Agnes d’Entremont

Agnes d’Entremont

Agnes d'Entremont

Associate Professor of Teaching

B.Eng. (McGill), M.A.Sc. (UBC), Ph.D. (UBC), P.Eng.; Member of CEEA, ASEE, ORS

phone:  (604) 827-1960
email: adentremont@mech.ubc.ca
office: KAIS 1130

Teaching Activities

  • MECH 221 – Engineering Science I (Dynamics)
  • MECH 223 – Mechanical Design
  • 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
  • Mechanical Design
  • Experiential and team-based learning
  • Team teaching and cross-disciplinary teaching
  • Open pedagogy

Educational Leadership Interests

  • Open educational resources
  • Mental wellbeing in undergraduate engineering
  • Open online homework development and usage
  • Gender and the decision to enter engineering
  • Equity, diversity, and inclusion

Research Interests

  • Orthopaedic biomechanics
  • Human joint kinematics
  • Magnetic resonance imaging of the musculoskeletal system
  • Paediatric orthopaedics

Selected Publications

  • AG d’Entremont, J Abelló, D Jung, J Micallef. Student mental wellbeing interventions with a second-year engineering cohort. Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACEG) Annual Conference, Ottawa 2019, January 2019.
  • AG d’Entremont, NM Harandi, J Verrett. Developing for and deploying WeBWorK across disciplines in second-year engineering. Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACEG) Annual Conference, Ottawa 2019, January 2019.
  • G Co, Z (Zuheng) Xu, G Sgarbi, S Cheng, Z (Ziqi) Xu, AG d’Entremont, J Abelló, NM Harandi, J Verrett. Student usage patterns in online homework and relationships to learning outcomes: a pilot study. Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACEG) Annual Conference, Ottawa 2019, January 2019.
  • EM Macri, AG d’Entremont, KM Crossley, HF Hart, BB Forster, DR Wilson, CR Ratzlaff, CH Goldsmith, KM Khan, “Alignment differs between patellofemoral osteoarthritis cases and matched controls: an upright 3D MRI study,” Journal of Orthopaedic Research®, January 2019.
  • AG d’Entremont, J Abello. Creating problem taxonomies for WeBWorK in mechanical engineering. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, 2018, May 2018.
  • AG d’Entremont, J Abello, E Sharda. Being a C student is the new normal: a literature review on grades, self-worth, and mental wellbeing. Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACEG) Annual Conference, Vancouver, 2018.
  • H Jayhooni, CE Jones, AG d’Entremont. Student preference between single-box and multi-box homework problem answers using WeBWorK, an online homework system. Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACEG) Annual Conference, Vancouver, 2018.
  • AG d’Entremont, P Kirchen, N Ellis, C Grecu, S Green, “The art of the possible: developing a course to introduce engineering to non-engineers,” Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA), February 2018.
  • CE Jones, AP Cooper, J. Doucette, LL Buchan, DR Wilson, K Mulpuri, AG d’Entremont, “Southwick angle measurements and SCFE slip severity classifications are affected by frog-lateral positioning,” Skeletal radiology47(1), pp.79-84, January 2018.
  • MS Black, AG d’Entremont, RG McCormack, G Hansen, D Carr, DR Wilson, “The effect of wedge and tibial slope angles on knee contact pressure and kinematics following medial opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy,” Clinical Biomechanics51, pp.17-25, January 2018.
  • AG d’Entremont, P Walls, P Cripton. Student feedback and problem development for WeBWorK in a second-year Mechanical Engineering program. Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACEG) Annual Conference, Toronto, 2017.
  • AG d’Entremont, K Greer, and KA Lyon, “Images of the future: gender and portrayals of faculty and industry members in canadian engineering school recruitment materials,” Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA), November 2017.
  • EM Macri, KM Crossley, AG d’Entremont, HF Hart, BB Forster, DR Wilson, CR Ratzlaff, AM Walsh, KM Khan, “Patellofemoral and tibiofemoral alignment in a fully weight‐bearing upright MR: Implementation and repeatability,” Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging47(3), pp.841-847, August 2017.
  • AG d’Entremont, K Greer, KA Lyon, D Demmers, K Wamsteeker, “Imagery and Gender in Canadian Engineering Recruitment Documents,” Canadian Engineering Education Association Annual Meeting, Halifax, 2016.
  • J Yuen, J Hung, V Wiggermann, R McCormack, AG d’Entremont, A Rauscher, “Multi-Echo GRE of Knee Cartilage,” E-pub ahead of print at Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, September 2016.
  • AG d’Entremont, K Greer, KA Lyon, “Gendered Words in Canadian Engineering Recruitment Documents,” Canadian Engineering Education Association Annual Conference, Hamilton, 2015.

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