Stephanie Claussen
Assistant Professor
Discipline: Engineering education, photonics
Office: SEIC 323
Email: sclaussen@sfsu.edu
Education
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2012
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2008
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2005
Biography
Dr. Stephanie Claussen joined San Francisco State University in 2021 as a faculty member in electrical engineering with a research focus in engineering education. She is also affiliated with the Metro College Success Program. Dr. Claussen’s research interests include engineering students' and professional engineers' views of ethics and social responsibility, effective pedagogies for sociotechnical integration, and the responsible engagement of engineers with communities. She has served as a PI or co-PI on three active NSF-funded engineering education research grants totaling over $1 million. Her disciplinary research focuses on photonics and includes optoelectronic materials, ultrafast optical characterization, and device design and fabrication.
Prior to joining SFSU, Dr. Claussen was a Teaching Professor with a joint appointment in the Electrical Engineering Department and the Engineering, Design, and Society Division at the Colorado School of Mines beginning in 2013. Dr. Claussen has been recognized with the IEEE Region V Outstanding Educator Award in 2018 and numerous teaching awards from the Colorado School of Mines. She currently serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Photonics for Energy.