Lisa Benson (engineering educator)

Lisa Clemence Benson is an American expert in engineering education, a professor emerita in the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University,[1] and the former editor-in-chief of the Journal of Engineering Education.[2] Her research specialties include student motivation, computational thinking, and active learning.[3]

Education and career

Benson majored in bioengineering at the University of Vermont, graduating in 1982. She came to Clemson University as a graduate student in bioengineering; she received a master's degree in 1986 and completed her Ph.D. in 2002.[3] Her dissertation, Development of clinically relevant loading patterns for force-controlled knee joint simulation, was supervised by Martine LaBerge.[4]

When Clemson founded its Department of Engineering and Science Education in 2006, she became the first faculty member in the department.[5] She has since retired to become a professor emerita.[1]

She was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Engineering Education from 2017 until 2022.[2]

Recognition

In 2018, Clemson University gave Benson their Class of ‘39 Award for Excellence.[5] She was elected as a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education in 2019.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "People", Department of Engineering and Science Education, Clemson University, retrieved 2026-07-08
  2. 1 2 Williams, Bill; Struck Jannini, Alexander Vincent; Main, Joyce B.; Knight, David (September 2023), "JEE in the 21st century: A brief history of the journal and retrospective of three past editors", Journal of Engineering Education, 112 (4), Wiley: 848–851, doi:10.1002/jee.20558
  3. 1 2 "Lisa Benson, Ph.D.", Directory, Clemson Department of Bioengineering, retrieved 2026-07-08
  4. ↑ Benson, Lisa Clemence (2002), Development of clinically relevant loading patterns for force-controlled knee joint simulation (Ph.D. thesis), Clemson University, ProQuest 276310512
  5. 1 2 Alongi, Paul (December 10, 2018), "Class of '39 Award goes to leading authority in engineering education", Clemson News, Clemson University, retrieved 2026-07-08
  6. ↑ Garrett, Teri (August 8, 2019), "Benson and Martin Named Fellows of ASEE for 2019", Engineering and Science Education, Clemson University, retrieved 2026-07-08
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