Carol Hulls, PEng

Carol Hulls, PEng
Associate Chair Teaching, Continuing Lecturer
Location: E7 3436
Phone: 519-888-4567 x40182

Research Interests

  • Engineering education
  • Experiential learning
  • Use of technology for teaching

Education

  • 1996, Doctorate Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • 1991, Master of Applied Science Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • 1989, Bachelor of Applied Science Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada

Awards

  • 2022 Fellow, Canadian Engineering Education Association CEEA-ACEG
  • 2022 Outstanding Performance Award, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo
  • 2018 Teaching Excellence Award, Waterloo Engineering Society, University of Waterloo
  • 2018 Outstanding Performance Award, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo
  • 2017 Outstanding Teaching Award, Sandford Fleming Foundation, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo
  • 2016 Brightspace Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning, STLHE

Service

  • 2022 Associate Chair Teaching

Professional Associations

  • Fellow Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACEG)
  • Co-chair First Year Engineering SIG, CEEA-ACEG
  • Member IEEE

Teaching*

  • GENE 121 - Digital Computation
    • Taught in 2018, 2019
  • GENE 199 - Special Topics in First Year Engineering
    • Taught in 2020, 2021
  • ME 101 - Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Practice 2
    • Taught in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • MTE 121 - Digital Computation
    • Taught in 2020, 2021
  • MTE 546 - Multi-sensor Data Fusion
    • Taught in 2018

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

Selected/Recent Publications

  • Rennick, Christopher and Litster, Gregory and Hurst, Ada and Hulls, Carol CW and Bedi, Sanjeev, "Characterizing Engineering Design Activities Using Jonassen's Design Theory of Problem Solving", International Journal of Engineering Education, 38(1), 2022, 56 - 66
  • C. Rennick, C.C.W. Hulls, "Assessing the Impact of Transitioning Introductory Design Instruction to an Online Environment", in Proceedings of the 2021 ASEE Annual Conference, Long Beach, June 2021
  • Hulls, Carol CW and Rennick, Christopher, "Use of a Cornerstone Project to Teach Ill-Structured Software Design in First Year", IEEE Transactions on Education, 63(2), 2020, 98 - 107
  • Rennick, Christopher and Hulls, Carol CW and McKay, Kenneth N, "Introductory engineering decision-making: guiding first-year students to relativism in software design", IEEE Transactions on Education, 62(3), 2019, 199 - 208

Graduate studies

  • Not currently accepting applications for graduate students