Elisabeth Kames

Dr. Elisabeth Kames is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Florida Polytechnic University. Prior to this appointment, she was an instructor and doctoral research assistant at Florida Institute of Technology where she taught a variety of courses.

At Florida Institute of Technology, Kames was responsible for overseeing the mechanical engineering department’s senior capstone design program. Her focus included increasing sponsored industrial partnerships to provide students with a substantiated project experience and innovative pedagogical methods.

Kames’ research focuses on the improvement of mechanical engineering design education, including the examination of factors affecting performance and persistence in mechanical engineering design courses.

Awards and Honors

• ABLAZE Excellence in Teaching Award, Florida Polytechnic University, 2022
• Best of Design Engineering Education Division for “A Mixed Methods Analysis of Motivation Factors in Senior Capstone Design Courses” at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL
• Recipient of 2019 ASEE DEED Design Essay Competition for “Addressing the Possibilities: The Benefits of Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design Education,” Tampa, FL
• Recipient of 2017 NSF Design Essay Competition for “Next Generation Robotic Applications for Design and Manufacturing,” ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference. Cleveland, OH
• Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society & Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Honor Society inductee

Education

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, 2020
• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, 2016
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, 2015

Expertise

• Engineering Design
• Design Cognition
• Design Education
• Engineering Education
• Mechanism and Machine Design

Professional Activities

• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME: 2011 – Present
• Member, Society for Women Engineers, SWE: 2011 – Present
• Member, Order of the Engineer: 2013 – Present
• Member, American Society for Engineering Education, ASEE: 2016 – Present
• Member, Society of Automotive Engineers, SAE: 2019 – Present

Select Publications

• Hein, P.H., Kames, E., Chen, C., Morkos, B., (2022) Reasoning Support for Predicting Requirement Change Volatility using Complex Network Metrics. Journal of Engineering Design (CJEN). 33(11), 811-837 https://doi.org/10.1080/09544828.2022.2154051
• Shah, D., Kames, E., Morkos, B. (2022), Design Evaluations in Educational Settings: A Neuroscientific Study of Incentivized Test Retest on Student Performance. ASME. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053801
• Hein, P.H., Kames, E., Cheng, C. Morkos, B. (2021), Employing Machine Learning Techniques to Assess Requirement Change Volatility. Research in Engineering Design, 32(2), 245-269 doi: 10.1007/s00163-020-00353-6
• Kames, E., Morkos, B., Bessette, A. (2019), The Implementation of an Intervention Plan to Improve Student Motivation and Performance in Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Capstone. International Journal of Engineering Education. Volume 35, No. 3, pp. 779-794
• Kames, E., Shah, D., Clark, M., Morkos, B. (2019), A Mixed Methods Analysis of Motivation Factors in Senior Capstone Design Courses. Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, Florida. (selected as one of the top 5 papers in Division out of >120 submission)
• Shah, D., Kames, E., Clark, M., Morkos, B. (2019), Examining the Differences in Student Motivation for Industry Projects in Senior Capstone Design. Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, Florida.
• Shah, D., Kames, E., Clark, M., Morkos, B. (2019), Development of a Coding Scheme for Qualitative Analysis of Student Motivation in Senior Capstone Design. ASME. International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference.
• Clark, M., Shah, D., Kames, E., Morkos, B. (2019), Developing Interview Protocol for Engineering Capstone Design Courses. ASME. International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference.
• Kames, E., Shah, D., Morkos, B. (2018), A Longitudinal Study Exploring Motivation Factors in Cornerstone and Capstone Design Courses.Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Schmitt, E., Kames, E., Morkos, B., Conway, T. A. (2016), The Importance of Incorporating Designer Empathy in Senior Capstone Design Courses.Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana.