Joshua Hertz

Teaching Professor,  First Year Engineering Program

Contact

Office

  • 375 Snell Engineering
  • 617.373.7417

About

Dr. Hertz earned a B.S. in Ceramic Engineering from Alfred University in 1999 and then a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006. Following this, he worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology as a National Research Council postdoctoral fellow. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware as an Assistant Professor in September 2008, leading a lab that researched the effects of composition and nanostructure on ion conduction and surface exchange in ceramic materials. In 2014, he moved to Northeastern University to focus on teaching and developing curriculum in the First Year Engineering program.

Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering
  • Alfred University B.S., Ceramic Engineering

Selected Publications

  • J.L. Hertz, “gruepr, a software tool for optimally partitioning students onto teams,” ASEE Computers in Education Journal, 12 (2021)
  • J.L. Hertz, R. Whalen, C. Mukasa, J. Sangster, “4th time around: do classes get better with instructor repetition?” 2020 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, paper ID#29367 (2020)
  • J.L. Hertz, N. Daviero, “We own this: a class patent system as experiential learning,” 2019 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, paper ID#25363 (2019)
  • W. Shen, J. Jiang, C. Ni, Z. Voras, T.P. Beebe, J.L. Hertz, “Two-dimensional vacancy trapping in yttria-doped ceria,” Solid State Ionics, 255, p. 13 (2014)
  • B.E. McNealy, J.L. Hertz, “Numerical modeling of a non-flooding hybrid polymer electrolyte fuel cell,” Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 38, p. 5357 (2013)
  • B. Raman, J.L. Hertz, K.D. Benkstein, S. Semancik, “Bioinspired methodology for artificial olfaction,” Anal. Chem., 80, p. 8364 (2008)
  • J.L. Hertz, H.L. Tuller, “Micro fuel cell,” US Patent 7,871,734
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