Dr. Alison Polasik
Room 206
Buies Creek, NC 27506
Biography
Alison Polasik, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at Campbell University, where she teaches courses in materials science and engineering, engineering statistics, thermodynamics, statics, mechanics, and Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam preparation. A metallurgist by training and an engineering educator by vocation, she is committed to helping students develop the technical skills, confidence, and professional identity needed to become successful engineers.
Dr. Polasik earned her B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Arizona State University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University. Her technical background includes metallic materials, fatigue and failure, corrosion, and additive manufacturing.
Her scholarship focuses on engineering education, with broad interests in how students develop, succeed, and transition into engineering careers. Her current research includes student motivation and self-efficacy, computational thinking and programming, and quantitative analyses of pathways to success in engineering education. Emerging areas of interest include character and ethics in engineering formation, the transition from engineering education to professional practice, and how graduates continue to learn and apply their education in the workplace. She is also interested in making rigorous engineering education research more accessible to faculty.
Dr. Polasik is active in the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), and ABET. She serves as an ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission program evaluator and commissioner. Her teaching has been recognized with awards from both Campbell University and the ASEE Materials Division.
Across her teaching, scholarship, and service, Dr. Polasik is motivated by a central goal: expanding access to engineering while maintaining the rigor, ethical responsibility, and problem-solving excellence that define the profession.