Joshua Loughman

Joshua Loughman is a lecturer for the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU), director of the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program and a Senior Sustainability Scientist at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability. He is a 2020 Resilience Fellow at ASU’s Knowledge Exchange for Resilience and is an Expert on the Future of Energy for the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network. His teaching includes courses in modeling and simulation, design engineering, project management, sustainability, and technology and society. The EPICS program provides opportunities for multidisciplinary teams of students to engage with challenging community projects in the areas of sustainability, education, community development, and health.

He has a B.S. in aerospace engineering and a Masters in Engineering in systems engineering from Arizona State University and a graduate certificate in system dynamics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is currently pursing doctoral studies in the Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology program at ASU’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society. 

He has been a Lecturer at ASU since 2015 and prior to this he spent 10 years in the space industry as a systems engineer and project lead.

Publications

Joshua Loughman's publications

J. Collofello, D. Fox, L. Jamieson, E. Lindsay, J. Loughman, J. Morgan, W. Oakes, J. Schoepf, C. Smith. 2020. “Dissemination and Adaptation of the EPICS, Engineering Projects in Community Service, Model”, Advances in Engineering Education (in review).
S. Gillespie, M.V. Huerta, J. Schoepf, J. Loughman. 2019. “The Impact of Multidisciplinary Teams on Sustainability Projects in EPICS”. 2019 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.

 

Grants

Joshua Loughman's grants
"EPICS Diversity and Problem-Solving Research and Monitoring", Diversity and Inclusion Initiative (DII) @ FSE Seed Funding Program. $1,500.
2020 Resilience Fellowship. Knowledge Exchange for Resilience, Arizona State University. $15,000.