Laine Schrewe

Assistant Professor
Department of Engineering, Computer Science, & Physics

Laine Schrewe, Ph.D., received her Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 2004 and her Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 2006. Her graduate school research focused on simulating injector fuel spray and combustion in large bore diesel engines and inspired her to pursue a career in engine design. She spent nine years as a practicing engine design engineer for Honda R&D of America before transitioning to engineering education in 2015.

As an engineering instructor for Tolles Career and Technical School, she developed and taught an engineering curriculum for high school students in Jonathan Alder High School, striving to both prepare students for a future in the engineering field and to introduce students who may not previously have felt capable of succeeding in the field to technical concepts in a way they found engaging and achievable. In the eight years she worked as a career technical educator, she earned her Master of Arts from Ohio State University (focused on Workforce Development) and went on to get her Ph.D. in The Science of Learning from the University at Buffalo (focused on Engineering Education). Her research investigates how students derive self-efficacy in engineering and the impact instructional strategies have on that self-efficacy – particularly for diverse populations – in an effort to make positive changes to the way engineering education is approached and how students are recruited and retained in the field.