Faculty Profiles

Debs, L., Besiktepe, D., Talley, K. G., & Mosier, R. (2025). Sense of Belonging of US Construction Students. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 21(3), 321–345. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/15578771.2024.2384378

Talley, K. G., Muci-Kuchler, K. H., Valles Molina, D., Gutierrez, C. F., & Tate, J. S. (2025). Sowing the SEEDs (Scholars of Excellence in Engineering Design): Starting the SEED NSF S-STEM Program at Texas State University. In Proceedings of the 2025 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 22 to 25, 2025. ASEE Paper ID # 46128. ASEE. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--55827

Talley, K. G., Ivey, J., Talley, A. B., Smith, S. F., & Torres, A. S. (2025). Managing the Making: Development Makerspace Management Software to Efficiently Improve Access and Safety. International Journal of Academic Makerspaces. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.21428/70cb44c5.d9a87217

Talley, K. G., & Spencer, B. J. (2024). Impact of an Industrial Internship on Construction Students’ Sense of Belonging.

Compeau, R., Talley, K. G., & Talley, A. B. (2024). Classicle Sticks: An Activity to Improve Student Engagement.

Talley, A., & Talley, K. (2023). MAKER: Recycling HDPE in an Academic Makerspace.

Snosi, O., Kisi, K. P., & Talley, K. G. (2023). Work in Progress: Development of an AutoCAD Plugin to Increase Student’s Spatial Visualization Skills. In Proceedings of 2023 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.

Talley, K. G., Shryock, K. J., & Linsey, J. S. (2023). A Move to Sustainability: Launching an Instructor Interface.

undefined Saber Sayed, Talley, K. G., & Kisi, K. P. (2023). Work in Progress: Development of an AutoCAD Plugin to Increase Student’s Spatial Visualization Skills.

Talley, K. G., Hurt, J., & Linsey, J. (2022). Changing Homework Achievement with Mechanix Pedagogy: Increasing the Efficacy of Measurement Tools for Construction Majors.

Runyon, M., Talley, K. G., Viswanathan, V. K., Shryock, K. J., Caldwell, B., Linsey, J., & Hammond, T. (2022). Changing Homework Achievement with Mechanix Pedagogy: A Recap.

Tingerthal, J., Talley, K. G., Mosier, R., Tymvios, N., de Cresce El Debs, L., & Philipp, N. (2021). Responding to the COVID Pandemic: Results and Reflections on Round-Table Discussions at ASEE 2020.

Talley, K. G., Spencer, B. J., Hatipkarasulu, G. S., & Kisi, K. P. (2021). Work in Progress: Finding the Holes in Safety Education.

Kisi, K. P., Talley, K. G., Spencer, B. J., & Hatipkarasulu, G. S. (2021). Work in Progress: Gaming our Way to Increased Math Self-efficacy and Opening the Gate to STEM Major.

Runyon, M., Viswanathan, V., Talley, K. G., Hammond, T. A., & Linsey, J. (2021). Mechanix: An Intelligent Web Interface for Automatic Grading of Sketched Free Body Diagrams.

Smith, S. F., Talley, K. G., Ortiz, A. M., & Sriraman, V. (2021). You Want Me to Teach Engineering? Impacts of Recurring Experiences on K-12 Teachers’ Engineering Design Self-Efficacy, Familiarity with Engineering, and Confidence to Teach with Design-Based Learning Pedagogy. Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 11(1), 26–41.

Tomko, M. E., Nagel, R. L., Newstetter, W., Smith, S. F., Talley, K. G., & Linsey, J. S. (2021). Making a Makerspace: Identified Practices in the Formation of a University Makerspace. Engineering Studies, 13(1), 8–29. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/19378629.2021.1916941

Hilton, E. C., Talley, K. G., Smith, S. F., Nagel, R. L., & Linsey, J. S. (2020). Report on Engineering Design Self-Efficacy and Demographics of Makerspace Participants Across Three Universities. Journal of Mechanical Design, 142(10). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4046649

Talley, K. G., & Spencer, B. J. (2020). Where Do All the Pre-Majors Go?: A Self-Study of Student Stumbling Points in the Pre-Construction Curriculum.

Hurt, J., Linsey, J. S., Talley, K. G., Hammond, T. A., Shryock, K., Viswanathan, V., & Caldwell, B. (2020). Impact of a sketch-based tutoring system at five universities.

Smith, S. F., & Talley, K. G. (2019). Facilitating Makerspace Adoption: Professional Development for University Faculty in Making Techniques and Pedagogy.

Jennings, M., & Talley, K. G. (2019). Impact on Retention: Integrating Introduction to Engineering Concepts into a Freshmen University Seminar Experience.

Hotchkiss, S., Talley, K. G., Londa, M., & Talley, A. B. (2019). Do I Belong in a Makerspace?: Investigating Student Belonging and Non-verbal Cues in a University Makerspace.

