Nicole Batrouny
Assistant Teaching Professor - Oakland,
First Year Engineering Program
Contact
- n.batrouny@northeastern.edu
- 5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA, 94613
Research Focus
Engineering education; decision making; engineering design process, especially novice engineers; social implications of and within engineering
Education
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University, 2023
Professional Affiliations
- American Society for Engineering Education
Research Overview
Engineering education; decision making; engineering design process, especially novice engineers; social implications of and within engineering
Selected Publications
- Batrouny, N. (2022, June), “So whose are we doing?”: Design ownership and prolonged decision making in elementary engineering (Fundamental). Proceedings of the 2022 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.
- Batrouny, N. A., Wendell, K. B., Andrews, C., & Dalvi, T. (2021). “Mapping Students’ Engineering Processes with Design Zones.” Science and Children, 58(3).
- Batrouny, N. Structures of interaction in elementary engineering peer-to-peer feedback. Paper presented at 2021 National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Virtual Conference.
- Batrouny, N. A., Wendell, K. B., Andrews, C., & Dalvi, T. (2020, June). Examining shared understandings of design artifacts in upper-elementary school engineering. Proceedings of the 2020 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Virtual Conference.
Batrouny, N., Dalvi, T., Wendell, K., Andrews, C., & Rahman, F. (2019). Characterizing Peer Feedback on Products and Process in Elementary Engineering. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching 2019 Annual International Conference. Baltimore, MD.

Jan 17, 2024
First-Year Engineering Faculty Receive Mutual Mentoring Advancement Program Award
FYE Assistant Teaching Professors Angelina Jay, Andrew Gillen, Nicole Batrouny, and Adetoun Yeaman received a Mutual Mentoring Advancement Program (M2AP) Award for 2024-2025 from Northeastern’s Advance Office of Faculty Development.

Dec 12, 2023
Oakland Students Building Robots and Solving Challenges
First-year engineering students at Northeastern’s Oakland campus showcased their Cornerstone of Engineering projects by building and programming self-driving robots to navigate mazes.

Aug 18, 2023
New Faculty Spotlight: Nicole Batrouny
Nicole Batrouny joins First-Year Engineering in August 2023 as an Assistant Teaching Professor.