August 2025)

Research Interests

• Design & Engineering Education
• Trade-offs & Design Decision-making
• Creating “systems” bridges between education research and the practice of engineering education
• Engineering identity development

Books Authored or Co-Authored (Revisions)

• Leake, J. Goldstein, M. H., & Borgerson, J. Engineering design graphics: sketching, modeling, and visualization. J Wiley & Sons. Third Edition. (2022).

Chapters in Books

• Schimpf, C., Agarwal, J., Goldstein, M.H. (In Press). Rescaling the boundaries: Re-envisioning Data Visualizations as Designed Objects to Support Descriptive, Exploratory, and Generative Insights. In A. Johri (Ed.), International Handbook of Engineering Education Research Methods.
• Mercier, E., Goldstein, M. H., Baligar, P., Rajarathinam, R. (2023). Collaborative Learning in Engineering Education. In A. Johri (Ed.), International Handbook of Engineering Education Research (IHEER), Routledge.
• Adams, R. S., Aleong, R., Goldstein, M. H., Solis, F. (2017). Problem Structuring as Co-Inquiry. In: Christensen, B. T., Ball, L. J. & Halskov, K. (eds.) Analysing Design Thinking: Studies of Cross-Cultural Co-Creation. Leiden: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis.
• Adams, R.S., Goldstein, M.H., Purzer, Ş., Chao, J., Xie, C., Nourian, S. (2017). Traversing the barriers to using big data in understanding how high school students design. In J.S. Gero (Ed.), Design computing and cognition 16 (pp. 1-19) Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

Selected Articles in Journals

• Schimpf, C., Fila, N., Hess, J., Sanders, E., Godwin, A., Dodson, K., Goldstein, M., Sleezer, R. (2024) A Collaborative Inquiry into Tensions between Empathy and Engineering Design. International Journal of Engineering Education, 40(6), 1-16.
• Woodard, B., Goldstein, M. H., Ziang, X., Li, T. (In Press). An Online Approach to Spatial Visualization Assessment and Training. The Engineering Design Graphics Journal.
• Schimpf, C., Castellani, R., Goldstein, M. H. (2024). Uncovering Pre-college Students Reflection Strategies for Solving Complex Engineering Design Problems. International Journal of Technology and Design Education. 10.1007/s10798-024-09930-5
• Barnaby-Brown, A. & Goldstein, M. H. Clay, J., Demirel, H. O., Li, Xi., Sha, Z. (2024). A study on generative design reasoning and students’ divergent and convergent thinking. Journal of Mechanical Design, 146(3): 031405.
• Demirel, H. O., Goldstein, M. H., Li, X., & Sha, Z. (2024). Human-Centered Generative Design Framework: An Early Design Framework to Support Concept Creation and Evaluation. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 40(4), 933–944.
• Tucker, T., Goldstein, M. H., Mercier, E. (2023). Understanding the impact of task products on groups’ collaborative interaction during a dissection task. Studies in Engineering Education, 4(2), 1–21.
• Sanders, E. Goldstein, M. H., Hess, J. (2023). Instructional characteristics that promote and inhibit more comprehensive ways of experiencing human-centered design. International Journal of Technology and Design Education.
• Hale-Lopez, Goldstein, M. H., Wooldridge, A. R. (2023). Sociotechnical System Design to Support Disaster Intervention Development Teams. Applied Eronomics, 108.
• Schimpf, C., Goldstein, M. H. (2022). Large Data for Design Research (LaDDR): An educational technology framework for studying design activity using a big data approach. Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology. 2:971410. doi: 10.3389/fmtec.2022.971410
• Goldstein, M. H., Froiland, J. M., Xiao, Z., Woodard, B. Li, T., Philpott, M. (2021). Online Visual-Spatial Training Increases Visual-Spatial Ability and Growth Mindset. International Journal of Engineering Education, 37(6), pp. 1674-1682.
• Goldstein, M. H., Adams, R. S. & Purzer, Ş., (2021) .Understanding informed design through trade-off decisions with an empirically-based protocol for students and design educators. Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 11(2), pp. 1-17.
• King WP, Amos J, Azer M, Baker D, Bashir R, Best C, Goldstein, M. H., et al. (2020). Emergency ventilator for COVID-19. PLoS ONE 15(12): e0244963. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0244963
• Aleong, R. Goldstein, M. H., (2020). Balancing curriculum design trade-offs for larger learning goals: An empirical study. International Journal of Engineering Education, 36(2), pp. 556-567.
• Adams, R. S., Aleong, R., Goldstein, M. H., Solis, F. (2018). Rendering a problem frame as an unfolding co-inquiry process. Design Studies, 57, pp. 37-74.
• Goldstein, M. H., Purzer, Ş., Adams, R. S., Chao, J. & Xie, C. (2018). The relationship between design reflectivity and conceptions of informed design among high school students. European Journal of Engineering Education, 44(1-2), pp. 123-136.
• Goldstein, M. H., Omar, S., Purzer, Ş., Adams, R. S., (2018). Comparing Two Approaches to Engineering Design in the 7th Grade Science Classroom. International Journal of Engineering, Mathematics, Science, and Technology, 6(4).
• Goldstein, M. H., Adams, R. S. Purzer, Ş., (2018). Investigating middle-school students’ conceptions of trade-off conceptions in design. International Journal of Engineering Education, 34(2B). pp. 609–618.
• Goldstein, M. H., Loy, B., Purzer, Ş. (2017). Building energy-efficient homes with Energy3D: Learning engineering design. NSTA Science Scope (September 2017 Special Issue: STEM Integration)
• Chao, J., Xie, C., Nourian, S., Chen, G., Bailey, S., Goldstein, M. H., Purzer, Ş., Adams, R. S., Tutwiler, M.S. (2017). Bridging the Design Science Gap with Tools: Science Learning and Design Behaviors in a Simulated Environment for Engineering Design. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 54(8), pp. 1049-1096.
• Vieria C., Goldstein, M. H., Purzer, Ş., Magana, A. (2016). Using learning analytics to characterize student experimentation strategies in engineering design. Journal of Learning Analytics, 3(3), pp. 291-317.
• Vieria C., Goldstein, M. H., Aguas, R., Purzer, Ş., Magana, A. (2016). Assessing the Impact of an Engineering Design Workshop on the Design Competencies of Colombian Engineering Undergraduate Students. International Journal of Engineering Education. 32,(5A), pp. 1972–1983.
• Purzer, S., Goldstein, M. H., Adams, R. S., Xie, C. Nourian, S. (2015). An exploratory study of informed engineering design behaviors associated with scientific explanations. International Journal of STEM Education, 2(9), 1-12.

