Holly Golecki

Dr. Holly Golecki is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Departments of Bioengineering in the Grainger College of Engineering and Biological and Translational Sciences in the Carle Illinois College of Medicine at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She has appointments in the Center for Social and Behavioral Science, Siebel Center for Design, and the Department of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering. Dr. Golecki has received awards including the NSF CAREER award, Rose Award for Teaching Excellence, ASEE’s Mara H. Wasburn Early Engineering Educator Award, and was named an Education Innovation Fellow at UIUC. Holly uses a mixed methods approach to study human-centered design, materials, and soft robotics and their applications in healthcare and education. Dr. Golecki received her BS and MS in Materials Science and Engineering from Drexel University and her PhD in Bioengineering from Harvard University.