August 14, 2025
By Mikey Fuller

Roxanne A. Moore, principal research engineer in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC), received the 2025 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education for her outstanding contributions to engineering education and professional service.

Moore was honored at the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition awards luncheon in Montreal in June.

Selection for the award was decided based on formal nominations supported by references and a thorough evaluation by the ASEE Sharon Keillor award committee.

The award recognizes and honors women engineering educators who make an impact beyond the classroom and have performance histories of research and service within an engineering school.

Nominees must hold an earned doctoral degree in an engineering discipline or in an engineering-related field of natural science, including mathematics, and have at least ten years of teaching experience in an engineering school. Nominees should have been members of ASEE for at least three years.

Moore’s notable contributions include: starting and scaling the K-12 InVenture Prize, an invention program and competition that now reaches over 5,000 Georgia students annually and has expanded throughout the state; her dedication and impacts teaching ME 2110: Creative Decisions and Design, including winning a CIOS Teaching Effectiveness award in 2018; and her service to the Woodruff School, including her contributions to the ME 7757 Teaching Practicum Course, her mentorship of students, and her service and influence within the School. Her nomination was supported by colleagues, Georgia Tech alumni, K-12 teachers, and even K-12 student inventors impacted by Moore’s passion for engineering education.

“It’s an honor to be recognized with the 2025 Sharon Keillor Award,” Moore said. “I look up to so many of the past recipients, and it’s a privilege to be counted among them. It’s also a reminder of the incredible colleagues and students that I’ve gotten the privilege to work with throughout my academic career. I always say, this is a team sport.”

Moore joined the Woodruff School in 2012 as an adjunct professor for ME 2110 after completing her Ph.D. earlier that year. She then joined full-time as a postdoctoral fellow in 2013 and climbed the research faculty ranks, receiving her promotion to the principal level in 2023.

Moore’s research includes design, systems engineering, and artificial intelligence with a focus on improving access and learning in engineering and related disciplines. Her STEM outreach programs and curricula have impacted more than 1 million students in Georgia, the U.S., and even globally.

Moore earned her B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2007 and her master’s and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech in 2009 and 2012, respectively.

She was part of the team that received the 2025 Georgia Tech Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Impact for their work on EarSketch, a learn-to-code through music remixing platform developed at Georgia Tech. Moore earned the 2023 College of Engineering Outstanding Achievement in Research Award for Research Faculty, and she was also named to the Georgia Tech Alumni Association's 2022 class of 40 Under 40.