Articles in Conference Proceedings

• Katz, J., Cassin, C. S., & Goldstein, M. H. (Accepted). Building Teacher Self-Efficacy Through Practice-Based Professional Development in Microelectronics Education. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2026, Charlotte, NC.
• Loarte, A. J., Katz, J. E., Rodriguez, E., Straub, S., Goldstein, M. H., Pool, M., & Dietrich, S. (Accepted). Designing for precision: Modeling radiation therapy with robotics and sensors (Resource Exchange). In 2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
• Katz, J. E., Cassin, C. S., & Goldstein, M. H. (2026, April). Building Teacher Confidence in Microelectronics Through a Community of Practice. Poster Presented at ISE Student Conference, University of Illinois.
• Katz, J. E., Cassin, C. S., & Goldstein, M. H. (2026, March). Building Teacher Confidence in Microelectronics Through a Community of Practice. Poster Presented at University of Illinois Graduate Student Conference (GSC).
• Kiesel, T. J., Katz, J. E., & Goldstein, M. H. (2025, October). Guardians of the GRID: A cybersecurity-focused microelectronics curriculum. Presented at the Illinois Technology Education Conference (ITEC) hosted by Illinois State University.
• Ignacio, E. J., Goldstein, M. H., Woodard, B., Dougherty, H., Katz, J. E., & Gindorf, J. (2024, November). Analyzing the Benefits of Short-Term Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs on Students and Instructors. Presented at the Annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education (ACIEE) at Texas A&M.
• Berdanier, CGP., Wagh, V., Lepe, M., Currie, S., Buswell, N., Menold, J., Goldstein, M., Lauff, C. (2025). Benchmarking usage of quality indicators in qualitative, human subjects design theory and methods research. 2025 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE).
• Katz, J., Dougherty, H., Ignacio, EJ, Goldstein, M. H., Woodard, B. (2025). Impact of International Short-Term Faculty-Led Programs on Pedagogical Techniques in Engineering. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2025, Montreal, Canada.
• Blas, V., Katz, K., Goldstein, M. H., Moore, T., Strimel, G., Guzey, S., Hynes, M. (2025) Discourse of Middle School Girls in Collaborative Microelectronics Lessons. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2025, Montreal, Canada.
• Moore, T. J., Guzey, S. S., Strimel, G. J., Hynes, M. M., Douglas, K. A., Goldstein, M. H., ... & Sterrett, R. A. (2025, June). Pre-College Microelectronics Curriculum Units Developed Using an Integrated Microelectronics Framework (Resource Exchange). In 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.

Refereed Conference Papers and Presentations

• Katz, J., Dougherty, H., Ignacio, EJ, Goldstein, M. H., Woodard, B. (2025). Impact of International Short-Term Faculty-Led Programs on Pedagogical Techniques in Engineering. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2025, Montreal, Canada.
• Blas, V., Katz, K., Goldstein, M. H., Moore, T., Strimel, G., Guzey, S., Hynes, M. (2025) Discourse of Middle School Girls in Collaborative Microelectronics Lessons. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2025, Montreal, Canada.
• Berdanier, CGP., Wagh, V., Lepe, M., Currie, S., Buswell, N., Menold, J., Goldstein, M., Lauff, C. (2025). Benchmarking usage of quality indicators in qualitative, human subjects design theory and methods research. 2025 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE).

Teaching Honors

• Student Impact Award honorable mention (This award recognizes faculty and staff who have been mentioned between five and nine times in the 2024-2025 Chancellor’s Senior Survey) (2026)
• Teachers Ranked as Excellent, University of Illinois, (SE298 Phygital Design) (2025)
• Teachers Ranked as Excellent, University of Illinois, (ENG177 Engineering Grand Challenges) (2024)
• Honorary Knight of St. Patrick, Grainger College of Engineering (2024)
• Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence, Grainger College of Engineering (2024)
• Collins Award for Innovative Teaching, Grainger College of Engineering (2023)
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students, University of Illinois (SE101) (Fall 2023)
• Engineering Council Outstanding Advisor, Top 10% of College (2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2026 )
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students, University of Illinois (SE402) (Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023)
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students, University of Illinois (SE598) (Fall 2022, Spring 2025)
• ISE Department Head Teaching Award (2022)
• Grainger Engineering COVID-19 Wall of Recognition in Engineering for Teaching (2021)

Research Honors

• Grainger Engineering COVID-19 Wall of Recognition in Engineering for COVID-19 Related Research (2021)

Public Service Honors

• Central Illinois Business Forty under 40 (2021)

Other Honors

• Engineering Innovation Fellow (EIF), Grainger College of Engineering (2020-2023)