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Pierrakos, O. (2025, November). “Reimagining Higher Education Governance for Student Flourishing: Building Wake Forest Engineering Using Leader Character.” 2025 Frontiers in Education Conference, Nashville, TN. Link

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Pierrakos, O. (2025, November). Competencies to Educate the Whole Engineer: Building a Modern Engineering Curriculum at Wake Forest Engineering. 2025 Frontiers in Education Conference, Nashville, TN. Link

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Pierrakos, O., June 2025, “Transforming Undergraduate Education to Educate the Whole Engineer: Implementing 100% Experiential Learning at Wake Forest Engineering Through Grounding to Learning Theories, Motivation Theories, Strategic Change Management, and Character.” 2025 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Canada. Link

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Pierrakos, O., & Kenny, M. C., Feb. 2025, “A Student-Centered, Theory-Informed, Integrated Model to Academic and Career Advising to Educate the Whole Engineer: Transforming Engineering Education and Broadening Participation in Engineering is Possible,”2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD). Link

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Pierrakos, O., Feb. 2025, “Hiring Practices to Build a Diverse Team at Wake Forest Engineering: Transforming Engineering Education and Broadening Participation in Engineering is Possible,” 2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD). Link

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Pierrakos O., Pappas J., Crowe W., Holcomb T.*, Di Vittorio C., Luthy K., Sept. 2024, “Educating the Whole Engineer at Wake Forest Engineering: Using Cognitive Apprenticeship as an Effective Pedagogical Approach to Cultivate Design Learning, Team Effectiveness, Entrepreneurial Mindset and Character in Capstone Design.” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 40 (Special Issue), No. 6, pp. 1507-1530. Link

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Pierrakos, O., Feb. 2024. “Transforming Engineering Education Is Possible! A Descriptive Case Study of Reimagining Engineering Education and Delivering a Wake Forest Engineering Student Experience Promoting Inclusion, Agency, Holistic Learning, and Success,” 2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity (CoNECD) Conference, Crystal City, Virginia. Link

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Hitt Sarah, Banzaert Amy, Pierrakos Olga, 2023, “Educating the Whole Engineer: Integrative Engineering and the Liberal Arts” International Handbook of Engineering Education Research. Routledge. Pp. 457-476. Link

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Pierrakos O. and Jim York, April 2023, “Building the Airplane as It’s Flying: The Agile Story of Wake Forest Engineering,” The Journal of Business Agility Emergence, Vol. 4 (2), pp. 37-42.

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Pappas J. and Pierrakos O., October 2021, “Engineering Education Meets Organizational Science: Toward Best Practices for Strategic Change,” 2021 Frontiers in Education, Lincoln, Nebraska. Link

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Kenny, M. C., Pierrakos, O., & O'Connell, M., July 2021, “Infusing the Liberal Arts in First-Year Engineering: A Module on History, Professional Identity, and Courage. In 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access. Link

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Pierrakos O. and E. Stottlemyer, October 2019, “Liberal Arts Engineering Education: Reflecting on the Past and Envisioning the Future,” 2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. Link

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Pierrakos, O. (2025, November). “Reimagining Higher Education Governance for Student Flourishing: Building Wake Forest Engineering Using Leader Character.” 2025 Frontiers in Education Conference, Nashville, TN. Link

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Pierrakos O., J. Koehler, K. Luthy, F., Brock, A. Brock, J. Karabelas, and R.Anderson., (2025, November). "An Exploratory Investigation on the Use of Situational Judgement Tests to Cultivate Character and Assess Character in Engineering Learning Environments," 2025 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Nashville, TN. Link

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Koehler J., O. Pierrakos, K. Luthy, F., Brock, A. Brock, J. Karabelas, and R. Anderson., 2025 November, "Development of Situational Judgment Tests to Education the Whole Engineering and Assess Complex Character-Based Ethical Decision-Making," in 2025 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Nashville, TN. Link

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Pierrakos, O., Yazdani, S. K., & Koehler, J., October 2024, “Cultivating Character through Student-Centered and Mastery-based Learning: A Case Study in a Thermal Fluids Engineering Course,” 2024 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) Proceedings, Washington, DC. Link

