Engineering Education Research

Tembrevilla, G., Nesbit, S., Ellis, N., & Ostafichuk, P. (2023). Developing   transdisciplinarity in first‐year engineering. Journal of Engineering Education 1-21,  (Washington, D.C.), https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20497

Tembrevilla, G., Nesbit, S., Ostafichuk, P., Naoko, E. (2021). First-Year Engineering   Students’ Experiences and Perceptions Viewed Through the Lens of Transdisciplinary   Knowledge and Threshold Concepts. Proceedings of the 127th American Society of   Engineering Education Conference, Virtual. https://peer.asee.org/37196

Nesbit, S., Ellis, N., Danes, S., Byrne, E., Morgan, D.C., Orozco-Messana, J. (2021) “Exploring Transdisciplinary Education” 10th Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development, Cork, Ireland, June 14-16, 2021.

note: the above was named as in the top five of the 68 papers presented at the conference.

Marcus, J., Nesbit, S. (2021) Advancing Sustainability Education: UBC’s Fellowship Program. International Sustainable Campus Network Annual Conference, EPFL, Switzerland, June 2-4, 2021

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Ostafichuk, P. M., Nesbit, S., Ellis, N., & Tembrevilla, G. (2020). Developing      Metacognition in First Year Students through Interactive Online Videos. Proceedings of the 127th American Society of Engineering Education Conference, Virtual.   https://peer.asee.org/34433

Tembrevilla, G. Nesbit, S., Ellis, N., & Ostafichuk, P. (2019). Developing   transdisciplinarity in first‐year engineering. Celebrate Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, The University of British Columbia Center for Teaching, Learning and  Technology, Vancouver, Canada

Ostafichuk, P., Jaeger, C., Golsteyn, Q., & Nesbit, S. (2019). “Pilot of a Series of Online Resources to Help Students Transition to First Year Engineering”. Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA). doi:10.24908/pceea.vi0.13865

Morgan, D.C., Byrne, E., Nesbit, S., Ellis, N., Hemmes, K., Orozco-Messana, J. (2018) “Process, Improvisation, Holarchic Learning Loops and all that Jazz: Experiences in Transdisciplinary Education for Sustainable Development.” 9th Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development, Glassboro, New Jersey, June 3-6, 2018.

Tan, T., Nesbit, S., Ellis, N., Ostafichuk, P. (2018) “Crossing Boundaries: Developing Transdisciplinary Skills in Engineering Education”, Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association Conference, June 3 – 6, 2018.

Nesbit, S., Ellis, N., Ostafichuk, P. (2017) “‘Working with “Others’: Developing Sustainability Skills in the First Year Engineering Classroom“. Proceedings of the 2017 Canadian Engineering Education Association Conference, University of Toronto, Toronto, June. 4-7.

Ellis, N., Nesbit, S., Ostafichuk, P., Sibley, J. (2016). “A Sustainability Retrofit of Engineering Undergraduate Education – Phase 2”. 8th International Conference of Engineering Education for Sustainable Development, Ghent University, Bruge, Sept. 4-7, 2016.

Coops, N., Marcus, J., Costrut, I., Frank, E., Kellett, R., Mazzi, E., Munro, A., Nesbit, S., Riseman, A., Robinson, J., Schultz, A., Sipos, Y. (2015). “How an Entry-Level, Interdisciplinary Course Revealed the Benefits and Challenges of a University-Wide Initiative for Sustainability Education”. International Journal for Sustainability in Higher Education, 16(5): 729-747, 2015.

Salvadore, D., Nesbit, S., Ellis, N., Ostafichuk, P. (2015). “Embedding Sustainability Principles into Engineering Education”. 7th International Conference of Engineering Education for Sustainable Development, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 9-12, 2015.

Roghanian, N., Sibley, J., Nesbit, S. (2015). “Engaging Alumni in EESD Curriculum Assessment”. 7th International Conference of Engineering Education for Sustainable Development, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 9-12, 2015.

Montgomery, J.F., Nesbit, S., Ellis, N., Froese, T., Staub-French, S., Cruickshank, H. “Filling the Gap in Engineering Education for Sustainability:  Developing a Cohort-based Masters Degree of Engineering Leadership for Sustainability “, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development, Cambridge University, September, 2013.

Nesbit, S. E., Cruickshank, H. C., Nesbit, J.C. “Educational Principles for Engineering Education for Sustainable Development:  Experiences from the U.K. and Canada“. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development, Cambridge University, September, 2013.

Wright, M., Campbell, C., Nesbit, S., Froese, T., Wilton, S. “Student Perspectives on Graduate Attributes“. Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association, Montreal, June, 2013.

Nesbit, S., Wilton, S., Ivanov, A., Froese, T., Sianchuk, R. “Curriculum Management and CEAB Outcome Reporting:  Recent Activities at the University of British Columbia“. Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association, Montreal, June, 2013.

Oliver, C., Nesbit, S., Kelly, N. “Dissolving Dualisms:  How Two Positivists Engaged with Non-Positivist Qualitative Methodology“. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 12: 180-194, 2013.

Nesbit, S., Sianchuk, R., Aleksejuniene, J., Kindiak, R. “Influencing Student Beliefs About the Role of the Civil Engineer in Society“. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 6(2), 2012.

Kelly, N., Nesbit, S., Oliver, C.  “A Difficult Journey:  Transitioning from STEM to SoTL“. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 6(1), 2012.

Nesbit, S., Mayer, A. “Shifting Attitudes: The Influence of Field Trip Experiences on Student Beliefs“. Transformative Dialogues, 4(2), 2010.

Nesbit, S., Fryer, M. “Service Learning in Civil Engineering:  Does the Community Service Learning Experience Facilitate an Understanding of Sustainability?”. Ninth International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Ottawa, October 9-12, 2009.

Holden, M., Elverum, D., Nesbit, S.E., Robinson, J., Yen, D., Moore, J., “Learning Teaching in the Sustainability Classroom”. Ecological Economics, 64: 521 – 533 (2008).

Nesbit, S.E., “A Curriculum Reform Process“, Workshop on Civil Engineering Curriculum Reform, Istanbul, Oct 4-7, 2006.

Nesbit, S.E., “Eco-Industrial Networking in Engineering Education“, Roundtable on Eco-Industrial Networking, Halifax, June 2006.

Dunwoody, A. B., Cramond, P. J., Nesbit, S. E., Paterson, C. S., Teslenko, T. N. Fundamental Competencies: Preparing the 21st Century Engineer, Oxford University Press, 2006.

Mazzi, E., Reynolds, C., and Nesbit, S.E., “UBC Sustainability and Engineering Seminar Series”. Innovation: A Journal of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC, November, 2005.

Nesbit, S.E., Pinder, K.L., Bowen, B.D. “A Novel Method of Measuring Flexographic Ink Retention in Repulped Newsprint Fibers”. Progress in Paper Recycling, 9(2): 25-29 (2000).

Hodge, A., and Nesbit, S.E., “Moving Towards Sustainability: The New Professional Imperative”. Innovation: Journal of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC, vol. 3 (6), July/Aug. 1999.