Kathryn Jablokow

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Kathryn W. Jablokow is an American engineer focused on engineering education, the engineering design process, and the cognitive psychology of engineering creativity. She is a professor of engineering design and mechanical engineering at the Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies, [1] and a program director for engineering research initiation in the Division of Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation of the National Science Foundation. [2]

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Education and career

Jablokow is the youngest of three children of Herman R. Weed (1922–2022), a biomedical engineer and professor of electrical engineering at the Ohio State University; her mother was a teacher of German. [3] She was educated in electrical engineering at Ohio State University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1983, master's degree in 1985, and Ph.D. in 1989. [1] [3] Her graduate research, involving the design of large machines that walk, was supervised by David E. Orin, and she also counts Robert E. Fenton as a faculty mentor. [3]

She was a NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at RWTH Aachen University before returning to the US to join the Penn State faculty in 1990. [1] At Penn State Great Valley, she was associate chief academic officer from 2017 to 2020; she began a two-year term at the National Science Foundation in 2021. [3]

Recognition

In 2009, Jablokow was named an ASME Fellow. [4] She was the 2016 winner of the Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educator Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. [5]

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References

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  2. "Kathryn Jablokow", Staff directory, National Science Foundation, retrieved 2022-07-14
  3. 1 2 3 4 Horns, Ryan (1 May 2021), A journey from dreams to fruition: Alumna Kathryn Jablokow, Ohio State University, retrieved 2022-07-14
  4. ASME Fellows list (PDF), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, retrieved 2022-07-14
  5. Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educator Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, retrieved 2022-07-14; Top design engineering award presented to Penn State Great Valley professor: Jablokow becomes second woman to receive Spira Outstanding Design Educator Award, Pennsylvania State University, 24 August 2016, retrieved 2022-07-14