Dr. Robin Coger
Dr. Coger is a professor of Engineering at East Carolina University’s College of Engineering and Technology. Throughout her career, she has taught courses in both mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering. Her teaching interests include:
- Heat transfer
- Thermodynamics,
- Introduction to biomedical engineering
- Introduction to engineering research
as well as the incorporation of skeptical artificial intelligence considerations into the learning of those concepts.
As a researcher, Dr. Coger has a long history of solving design and performance problems related to tissue-engineered organs, with special emphasis on liver replacement devices and their safe low-temperature storage for off-the-shelf availability. Her work has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Health, the National Science Foundation, and other federal agencies and has resulted in numerous publications and one patent. Her current research is focused on leveraging artificial intelligence to expand awareness and interest in engineering and other STEM fields.
Dr. Coger has served in various academic leadership positions and is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. She has also chaired the Advisory Committee of the Engineering Directorate of the National Science Foundation, served on the editorial board of the American Society of Engineering Education publication, PRISM; and continues to be one of the Board of Directors of FIRST — An organization founded to inspire the interest and participation of young people in engineering, science, and technology.
Dr. Coger earned a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University, and her Master of Science and Doctoral degree from the University of California – Berkeley, all in Mechanical Engineering. She completed her post-doctoral research as a fellow at Harvard Medical School and the Department of Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.