Johanna Casale

Johanna Casale

Assistant Teaching Professor
Engineering Leadership and Society

Johanna Casale

Assistant Teaching Professor
Engineering Leadership and Society

Biography

Johanna (Doukakis) Casale is an Assistant Teaching Professor with a dual appointment for the Construction Management Program and College of Engineering at Drexel University, since 2020. Prior to this she served as an Adjunct Professor for the Construction Management Program, since 2017.. She is currently the lead instructor for the First Year Introduction to Engineering and First Year Design courses. Additionally she teaches the Structural Engineering sequence in the Construction Management program. Her research focuses on pedagogical improvements in both Engineering Mechanics courses and First Year Engineering programs.

Degrees / Education

  • PhD, Engineering Education, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, May 2024
  • MS, Structural Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2013
  • BS, Summa cum laude in Civil Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2010

Research Areas

Research Interests

Engineering Education, First year engineering, Mechanics

Areas of Study

Select Publications

  • Doukakis, J. P. (2024). A Case Study of a Mechanics of Solids Course in Civil Engineering Education. (Doctor of Philosophy). Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  • Doukakis, J. P. (2018, June). Exploration of expert and novice reasoning in mechanics of solids. In 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
  • Doukakis, J. P. (2013). Lightweight self-consolidating fiber reinforced concrete (MS thesis, Rutgers University-Graduate School-New Brunswick).
  • Casale, A. J., Doukakis, J., Najm, H., & Davis, K. (2013). Quantitative Assessment of Infrared Analysis of Concrete Admixtures. International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials, 7(3), 203-214.
  • Najm, H., Casale, A., Scott, N., Doukakis, J., & Shebeshi, T. (2011). Infrared scan of concrete admixtures and structural steel paints (No. FHWA-NJ-2011-007). New Jersey. Dept. of Transportation.