Associate Professor of Engineering
Dr. Alison Polasik joined Campbell’s School of Engineering in August of 2018. Before this, she was an Assistant Professor of Practice at The Ohio State University in the Materials Science & Engineering Department. In this position, she designed curriculum for and implemented a number of active learning strategies in large courses on materials engineering, processing, and selection. She was part of the first cohort of instructors to design and implement a new required 3-semester computational lab sequence in the MSE curriculum at OSU in 2013. From 2014 – 2017, she first worked on and then led a program providing materials-science focused professional development to high school science teachers that was funded by the Ohio Department of Education. Much of her work in these areas has been presented at ASEE National Conferences and published in the peer-reviewed proceedings. She has also presented on her work at the North American Materials Education Symposium (2014 – 2017) and Materials Science and Technology (2015 and 2017) conferences.
At Campbell, Dr. Polasik teaches courses in materials science, statics and mechanical behavior, and thermodynamics. She has also spearheaded the initial development of the Energy Lab in the Engineering Annex.
In 2018, Dr. Polasik became an ABET program evaluator for materials engineering programs and joined the TMS Accreditation Committee. She is a member of TMS, ASM, ASEE, and SWE.
Dr. Polasik received a BS degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Arizona State University in 2002, followed by MS and PhD degrees in materials science and engineering from The Ohio State University in 2015 and 2014, respectively. Her doctoral research focused on understanding microstructural effects on fatigue in titanium alloys, and was funded by the US Air Force and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
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About Alison Polasik
Dr. Alison Polasik joined Campbell’s School of Engineering in August of 2018. Before this, she was an Assistant Professor of Practice at The Ohio State University in the Materials Science & Engineering Department. In this position, she designed curriculum for and implemented a number of active learning strategies in large courses on materials engineering, processing, and selection. She was part of the first cohort of instructors to design and implement a new required 3-semester computational lab sequence in the MSE curriculum at OSU in 2013. From 2014 – 2017, she first worked on and then led a program providing materials-science focused professional development to high school science teachers that was funded by the Ohio Department of Education. Much of her work in these areas has been presented at ASEE National Conferences and published in the peer-reviewed proceedings. She has also presented on her work at the North American Materials Education Symposium (2014 – 2017) and Materials Science and Technology (2015 and 2017) conferences.
At Campbell, Dr. Polasik teaches courses in materials science, statics and mechanical behavior, and thermodynamics. She has also spearheaded the initial development of the Energy Lab in the Engineering Annex.
In 2018, Dr. Polasik became an ABET program evaluator for materials engineering programs and joined the TMS Accreditation Committee. She is a member of TMS, ASM, ASEE, and SWE.
Dr. Polasik received a BS degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Arizona State University in 2002, followed by MS and PhD degrees in materials science and engineering from The Ohio State University in 2015 and 2014, respectively. Her doctoral research focused on understanding microstructural effects on fatigue in titanium alloys, and was funded by the US Air Force and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
| Present | Associate Professor of Engineering, Campbell University ‐ School of Engineering | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2017 | Institute for Materials Research Facilities Grant |
| The Ohio State University | |
| $2,000 | |
| 2015 - 2017 | Professional Development for Materials-Science Focused High School Courses |
| Ohio Department of Education | |
| Math-Science Partnership Initiative | |
| $900,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2018 - Present | Program Evaluator, ABET Program Evaluator for TMS | 2016 - Present | Chair, Departmental ABET & Assessment Committee, The Ohio State University | 2016 - Present | Member, Outcomes Committee, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University | 2016 - Present | Faculty Mentor, Second-Year Transformational Experience Program (STEP), The Ohio State University | 2014 - Present | Director, Materials Science Professional Development Program | 2013 - Present | Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee, Dept of Materials Science & Engineering, The Ohio State University | 2017 | Program Chair, ASEE Materials Division | 2015 | Member, North American Materials Education Symposium Organizing Committee | 2013 - 2014 | Organizer, Science Olympiad |
Honors and Awards
- ASEE Materials Division New Educator Award Winner, 2018
- North American Materials Education Symposium organizing committee, 2015
- Event coordinator for the Science Olympiad Materials Science state exam, April 2013
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (2003 – 2006)
- The Ohio State University Graduate Research Fellow (2002 – 2003)
- Member of ASEE, TMS, and ACerS
| 2014 | Ph.D., The Ohio State University ‐ Materials Science and Engineering | |
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| 2005 | M.S., The Ohio State University ‐ Materials Science and Engineering | |
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| 2002 | B.S., Arizona State University ‐ Materials Science and Engineering | |
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