Sophia Santillan
Associate Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Appointments and Affiliations
- Associate Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Contact Information
- Office Location: 187 Hudson Hall, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708
- Office Phone: (919) 660-5339
- Email Address: sophia.santillan@duke.edu
Education
- Ph.D. Duke University, 2007
Research Interests
Engineering education, nonlinear systems, structural mechanics and numerical methods.
Courses Taught
- EGR 95FS: First Year seminar in Focus
- EGR 101L: Engineering Design and Communication
- EGR 244L: Dynamics
- EHD 395T: Bass Connections Education & Human Development Research Team
- EHD 396: Bass Connections: Interdisciplinary Team Projects
- EHD 396T: Bass Connections Education & Human Development Research Team
- EHD 795T: Bass Connections Education & Human Development Research Team
- EHD 796: Bass Connections: Interdisciplinary Team Projects
- EHD 796T: Bass Connections Education & Human Development Research Team
- HOUSECS 59: House Course
- MATH 212: Multivariable Calculus
- MATH 212D: Multivariable Calculus
- MATH 218-2: Matrices and Vectors
- MATH 219: Multivariable Calculus
- MATH 353: Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
- MATH 712D: Multivariable Calculus
- MATH 753: Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
- ME 491: Special Projects in Mechanical Engineering
- ME 492: Special Projects in Mechanical Engineering
- ME 555: Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering
In the News
- “Engineering While Black” creates a series of important conversations (Apr 1, 2021 | DukEngineer Magazine)
- To Shrink the Gender Gap in STEM, Start with Girls’ Math Identity (May 19, 2020 | Duke Engineering News)
- Wary of the wire cutter? Clueless about the drill press? These Duke Engineering First-Year Design students have you covered (Apr 3, 2019 | Duke Engineering News)
- A new first-year student experience is catching positive reviews (May 29, 2018 | DukEngineer Magazine)
- New First-Year Design Course, Space Debut (Aug 24, 2017 | Duke Engineering News)
Representative Publications
- Tannebaum, A; Santillan, ST; Simmons, R, Women in Engineering: 3D Printing Interests, Habits, and Persistence, Asee Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings (2021) [abs].
- Cunningham, P; Matusovich, HM; Carrico, C; Ellestad, RMC; Tantum, S; Santillan, ST; Simmons, R, Supporting Students' Skillful Learning: Lessons Learned from a Faculty Development Workshop, Asee Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings (2021) [abs].
- Gray, M; Saterbak, A; Santillan, ST; Rizk, M; Sperling, J, Work-In-Progress: Engineering self-efficacy in first-year design, Asee Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, vol 2020-June (2020) [abs].
- Santillan, ST; Virgin, LN, Numerical and experimental analysis of the static behavior of highly deformed risers, Ocean Engineering, vol 38 no. 13 (2011), pp. 1397-1402 [10.1016/j.oceaneng.2011.06.009] [abs].
- Santillan, ST, Correlation between homework solution website use and course performance, Asee Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings (2011) [abs].