Professor • Registered P.E. (Colorado)
Department: Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
Education: B.S., Iowa State University (1992), M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington (1994, 1996)
Teaching: CVEN 1317 Introduction to Civil Engineering, GEEN 1400 First-Year Engineering Projects, GEEN 3024 Materials Science for Engineers
Research: Engineering Education including social responsibility, ethics, sustainability, community engagement
Office: DLC 173B
Honors and Distinctions:
- Woman Who Makes A Difference, Center for Inclusion & Social Change, CU Boulder, 2021
- Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education, 2019
- University of Colorado President’s Teaching Scholar (lifetime guild appointment), 2019
- Distinguished Achievement Award, Dept. Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering University of Colorado - Boulder, 2019
- Best Paper Award from PIC IV and the Engineering Ethics Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Bielefeldt et al., 2019
- Advisor for team of 5 EVEN seniors who won the regional Rocky Mountain Water Environment Assoc./AWWA Student Design competition, 2019
- Best Paper Award from PIC IV and Engineering Ethics Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, with co-authors M. Polmear, D. Knight, C. Swan and N. Canney, 2018
- Best Paper Award from the Women in Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, with co-authors M. Forbes, J. Sullivan, and R. Littlejohn, 2018
- Stephen Ressler Best Paper Award from the Civil Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 2018
- Best Paper Award from PIC I, nominated from Civil Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, 2017
- Best Paper Award from First-Year Programs Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, with co-authors Polmear, Knight, Canney, and Swan, 2017
- Best Paper Award from PIC IV and Engineering Ethics Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, with co-author N. Canney, 2016
- Best Paper Award from American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference; N. Canney. A. Bielefeldt, M. Russu. Liberal Education / Engineering & Society Division, PIC III, and Best Overall Paper, 2015
- Best Paper Award, Environmental Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, 2015
- Outstanding Service Award, Boulder Faculty Assembly, University of Colorado, 2012
- Best Paper Award from American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Annual Conference with co-authors K. Paterson and C. Swan. Environmental Division, PIC II, and Best Overall Paper, 2009
- Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)/McGraw-Hill Award for Outstanding Teaching in Environmental Engineering & Science, 2004
- Rudolf Hering Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers for the best paper in the Journal of Environmental Engineering, with co-authors Stensel and Strand, 1997
Recent Publications
** denotes work done in collaboration with graduate students
* denotes work done in collaboration with undergraduate students