Education

Hometown: Kearney, NE

School: Kearney Senior High School

Major: Civil Engineering

Kiewit Internship Location(s): Nebraska

Additional Experience: Engineering Education Undergraduate Research, Nebraska

Academic Degrees

• M.S. in Civil Engineering – Structural, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA, 2026
• B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA, 2025

Employment History

• University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Graduate Research Assistant, 05/2025-Present
• University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 12/2022-05/2025
• Kiewit Corporation, Structural Engineer Intern, 06/2022-08/2022

Area of Research and Professional Interest

• Instructor Adaptability
• Classroom Activities & Assessment Variety
• Transparency & Communication Between Students & Instructors
• 3-D Spatial Visualization
• Broadening Participation in Engineering Programs
• Engineering Student Motivation & Retention

Research Experience 

• CAREER: Re-envisioning Engineering Pedagogy to Support a Range of Visuo-spatial Skills, National Science Foundation, 06/2025-Present
• Evidencing Epidemic Change in Engineering Education: Shedding Light on Instructor Adaptability and Course Complexity for Sustained Change, National Science Foundation, 04/2023-Present
• RAPID: Faculty Adaptability and Community Engagement when Teaching in a Crisis, National Science Foundation, 01/2023-04/2023

Publications and Presentations

• Kerr, G.*, Wulf, H. J.*, & Panther, G. Student Supports and Instructor Transparency Identified in Engineering Syllabi over Nine Semesters. 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, OR, USA, 06/24/2025
  • *Shared First-Authorship
• Kerr, G.*, Wulf, H.*, Panther, G., & Diefes-Dux, H. Instructional Change in Engineering Undergraduate Courses: Evidence-Based Scoring of Syllabi and LMS Feature Use. UNL Student Research Days Undergraduate Poster Session, Lincoln, NE, USA, 04/15/2025
  • *Shared First-Authorship
• Wulf, H., Panther, G., & Diefes-Dux, H. Changes in Fairness and Academic Integrity Policies Across Nine Semesters as Evidenced in Mechanical Engineering Syllabi. Nebraska Summer Research Program Symposium, Lincoln, NE, USA, 08/06/2024
• Wulf, H. J., Panther, G., & Diefes-Dux, H. A. (2024). Indicators of Change in Mechanical Engineering Instructors’ Teaching Practices Across Five Years. 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, OR, USA, 06/23/2024
• Wulf, H., Kerr, G., Panther, G., & Diefes-Dux, H. Use of Syllabi to Determine Changes in the Facilitation of Learning in Engineering. UNL Student Research Days Undergraduate Poster Session, Lincoln, NE, USA, 03/27/2024

Service

• Mentor, UNL Engineering Education Research REU, 06/2025-Present
• VP of Membership, UNL Engineering Student Advisory Board, 05/2023-05/2025
• FE Quiz Bowl Co-Lead, 2025 ASCE Mid-America Student Symposium, 07/2024-04/2025

Honors and Awards

• 2025 Best Professional Interest Council (PIC) II Paper, ASEE Annual Conference (2025)
• Best Paper Award - First Place, ASEE Annual Conference - New Engineering Educators Division (2025)
• Best Diversity Paper Award - Third Place, ASEE Annual Conference - New Engineering Educators Division (2025)
• UNL Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences Funding (2024 - 2025)
• UNL College of Engineering Undergraduate Research Scholarship (2024, 2025)
• Outstanding Engineering Education Poster, Nebraska Summer Research Symposium (2024)
• Best Poster Award - Third Place, Nebraska Summer Research Symposium (2024)