Lisa Benson (engineering educator)

Lisa Clemence Benson is an American expert in engineering education, a professor emerita in the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, and the former editor-in-chief of the Journal of Engineering Education. Her research specialties include student motivation, computational thinking, and active learning.

Education and career

Benson majored in bioengineering at the University of Vermont, graduating in 1982. She came to Clemson University as a graduate student in bioengineering; she received a master's degree in 1986 and completed her Ph.D. in 2002. Her dissertation, Development of clinically relevant loading patterns for force-controlled knee joint simulation, was supervised by Martine LaBerge.

When Clemson founded its Department of Engineering and Science Education in 2006, she became the first faculty member in the department. She has since retired to become a professor emerita.

She was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Engineering Education from 2017 until 2022.

Recognition

In 2018, Clemson University gave Benson their Class of ‘39 Award for Excellence. She was elected as a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education in 2019.

References

  1. 1 2 "People", Department of Engineering and Science Education, Clemson University, retrieved 2026-07-08
  2. 1 2 Williams, Bill; Struck Jannini, Alexander Vincent; Main, Joyce B.; Knight, David (September 2023), "JEE in the 21st century: A brief history of the journal and retrospective of three past editors", Journal of Engineering Education, 112 (4), Wiley: 848–851, doi:10.1002/jee.20558
  3. 1 2 "Lisa Benson, Ph.D.", Directory, Clemson Department of Bioengineering, retrieved 2026-07-08
  4. ↑ Benson, Lisa Clemence (2002), Development of clinically relevant loading patterns for force-controlled knee joint simulation (Ph.D. thesis), Clemson University, ProQuest 276310512
  5. 1 2 Alongi, Paul (December 10, 2018), "Class of '39 Award goes to leading authority in engineering education", Clemson News, Clemson University, retrieved 2026-07-08
  6. ↑ Garrett, Teri (August 8, 2019), "Benson and Martin Named Fellows of ASEE for 2019", Engineering and Science Education, Clemson University, retrieved 2026-07-08