Agnes d’Entremont

Professor of Teaching and Associate Dean Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) pro tem of the Faculty of Applied Science

B.Eng. (McGill), M.A.Sc. (UBC), Ph.D. (UBC), P.Eng., FCEEA, Member ASEE

Selected Awards

• BCcampus‘ September award for Excellence in Open Education, 2021.
• Outstanding New Mechanical Engineering Educator, American Society for Engineering Education, 2020.
• Killam Teaching Prize, 2020.

Teaching Activities

• MECH 221 – Engineering Science I (Dynamics)
• MECH 305/306 – Data Analysis and Mechanical Engineering Laboratories
• APSC 366 – The Art of the Possible: An Introduction to Engineering for Non-Engineers
• MECH 435/535 – Orthopaedic Biomechanics
• MECH 436/536 – Fundamentals of Injury Biomechanics

Teaching Interests

• Biomechanics
• Experiential and team-based learning
• Team teaching and cross-disciplinary teaching
• Open pedagogy

Educational Leadership/Research Interests

• Open educational resources development and scholarship
• Open online homework development and usage
• Impacts on the decision to enter engineering or specific disciplines
• Impact of STEM outreach initiatives
• Equity, diversity, and inclusion

Open Educational Resources (co-author and/or project lead)

• Mechanics Map
• Fundamentals of Injury Biomechanics
• Mechanics WeBWork Problems
• Mechanics Problem Open Images

Selected Publications

• L Al-Salehi, AG d’Entremont, T Yli-Renko. Instructor Perceptions and Reported Practices Around Informal Peer Collaboration on Homework Among Engineering Students. In press for European Journal of Engineering Education, March 2024.
• S Farrokh, M Evelyn-Piprawala, N Endale, J Wolf, K McLeod, K Cheung, A d’Entremont. Assessing STEM Outreach for underrepresented groups in engineering: STEM/engineering identity and role models. Accepted for Canadian Engineering Education Association Annual Conference, Edmonton 2024.
• K Singla, J Wolf, A d’Entremont, NM Harandi. Student and alumni perspectives on paths into and out of biomedical engineering. Accepted for Canadian Engineering Education Association Annual Conference, Edmonton 2024.
• J Wolf, A d’Entremont. Competency mapping of equity, diversity, inclusion, and Indigeneity content in engineering undergraduate curricula. Accepted for Canadian Engineering Education Association Annual Conference, Edmonton 2024.
• E Adam, NM Harandi, P Ostafichuk, A d’Entremont. Relationships between grades and gender in student program preferences. Accepted for Canadian Engineering Education Association Annual Conference, Edmonton 2024.
• J Tran, K Lyon, K Cheung, J Usprech, K McLeod, A Jamison, S Farrokh, J Wolf, A d’Entremont, R Newell. Who is reached by STEM outreach?: Familial factors shaping access to STEM outreach programs for children and youth. Accepted for Canadian Engineering Education Association Annual Conference, Edmonton 2024.
• S Farrokh, J Tran, J Wolf, K Lyon, K Cheung, R Newell, J Usprech, A d’Entremont. Methodologies for evaluating the impact of STEM outreach on under-represented groups in engineering: a systematic literature review. Accepted for American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Portland 2024.
• AL Banka, AG d’Entremont, KA Lyon. Examining the impact of state-level affirmative action bans on the enrollment of historically-excluded students in engineering schools. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Baltimore 2023.
• JT Wolf, AG d’Entremont. Development and application of competency mapping for equity, diversity, inclusion, and Indigeneity in out-of-curriculum learning opportunities for engineering students and instructors. Canadian Engineering Education Association Annual Conference, Kelowna 2023.
• NM Harandi, P Ostafichuk, AG d’Entremont. Gender parity and program choice: which engineering programs do women students prefer to enter? Canadian Engineering Education Association Annual Conference, Kelowna 2023.
• AG d’Entremont, W Shelling, J Pelletier, H Gerrits. Development and evaluation of an equity, diversity, and inclusion curriculum in engineering. Canadian Engineering Education Association Annual Conference 2022.
• H Shan, L Ignatovich, S Cheng, AG d’Entremont, T Tannart. Translating immigrant advantages: postgraduate studies in the context of migration, internationalization and integration. Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education Annual Conference 2022 (virtual).
• AG d’Entremont, J Pelletier. Structuring equity and inclusion into access to undergraduate research opportunities. American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference, Vancouver, 2022.
• M Sekatchev, G Dockrill, AG d’Entremont. Impact of student problem creation on self-reported confidence in mechanics. American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference, Vancouver, 2022.
• AG d’Entremont, A Webb, J Kirkey, S Maw. Building comprehensive open educational resources in mechanics: evaluating approaches to problem development. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Long Beach/Virtual, 2021.
• AG d’Entremont, A Eyking. Student and instructor experience using collaborative annotation via Perusall in upper year and graduate courses. Canadian Engineering Education Association Annual Conference, UPEI/Virtual 2021.

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