Jiabin “Emily” Zhu, Ph.D.
Jiabin “Emily” Zhu, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from East China Normal University and her Master of Science degree in Optics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She received a second Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University. In the spring of 2013, she obtained her Ph.D. from the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. While in the doctoral program, she served as a research assistant in multiple projects on the training and mentoring of engineering doctoral students. Her primary research interests relate to epistemological development of college and graduate students, comparative study methods and frameworks in engineering education, global engineering and mentoring of engineering graduate students.
