Dr. Haolin Zhu earned her BS in Engineering Mechanics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and her Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University, with a focus on computational solid mechanics. Dr. Zhu is an Associate Teaching Professor of the freshman engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU). In this role, she focuses on designing the curriculum and teaching in the freshman engineering program and the mechanical engineering program. She is also the Co-Director of the Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) at ASU. In this role, she focuses on student support and tracking, curriculum, program requirements, as well as programming for current students in GCSP. Dr. Zhu was also involved in the ASU ProMod project, the Engineering Projects in Community Service program, the Engineering Futures program, the Global Freshman Academy/Earned Admission/Universal Learner Courses Program, and the ASU Kern Project. She was a part of the team that designed a largely team and activity based online Introduction to Engineering course. She has also co-developed two unique MOOCs, Introduction to Engineering and Perspectives on Grand Challenges for Engineering for the Global Freshman Academy/ASU Earned Admission/Universal Learner Courses Program. Her Ph.D. research focused on multi-scale multiphase modeling and numerical analysis of coupled large viscoelastic deformation and fluid transport in swelling porous materials, but she is currently interested in various topics in the field of engineering education, such as innovative teaching pedagogies for increased retention and student motivation; innovations in non-traditional delivery methods, incorporation of the Entrepreneurial Mindset in the engineering curriculum and its impact. She has published over 30 papers and presented at various conferences about her work. She was recognized as an Engineering Unleashed Fellow and won the Fulton Outstanding Lecturer Award for her contributions in Engineering Education.
Education
Ph.D., Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University, 2012
A. F. McKenna, J. M. Bekki, M. Herrmann, M. V. Huerta, R. Pan, R. M. Pendyala, H. Zhu, “Master mentors: the process of developing a mentoring model at scale”, in American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, Proceedings of, Tampa, FL, June 2019
K. C. Dimiduk, R. Bhaskaran, H. Zhu, Y. Gao, “Helping students approach FEA simulations like experts”, in American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, Proceedings of, Vancouver, BC, June 2011
H. Zhu, S. Mukherjee, “Flow and deformation in unsaturated swelling porous materials”, Proceedings of the 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM-X), July 2009
Conference Workshops
H. Zhu, A. Baumann, "Incorporating gaming elements into technical courses for student motivation and success", KEEN National Conference, Feb 2022
A. K. Trowbridge, H. Zhu, “EML everywhere: adapting EML activities for use in different learning modalities”, KEEN National Conference, Feb 2021
H. Zhu, R. J. Meuth, S. Ramakrishnan, “Incorporation of EM into first year design projects”, KEEN National Conference, Jan 2017