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Sr. Lecturer & Academic Director · Researcher

Featured Projects

Characterizing Engineering Work in a Changing World

A contemporary framework for categorizing work in terms of engineering-relatedness, based on a systematic review of literature on technical occupations spanning 50 years. In Journal of Engineering Education

From Engineering
School to Careers

A quantitative study asking: What are key factors linked to engineering students' varying occupational outcomes? Which, among these, can be positively influenced? In Engineering Management Journal

Conjoint Analysis of Engineering Occupational Preferences

A randomized controlled experiment assessing engineering job characteristics' effects on students' interests across a range of engineering job types. In Research in Higher Education

Journal Articles & Refereed Conference Proceedings

Moore, E., Edington, S., Jaeger-Helton, B. K., Lamb, K., Magarian, J. N., Rottman, C., Azad, A., Kendall, M., Li, T., Pheifer, M., Wolfinbarger, K., Shams, E., Manning, M. (2026). Human-Centered Leadership in an AI-Driven World: Practitioner Reflections on Engineering Leadership Development. In 2026 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. ➞

Magarian, J. N., & Rokosz, A. (2025). Advancing a Multi-year Longitudinal Assessment Approach for an Engineering Leadership Program. In 2025 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. ➞

Magarian, J. N., Feiler, J. M., McGonagle, L., Milligan, E., Rokosz, A., Schanne, E., Rahaman, R. S., & de Weck, O. L. (2024). Navigating the Mystery: An Approach for Integrating Experiential Learning in Ethics into an Engineering Leadership Program. In 2024 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. ➞

Magarian, J. N., & Seering, W. P. (2024). Celebrating Differences: A Conjoint Analysis of Senior Year Mechanical Engineering Students’ Occupational Preferences. Research in Higher Education, 65(3), 463-509. ➞

Magarian, J. N., & Rahaman, R.S. (2023). What Engineering Leaders Lead: The Career Outcomes of an Engineering Leadership Program’s Alumni Community. In 2023 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. ➞

Mao, K., Ferguson, S., Magarian, J. N., & Olechowski, A. (2023). "Just a little bit on the outside for the whole time": Social belonging confidence and the persistence of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence students. In 2023 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. ➞

Magarian, J. N., & Seering, W. P. (2022). From engineering school to careers: An examination of occupational intentions of mechanical engineering students. Engineering Management Journal, 34(2), 176-200. ➞

Ferguson, S., Magarian, J. N., Olechowski, A., & Mao, K. (2022). Advancing a Model of Students' Intentional Persistence in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. In 2022 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. ➞

Magarian, J. N., & Seering, W. P. (2021). Characterizing engineering work in a changing world: Synthesis of a typology for engineering students' occupational outcomes. Journal of Engineering Education, 110(2), 458-500. ➞

Magarian, J. N., & Olechowski, A. (2018). Engineering Students and Group Membership: Patterns of Variation in Leadership Confidence and Risk Orientation. In 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. ➞

Magarian, J. N., White, R. D., & Matson, D. M. (2016). Real-Time Acoustic and Pressure Characterization of Two-Phase Flow for Quality Control of Expanded Polystyrene Injection Molding Processes. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 138(5), 051002. ➞

Schuhmann, R. J., Magarian, J. N., & Huttner-Loan, E. (2014). A Method for Assessing Engineering Leadership Content in the Engineering Curriculum: A First Look at Civil Engineering Project Management Courses. In 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. ➞

Theses

Magarian, J. N. (2018). The Career Pursuits of Engineering Students: Inquiries into Options, Informedness, and Intentions at the Education-careers Interface. Doctoral Thesis: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ➞

Magarian, J. N. (2007). Real-time Digital Characterization of Two-phase Flow During Expandable Polystyrene (EPS) Pattern Molding for the Lost Foam Casting Process. Master of Science Thesis: Tufts University. ➞

Magarian, J. N. (2004). Elastic Properties of Grenadilla Wood and Implications for Clarinet Manufacture. Bachelor of Science Thesis: Tufts University. [Awarded Highest Thesis Honors]

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