Bante, S. J., Hilton, E., Talley, K. G., Shryock, K. J., Linsey, J. S., & Hammond, T. A. (2019). Changing Homework Achievement with Mechanix Pedagogy.

Talley, K. G., & Smith, S. F. (2018). Asynchronous Peer-to-Peer Learning: Putting Student Projects to Work in Future Classes. Advances in Engineering Education.

Talley, K. G., & Smith, S. F. (2018, February). Lights, Camera, Learning! Prism, 39.

Spencer, B. J., Sriraman, V., Talley, K. G., & Ortiz, A. M. (2018). Social cognitive impact of industry internships upon engineering technology students developing professional identity:  A case study.

Hilton, E., Smith, S. F., Nagel, R. L., Linsey, J. S., & Talley, K. G. (2018). University Makerspaces: More than Just Toys.

Jennings, M. F., Talley, K. G., Smith, S. F., & Ortiz, A. M. (2018). Implementing Best Practices and Facing Facilities Realities: Creation of a New University Makerspace and Maker Research Lab. In Proceedings of the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.

Smith, S. F., Talley, K. G., Sriraman, V., & Ortiz, A. M. (2018). Teachers’ Engineering Design Self-Efficacy Changes Influenced by Boundary Objects and Cross-Disciplinary Interactions.

Spencer, B. J., Sriraman, V., Talley, K. G., & Ortiz, A. M. (2018). Social Cognitive Impact of Industry Internships Upon Engineering Technology Students Developing Professional Identity: A Case Study.

Smith, S. F., & Talley, K. G. (2018). “Lend a Hand” Project Helps Students: Improved Spatial Visualization Skills Through Engaging in Hands-on 3D-Printed Prosthetics Project During a 9th Grade Engineering Course. Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 8(1), 41–54.

Tomko, M. E., Hilton, E., Forest, C. R., Talley, K. G., Smith, S. F., Nagel, R., & Linsey, J. (2017). Observations on Guiding Principles, or Best Practices, in University Makerspaces. In Proceedings of the 2017 International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces.

Talley, A. B., & Talley, K. G. (2017). Work in Progress: Teaching Design Theory and Mastercam in a Hybrid Flipped Classroom Environment. In Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.

Talley, K. G., & Ameri, F. (2017). Work-In-Progress: Measuring the Effects of a Making-Based Senior Design Project in Engineering Technology. In Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.

Talley, K. G., Ortiz, A. M., Sriraman, V., & Smith, S. F. (2017). The Engineering Education Maker Identity Project: A Look at the First Year. In Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.

Talley, K. G., & Ortiz, A. M. (2017). Women’s Interest Development and Motivations to Persist as College Students in STEM: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Views and Voices from a Hispanic Serving Institution. International Journal of STEM Education, 4(5).

Talley, K. G., & Martinez Ortiz, A. (2017). Women’s interest development and motivations to persist as college students in STEM: a mixed methods analysis of views and voices from a Hispanic-Serving Institution. International Journal of STEM Education, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-017-0059-2

Smith, S. F., Talley, K. G., Ortiz, A. M., & Sriraman, V. (2017). The Engineering Education Maker Identity Project: Process and Tools as Boundary Objects within Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration. In SITE 2017 Proceedings (pp. 1365–1371). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Talley, A. B., & Talley, K. G. (2016). MAKER: Public Engineering: Informal Interactive Video and Electronic Poster Hallway Learning Experience,.

Ortiz, A. M., Talley, K. G., Novoa, C. M., & Sriraman, V. (2016). Integrating an introduction to engineering experience into a university seminar course.

Broughton, B., Lee, S. J., Ryu, J. S., & Talley, K. G. (2016). Authentic Leadership and Construction Superintendent Effectiveness. Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management, 6, 15–23. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.6106/JCEPM.2016.12.4.015

Linsey, J., Forest, C., Nagel, R., Newstetter, W., Talley, K. G., & Smith, S. F. (2016). Understanding the Impact in University Makerspaces.

Linsey, J., Forest, C., Nagel, R., Newstetter, W., Talley, K. G., & Smith, S. F. (2016). Understanding the Impact in University Makerspaces.

Talley, K. G., & Torres, A. S. (2016). Measuring the Impact of Using Daily Objectives to Provide Rapid Feedback in Construction Courses. International Journal for Construction Education and Research. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/15578771.2016.1200697

Sriraman, V., Spencer, B. J., Talley, K. G., & Ortiz, A. M. (2016). Early internships for engineering technology student retention:  A pilot study.

Novoa, C., Ortiz, A., & Talley, K. G. (2016). Multi-Disciplinary Summer Orientation Sessions for First-Year Students in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Physics, and Computer Science. In Proceedings of the 2016 ASEE Annual Conference. Retrieved from https://peer.asee.org/25760

Talley, K. G., Ortiz, A. M., Novoa Ramirez, C. M., & Sriraman, V. (2016). Integrating an Introduction to Engineering Experience into an University Seminar Course. In Proceedings of the 2016 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.

