Greg Evans

Greg Evans (P.Eng, FAAAS, FCAE FCEEA) is the Director of the Institute for Studies of Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice (ISTEP) and a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry. He is also the director of the Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research (SOCAAR). SOCAAR studies urban air pollution and its impacts on environment, human health and climate.  In partnership with OISE, Greg is the Director of the Collaborative Specialization in Engineering Education.

Greg’s current engineering education-related research covers student data analytics, lab-based education and development of transdisciplinary competencies.

Selected Publications:

• Davies, S., Liu, Q., & Evans, G. (2020, June). The educational trajectory of high school students to engineering programs at a comprehensive Canadian university. 2020 Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA), Montreal, Canada. https://doi.org/10.24908/pceea.vi0.14130 
• Burke, L. E. C., Chong, A., Evans, G., & Romkey, L. (2020). Cultivating disciplinary expectations for engineering education research in Canada. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics & Technology Education, 20(1), 87-97.
• Liu, Q., & Evans, G. (2020). Unleashing the power of data analytics to examine engineering students’ experiences and outcomes. 2020 Proceedings of the 127Th ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. doi: 10.18260/1-2–35431
• Moozeh, K., Farmer, J., Tihanyi, D., & Evans, G. J. (2020). Learning beyond the laboratory: A web application framework for development of interactive postlaboratory exercises. Journal of Chemistry Education, 97(5), 1481-1486.
• Hilker, N., Wang, J. M., Jeong, C. H., Healy, R. M., Sofowote, U., Debosz, J., … Evans, G. J. (2019). Traffic-related air pollution near roadways: Discerning local impacts from background. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 12(10), 5247-5261.