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California Polytechnic State University

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4.08/20/2025

Always supportive and deeply knowledgeable.

5.04/30/2025

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About Trevor

Trevor S. Harding is Chair and Professor of Materials Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He teaches courses in polymeric materials, life cycle design, biopolymers, and nanocomposites. His technical research focuses on the degradation of biomedical materials in vitro and the development of biodegradable and renewable polymeric nanocomposites, including the use of nanomaterials to enhance the strength, stability, and degradation of biopolymers such as chitosan from waste shrimp shells and PHBV grown from bacterial waste streams. Harding also researches innovative teaching practices, including methods to foster habits of reflection for professional formation in engineering students. Earlier in his career, he contributed significantly to engineering ethics education, publishing numerous manuscripts on the ethical development of engineering undergraduates using psycho-social models of moral expertise, as well as studies on academic dishonesty, student motivation, service learning, and project-based learning.