Examining Reflections of Current Engineering Students on Educational Outreach

Diana Bairaktarova is a Doctoral Candidate in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria and an MBA degree from Hamline School of Business, St. Paul, Minnesota. Diana has over a decade of experience working as a Design Engineer. Her research is focused on human learning and engineering, i.e. understanding how individual differences and aptitudes affect interaction with mechanical objects in engineering education instruction, and how engineering students’ personality traits influence ethical decision making process in engineering design.