Emilie Siverling

Education

• PhD in Engineering Education, 2019, Purdue University
• MSEd in Curriculum and Instruction - Science Education, 2018, Purdue University
• BS in Materials Science and Engineering, 2009, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bio

Dr. Emilie Siverling is an Associate Professor of Integrated Engineering at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and she is also a Professor in the Iron Range Engineering Program. She facilitates core technical competencies of materials science, statistics, and mechanics of materials. Emilie completed a Ph.D. in Engineering Education and an M.S.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction - Science Education at Purdue University. During her graduate studies, she focused on K-12 engineering design-based STEM integration, primarily using engineering design to support secondary science curricula and instruction. Prior to her graduate studies, Emilie was a high school chemistry and physics teacher at Todd County High School on the Rosebud Reservation from 2009-2013. Before teaching, she received a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2009. During her undergraduate studies, she completed an eight-month internship in 2008 as a co-op engineer in the Department of Biomaterials at Biomet, Inc. In her free time, Emilie's new hobby is curling, and she enjoys yoga, hiking, reading, and spending time with family and friends.

Courses Taught

• ENGR 334: Material Science
• ENGR 321: Statistics
• ENGR 335: Mechanics of Materials

Awards

• Purdue School of Engineering Education Graduate Student Teaching Award, 2019
• Purdue College of Engineering Outstanding Service Award, 2017
• ASEE K-12 and Pre-College Division Best Paper Nominee, 2015

Selected Publications

Spence, C. M., Siverling, E. A., & Soledad, M. (2024, June). NSF Grantees Poster: S-STEM: Iron Range Engineering academic scholarships for co-op based engineering education. Poster presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, OR.

Christensen, D., Singelmann, L., Sleezer, R., & Siverling, E. A. (co-presenter). (2023, June). A self-study of faculty methods, attitudes, and perceptions of oral engineering exams. Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, MD. https://peer.asee.org/42501

Siverling, E. A., Moore, T. J., Suazo-Flores, E., Mathis, C. A., & Guzey, S. S. (2021). What initiates evidence-based reasoning?: Situations that prompt students to support their design ideas and decisions. Journal of Engineering Education, 110(2), 294-317. https://doi.org//10.1002/jee.20384

Mathis, C. A., Siverling, E. A., Moore, T. J., Douglas, K. A., & Guzey, S. S. (2018). Supporting engineering design ideas with science and mathematics: A case study of middle school life science students [Special issue]. International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology (IJEMST), 6(4), 424-442. https://doi.org//10.18404/ijemst.440343

Mathis, C. A., Siverling, E. A., Glancy, A. W., & Moore, T. J. (2017). Teachers’ incorporation of argumentation to support engineering learning in STEM integration curricula [Special issue]. Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 7(1), 76-89. https://doi.org/10.7771/2157-9288.1163

Hynes, M. M., Mathis, C., Purzer, Ş., Rynearson, A., & Siverling, E. (2017). Systematic review of research in P-12 engineering education from 2000-2015 [Special issue]. International Journal of Engineering Education, 33[1(B)], 453-462.

Fentiman, A. W., Siverling, E. A., Soto Perez, R. A., Steveler, R. A., Loui, M. C., & Douglas, K. A. (2019, June). Putting discussion-based engineering education courses online. Paper presented at the 2019 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Tampa, FL.

Siverling, E. A., Guzey, S. S., & Moore, T. J. (2017, October). Students’ science talk during engineering design in life science-focused STEM integration units. Paper presented at the 2017 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Indianapolis, IN.

Mathis, C. A., Siverling, E. A., Glancy, A. W., & Moore, T. J. (2015, June). Teachers’ use of argumentation in the development of integrated STEM curricula (Fundamental). (nominated for K-12 & Pre-College Division best paper). Paper presented at the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, WA.

Siverling, E. A. (2026, June). How you teach it: A flipped classroom, collaborative learning approach to teaching metal crystal structures. Paper presented at 2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Charlotte, NC.

Bochkarev, N., Siverling, E. A., Thompson, E. P., Soledad, M., & Spence, C. M. (2025, June). Engineering identity, belonging, and neurodiversity in a co-op based learning program. Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.