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Brock F., Koehler J., Pierrakos O., Brock A., June 2024, “Educating the Whole Engineer: Leveraging Communication Skills to Cultivate Ethical Leadership Character,” 2024 ASEE Conference Proceedings. Portland, Oregon. (Best Paper for the ASEE Ethics Division) Link

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Boatman E., Luthy K., Miller C., Pierrakos O., June 2024, “The Virtues of Engineering Practice: An Investigation of Professional Codes of Ethics in Engineering,” 2024 ASEE Conference Proceedings. Portland, Oregon. Link

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Pierrakos, O., Yeaman, A., Kyle Luthy, Gentile M., October 2023, “Moral and Civic Virtues in Engineering Education: Reimagining Engineering Ethics to Cultivate Virtuous Engineers,” Frontiers in Education 2023 Conference, College Station, Texas. Link

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Koehler, J., Pierrakos, O., & Yeaman, A. (2023, June). Character Development in the Engineering Classroom: An Exploratory, Mixed-Methods Investigation of Student Perspectives on Cultivating Character. In 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Link

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Pierrakos O., Yeaman A., Gross M., Pappas J., October 2021, “What Role Should Character Education Play in Engineering Education?  A Special Session to Rethink How We Educate the Whole Engineer,” 2021 Frontiers in Education, Lincoln, Nebraska. Link

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Gross M., Wiinikka-Lydon J., Lamb M., Pierrakos O., Yeaman A., July 2021, “The Virtues of Teamwork: A Course Module to Cultivate the Virtuous Team Worker,” 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference & Exposition. Link

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Koehler J., Pierrakos O., Lamb M., Demaske A., Santos C., Gross M., Brown D.F., June 2020, “What Can We Learn from Character Education?  A Literature Review of Four Prominent Virtues in Engineering Education,” 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference & Exposition. Link

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Pierrakos O., M. Prentice, C. Silverglate, M. Lamb, A. Demaske, R. Smout, October 2019, “Reimagining Engineering Ethics: From Ethics Education to Character Education,” 2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference.

‍ Pierrakos, O., June 2025, “Transforming Undergraduate Education to Educate the Whole Engineer: Implementing 100% Experiential Learning at Wake Forest Engineering Through Grounding to Learning Theories, Motivation Theories, Strategic Change Management, and Character.” 2025 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Canada. Link

‍Pierrakos O., Pappas J., Crowe W., Holcomb T.*, Di Vittorio C., Luthy K., Sept. 2024, “Educating the Whole Engineer at Wake Forest Engineering: Using Cognitive Apprenticeship as an Effective Pedagogical Approach to Cultivate Design Learning, Team Effectiveness, Entrepreneurial Mindset and Character in Capstone Design.” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 40 (Special Issue), No. 6, pp. 1507-1530. Link

Pierrakos, O., Feb. 2024. “Transforming Engineering Education Is Possible! A Descriptive Case Study of Reimagining Engineering Education and Delivering a Wake Forest Engineering Student Experience Promoting Inclusion, Agency, Holistic Learning, and Success,” 2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity (CoNECD) Conference, Crystal City, Virginia. Link

Pierrakos, O., Zilberberg, A., & Anderson, R. (2010). Understanding undergraduate research experiences through the lens of problem-based learning: Implications for curriculum translation. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 4(2), 35-62. Link

Pierrakos, O., Anderson, R., & Barrella, E. (2016, October). A developmental and adaptive Problem Based Learning (PBL) model across the curriculum: From theory to practice in integrating and assessing PBL experiences across the James Madison University engineering curriculum. In 2016 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) (pp. 1-2). IEEE. Link

Pierrakos, O., Nagel, R., Pappas, E., Nagel, J., Moran, T., Barrella, E., & Panizo, M. (2013). A mixed-methods study of cognitive and affective learning during a sophomore design problem-based service learning experience. International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship, 1-28. Link

Pierrakos, O., Watson, H., Kander, R., Russell, J., & Anderson, R. (2010, October). Special session—Not all problems are created equal: From problem-based learning theory to research on complex problem solving and implications for the engineering classroom. In 2010 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) (pp. T3A-1). IEEE. Link