Description: Ada Hurst, Continuing Lecturer in the Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo
I am a faculty member in the Department of Management Sciences , Faculty of Engineering , at the University of Waterloo. I am pleased to promote the Management Engineering program any chance I get.
I have taught and coordinated the capstone design project courses for the Management Engineering program since 2011. I also teach courses in organizational theory, technology, and behaviour. Occasionally, I offer special directed readings courses, such as on the study of design and designing, sustainable design , and data-driven design, at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
My research interests lie in the area of (engineering) design cognition and design learning/education. Simply put, I'm interested in learning about how people design, how they learn to design, and how we can make the teaching and learning of design better. Much of this research has been funded by a number of University of Waterloo Learning Innovation and Teaching Enhancement (LITE) grants. My work has been published in design and engineering/design education journals including Design Studies, Design Science