Rate My Professor Claire Lucas

Her research focuses on the development of professional skills and workforce capability in engineering and technical disciplines, examining how education systems, professional standards, and industry practices shape engineers' knowledge, skills, and behaviors for complex technological environments. She has pioneered curriculum transformation, project-based learning, and integration of technical and behavioral competencies, introducing the 'key-shaped engineer' framework and the first behavioral skills taxonomy for engineering. Claire contributes to national engineering skills discussions. She holds key external roles including Trustee of the UK Electronic Skills Foundation (since 2026), Member of the Registration Standards Committee (since 2025), Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering's Education and Skills Committee (since 2023), and Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology's Academic Accreditation Committee. Awards include election as Fellow (2026), Top 50 Women in Engineering (2020), and IET Young Women Engineer of the Year - WES Prize (2019). Notable publications are 'A systematic review of design thinking implementations in higher engineering education' (2026, European Journal of Engineering Education), 'General Engineering Non-Technical Skills Behavioral Marking System: Video-Simulation Validation Workshop' (2025, SEFI), 'Engineering Non-technical Skills Behavioral Taxonomy: A Sort and Grid Workshop' (2024, SEFI), and 'Strategies for embedding simulation in open-ended engineering design education' (2023). She presented the inaugural lecture 'Unlocking the future: A case for key-shaped engineers' at Aston University.