Alexandra Coso Strong

Biography

Alexandra Coso Strong is an Associate Professor at Cornell University, where she holds a joint appointment in the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the Systems Engineering Program.23 She joined Cornell in 2024 after co-founding the School of Universal Computing, Construction and Engineering Education at Florida International University (FIU).14

Strong completed her doctorate in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech in 2014.1 Prior to attending Georgia Tech, she received a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from MIT (2007) and a master's degree in systems engineering from the University of Virginia (2010).1 She continued her educational and professional journey as a postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Tech's Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and a faculty member at Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts (2015-2018).1

Research Interests

Strong's research focuses on identifying and developing approaches to (a) sustainable change with the systems we inhabit and interact with and (b) how we, as educators, can prepare the next generation of engineers and change agents to develop solutions to ongoing global challenges.1 She has conducted projects exploring student and faculty experiences in undergraduate engineering courses, studying how practicing engineers engage in cross-disciplinary communication and collaboration, and examining the perceptions and experiences of graduate program directors and graduate students in engineering.1

Teaching Interests

Strong has extensive experience teaching design and systems analysis courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.1 At the graduate level, her teaching has focused on education research methods and pedagogy.1

Selected Publications

• Bracho Perez, V. and Coso Strong, A. (2023) "Exploring the Effects of Learning Assistants on Instructional Team-Student Interactions in Statics." International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education.1