Siara Isaac

Nationality: Canada, France

EPFL AVP-E CAPE
RLC D1 740 (Rolex Learning Center)
Station 20
1015 Lausanne

EPFL AVP-E CAPE
RLC D1 740 (Rolex Learning Center)
Station 20
1015 Lausanne

Expertise

Higher education teaching and learning
Experiential and hands-on learning
Transversal skills for engineering students
Epistemic cognition

Education

Ph.D., Educational Research

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2021 – 2021 Lancaster University, UK
Directed by Paul Ashwin

M.Sc., Bio-Organic Chemistry

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2008 – 2008 McGill University, Montreal
Directed by Masad Damha

B.Sc., Honours Chemistry

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2001 – 2001 McGill University, Montreal

Selected publications

Employing epistemic micro-practices to assess progress and barriers in engineering students’ ethics development

Isaac, S., & Shew, A.
Published in Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education. Routledge. in 2024

Teaching assistants’ contributions to creating inclusive and equitable learning spaces in engineering

de Lima, J., Isaac, S., & Kovacs, H.
Published in European Journal of Engineering Education in 2024

Educating Engineering Students to Address Bias and Discrimination Within Their Project Teams

Isaac, S., Kotluk, N., & Tormey, R.
Published in Science and Engineering Ethics in 2023

Sustainability and Ethicality are Peripheral to Students’ Software Design

Isaac, S., Kothiyal, A., Borsò, P., & Ford, B.
Published in International Journal of Engineering Education in 2023