Research Associate for Education Systems, Watt Family Innovation Center
Faculty Director, Grand Challenge Scholars Program
Department of Engineering & Science Education
Email: cdancz@clemson.edu
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2015, Sustainable Engineering
M.S., University of Pittsburgh, 2012, Civil Engineering
B.S., Michigan State University, 2009, Environmental Microbiology & Biology
My research interests include developing active, experiential-learning activities on topics of NAE Engineering Grand Challenges, U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, sustainability for civil engineers, and assessment of student learning outcomes and motivation towards these topics, with emphasis on online platforms for delivering these educational opportunities and service-oriented engineering programs in which students can take actions towards these topics. As a Kolbe™ Certified Consultant, I use conative assessment to empower individuals with diverse problem-solving instincts to improve productivity, communication, leadership, and impact the diversity of engineers as global change-makers.
Dancz, C.L.A., Plumblee, J.M., Donaher, S., and Gordon, A. (2016). "Rubric for Evaluating Students' Graduate Competencies Related to Sustainable Built Environment." IJCER Special Issue on Education for Sustainable Development in the Built Environment. (Under Review)
Bargar, D., Gordon, A.S., Plumblee, J.M., Ogle, J.H., Dancz, C.L.A., & Vaughn, D.E. (2016). "Increasing student development through multi-level immersive learning: Clemson Engineers for Developing Countries case study." International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship. (Under Review)
Dancz, C.L.A., Plumblee, J.M., Bargar, D., Brunner, P. W., High, K.A., Klotz, L.E., and Landis, A.E. (2016). "A Rubric to Assess Civil Engineering Students' Grand Challenges Sustainable Entrepreneurship Projects." Conference Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 26-29, 2016 New Orleans, LA.
Plumblee, J., Bargar, D., Dancz, C.L.A., Klotz, L., & Landis, A.E. (2016). Teaching Social Entrepreneurship through a MOOC Format. Proceedings of the 2016 Venturewell Open Conference.
Dancz, C.L.A., Parrish, K., Bilec, M.M., & Landis, A.E. (2016). "Assessment of Students' Mastery of Construction Management and Engineering Concepts through Board Game Design" Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice. (Under Review)
Dancz, C.L.A., Ketchman, K.J., Burke, R.D., Hottle, T.A., Parrish, K., Bilec, M.M., & Landis, A.E. (2016). "Utilizing Civil Engineering Senior Design Capstone Projects to Evaluate Students' Sustainability Education Across Engineering Curriculum" Advances in Engineering Education. (Under Review)
Dancz, C.L.A., Bilec, M.M., & Landis, A.E. (2016). "Incorporating Sustainability into Engineering Education Through An Active and Experiential Sustainable Engineering Module" Advances in Engineering Education. (Under review)
Ketchman, K.J., Dancz, C.L.A., Burke, R.D., Parrish, K., Bilec, M.M., & Landis, A.E. (2016). "Quantifying Sustainable Engineering Student Cognitive Outcomes at the Stand-Alone Course and Senior Design" Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice. (Accepted)
Dancz, C.L.A., Ketchman, K.J., Burke, R.D., Mahmud, R., Bilec, M.M., Adams, E.A., Parrish, K., Allenby, B., Khanna, V., & Landis, A.E. (2016). "Integrating Sustainability Grand Challenges and Experiential Learning into Engineering Curricula: Years 1 through 3." Conference Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 26-29, 2016 New Orleans, LA.
Dancz, C.L.A., Ketchman, K.J., Bilec, M.M., & Landis, A.E. (2015). "Redesign of a Sustainability Experiential Learning Module for Transferability and Portability." Conference Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 14-17, 2015 Seattle, WA.
Adams, E.A., Dancz, C.L.A., & Landis, A.E. (2015). "Improving engineering student preparedness, persistence, and diversity through conative understanding." Conference Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 14-17, 2015 Seattle, WA.
Soratana, K., Zaimes, G., Harden, C., Rasutis, D., Antaya, C.L., Khanna, V., & Landis, A.E. (2014), "Life Cycle Thinking in U.S. Biofuel Policies", LCA XIV, October 6-8, 2014, San Francisco, CA.
Antaya, C.L., Parrish, K., Bilec, M.M., & Landis, A.E. (2014). "Assessing comprehension with student-developed games." Conference Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 15-18, 2014 Indianapolis, IN.
Antaya, C.L., Ketchman, K.J., Adams, E.A., Parrish, K., Bilec, M.M., Khanna, V., Seager, T.P., Chester, M., Allenby, B., Sims, J.M., Howe, N., & Landis, A.E. (2014). "Integrating Sustainability Grand Challenges and Experiential Learning into Engineering Curricula: a TUES2 collaborative research project." Conference Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 15-18, 2014 Indianapolis, IN.
Adams, E.A., Antaya, C.L., Seager, T., & Landis, A.E. (2014). "Improving learning productivity and teamwork skills in first-year student engineering students through conative understanding." Conference Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 15-18, 2014 Indianapolis, IN.
Soratana, K., Zaimes, G., Harden, C., Rasutis, D., Antaya, C.L., Khanna, V., & Landis, A.E. (2014), The Role of Sustainability and Life Cycle Thinking in U.S. Biofuels Policies. Energy Policy.
Antaya, C.L., Adams, E.A., Clark, S.S., Seager, T.P., & Landis, A.E. (2014). "Using Conation to Enhance Student Satisfaction with Teams in SOS 110." Conference Proceedings of National Technical Association Annual Conference, September 24-26, 2013 Cleveland, OH.
Antaya, C.L., Bilec, M.M., Adams, E.A., Barr, W., & Landis, A.E. (2013). "Integrating Sustainability Concepts in Introduction to Engineering through Active and Experiential Learning." Conference Proceedings of National Technical Association Annual Conference, September 19-21, 2013 Dayton, OH.
Antaya, C.L., Bilec, M.M., Rizzo, P., & Landis, A.E. (2013). "Incorporating Sustainability into the Civil Engineering curriculum via cross course collaborations." Conference Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 23 - 26, 2013 Atlanta, GA.
Antaya, C.L., Parrish, K., Adams, E.A., & Landis, A.E. (2013). "Experiential Learning in the Civil Engineering Curriculum: Collaborations between Community Colleges, Research I Universities and National Laboratories." Conference Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 23 - 26, 2013 Atlanta, GA.