Daniel Knight

  • Associate Research Professor
Daniel Knight
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Idea Forge, MBE C130

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Education: Louisiana State University (BS, 1989), University of Tennessee Knoxville (MS, 1995 PhD 2003)

Teaching: MCEN 4/5291 Project Based Learning in Rural Schools

Research: Environmental Engineering Education; Project Based Learning, Engineering Identity, Design Education, Outcomes Assessment and Program Evaluation

Honors and Distinctions:

  • Department Service Award: Mechanical Engineering, 2024
  • ASEE Annual Conference, June 2023. Best Division Conference Paper, Engineering Leadership Development Division.
  • ASEE Annual Conference, June 2020. Best PIC Conference Paper, Distinguished Lecture.
  • ASEE Annual Conference, June 2019. Best PIC Conference Paper, Distinguished Lecture.
  • ASEE Annual Conference, June 2018. Best Division Paper Award.

Recent Publications and Presentations

  • Knight, D., & Coffey, E. (2025, November), SCENIC Mongolia: Design, Development and Results of Environmental Engineering Summer Camps in Ulaanbaatar and Kharkhorin. Presentation at the 2025 Under Shared Blue Skies: Mongolia and the North American West Conference, Denver, CO.
  • Knight, D., Bielefeldt A., Polman. J., Hannigan, M. Work in Progress: On the Use of Low-Cost Environmental Monitors in rural K-12 Outreach to Enhance Engineering Identity Development. 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. June 2024.
  • Kotys-Schwartz D, Komarek R, Knight D. Exploration of role assignment in engineering design teams on leadership. ASEE 2023, June 2023
  • Tran, T., Polman, J. L., and Knight, D. (2022). Organizing outreach for cultural transformation: The design of a STEM education learning pathway. In Chinn, C., Tan, E., Chan, C., & Kali, Y. (Eds.). International Collaboration Toward Educational Innovation for All: Proceedings, The 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), June 2022. Hiroshima, Japan.
  • Komarek, R., Bielefeldt, A.R., and Knight, D.W. 2021. Influences of Engineering Students’ College Experiences on Leadership Skill Assurance. International Journal of Engineering Education. 37 (5), 1454-1465. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/ijee
  • Lauff, C.A., Knight, D., Kotys-Schwartz, D.A., and Rentschler, M.E. 2020.The role of prototypes in communication between stakeholders, Design Studies, Volume 66, Pages 1-34, ISSN 0142-694X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2019.11.007.
  • Ford, J.D., Paretti, M.C., Kotys-Schwartz, D.A., Howe, S., Gewirtz, C., Deters, J., Chowdhury, T.M., Ott, R., Alvarez, N.E., Knight, D. and Hernandez, C., 2019. Transitioning from capstone design courses to workplaces: A study of new engineers’ first three months. International Journal of Engineering Education, 35(6), pp.1993-2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/ijee
  • Bielefeldt, A.R., Polmear, M., Canney, N., Swan, C., and Knight, D. 2018. Ethics Education of Undergraduate and Graduate Students in Environmental Engineering and Related Disciplines.  Environmental Engineering Science. 35 (7): 684-695. DOI: 10.1089/ees.2017.0308
  • Milford, J.B and Knight, D.W. 2017. Increasing the Use of Earth Science Data and Models in Air Quality Management. Journal of Air & Waste Management Association, VOL 67, 4, 431-444. https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2016.1248303