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.
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
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
Engineering Design
Design Cognition
Design Education
Engineering Education
Mechanism and Machine Design
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
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.
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