Scholars
Desen Sevi Özkan
University of Connecticut
Based in
United States
North America
Desen Özkan is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut. Her research focuses on sociotechnical engineering education and interdisciplinary energy education. In her research, Desen critically examines facets of engineering decision-making to generate expansive and contextual framings of concepts like risk, resilience, safety, and jobs based on qualitative studies across local contexts. At UConn, Desen is a founding faculty member of the Engineering Education Ph.D. program and teaches in the Engineering and Human Rights Initiative. Before joining UConn, she was a postdoctoral scholar at Tufts University, where she collaborated with the offshore wind research group to conduct sociotechnical analyses of existing and proposed projects.
Country(ies) of Specialty
United StatesFocus areas of expertise
Renewable energy Behavioral actionPublications
Articles
Dawson, A., Moynihan, B., & Ozkan, D. S. (2024, March). Public Power Observatory Report: Why We Need Public Wind Power. https://publicpowerobservatory.org/reports/
Ozkan, D. S., & Fried, S., & Rosenberg, B. J. (2023, June), Worker Safety in Offshore Wind as a Door for Sociotechnical Engineering Education Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland. 10.18260/1-2—42302
Fried, S., Ozkan, D. S., Halldén, K., Moynihan, B., DeFrancisci, J., Kuchma, D., Bachant, C., Hines., E. (2022). Low-Carbon, Nature-Inclusive Concrete Gravity-Based Foundations for Offshore Wind Turbines. Tufts OSPRE Repository. https://dl.tufts.edu/concern/pdfs/pk02cr
Patrick, A. Y., Wisnioski, M. H., McNair, L., Ozkan, D. S., Reeping, D., Martin, T. L., … Haines, C. E. (2023). In it for the Long Haul: The Groundwork of Interdisciplinary Culture Change in Engineering Education Reform. Engineering Studies, 15(2), 144–167. https://doi.org/10.1080/19378629.2023.2243608