Vedaraman, S., Spencer, B., Talley, K. G., & Ortiz, A. (2016). Early Internships for Engineering Technology Student Retention: A Pilot Study. In Proceedings of the 2016 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.

Novoa, C., Ortiz, A., & Talley, K. G. (2016). Multi-Disciplinary Summer Orientation Sessions for First-Year Students in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Physics, and Computer Science. In Proceedings of the 2016 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.

Talley, A. B., & Talley, K. G. (2016). MAKER: Public Engineering: Informal Interactive Video and Electronic Poster Hallway Learning Experience. In Proceedings of the 2016 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.

Levy, B., Morocz, R., Forest, C., Nagel, R., Newstetter, W., Talley, K. G., … Linsey, J. (2016). MAKER: How to Make a University Maker Space. In Proceedings of the 2016 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.

Penney, M., Watkins, J., Levy, B., Linsey, J., Nagel, R., Newstetter, W., … Smith, S. (2016). “Making” an Impact: An Ethnographic Approach to University Maker Spaces. In Proceedings of the 2016 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.

Morocz, R., Levy, B., Forest, C., Nagel, R., Newstetter, W., Talley, K. G., … Linsey, J. (2016). Relating Student Participation in University Maker Spaces to their Engineering Design Self-Efficacy. In Proceedings of the 2016 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference.

Talley, K. G., & Frazier, M. (2016). Objectives Hard at Work: Bloom’s-based Learning Objectives as a Feedback System. Journal of Engineering Technology, 33(1).

Talley, A. B., & Talley, K. G. (2016). Keeping Current: Teaching Mastercam and Design Theory in Hybrid Flipped Classroom.

Talley, K. G., Kapitan, J., & Breen, J. E. (2016). Method for Approximation of ASR/DEF Damage in Concrete Columns. ACI Structural Journal, American Concrete Institute, 113(1).

Talley, K. G., & Ortiz, A. M. (2015). The Roots of Science, Mathematics and Engineering Self-Confidence in College Students: Voices of Successful Undergraduate Women.

Levy, B., Morocz, R., Linsey, J., Nagel, R., Talley, K. G., Newstetter, W., & Forest, C. (2015). University Maker Spaces: Discovery, Optimization and Measurement of Impacts.

Barrett, T., Pizzico, M., Levy, B., Nagel, R., Talley, K. G., Linsey, J., … Forest, C. (2015). A Review of University Maker Spaces.

Talley, K. G., Arrellaga, J., & Breen, J. (2014). Computational Modeling of Existing Damage in Concrete Bridge Columns. Journal of Structural Engineering, 140(12).

Castro-Arellano, I., Hahn, D., Forstner, M., Green, C., Talley, K. G., & Gaedicke, C. (2014). Contribution of Bridge Dwelling Birds to Bacterial Water Quality Impairments. In Final Report TXDOT 0-6764.

Castro-Arellano, I., Hahn, D., Forstner, M., Green, C., Talley, K. G., & Gaedicke, C. (2014). Contribution of Bridge Dwelling Birds to Bacterial Water Quality Impairments. In Interim Tech Memo TXDOT 0-6764.

Castro-Arellano, I., Hahn, D., Forstner, M., Green, C., Talley, K. G., & Gaedicke, C. (2013). Contribution of Bridge Dwelling Birds to Bacterial Water Quality Impairments. In Interim Report TXDOT 0-6764.

Talley, K. G. (2013). Lights, Camera, Action!: Peer-to-Peer Learning through Graduate Student Videos.

Talley, K. G. (2013). Unrealized Potential: Course Outcomes and Student Learning.

Talley, K. G. (2012). Hands-on Project Based Learning on a Shoestring Budget: You Don’t Have to Buy a Robotics Kit.

Talley, A. B., Talley, K. G., & Crawford, C. (2011). Engineering Applicability of a Universal Design Performance Measure,.

Talley, A., Crawford, R., & Talley, K. G. (2011). Engineering Applicability of a Universal Design Performance Measure.

Talley, K. G., Hovell, C., & Stith, J. (2010). Study Abroad to See the World and Become a Better Engineer.

Hovell, C., Talley, K. G., & Schmidt, K. (2009). Grad Students Just Wanna Have Fun: Great Sociability Makes a Great Graduate Program.

Talley, K. G., & Arrellaga, J. (2008). Computational Modeling of ASR/DEF Affected Concrete Bridge Columns.

Kapitan, J. G., Grau, K. A., & Breen, J. E. (2006). Methodology for Structural Assessment of the ASR/DEF Damaged Substructure Elements of the San Antonio Y. In Report FHWA/TX 0-5218-1.