Matthew D Goodman

Education

• Ph.D., University of Illinois, Materials Science and Engineering, 2014
• M.S., Iowa State University, Materials Science and Engineering, 2009
• B.S., summa cum laude, Iowa State University, Materials Science and Engineering, 2009

Academic Positions

• Senior Lecturer, University of Illinois, Materials Science and Engineering, 2024-present
• Lecturer, University of Illinois, Materials Science and Engineering, 2014-2024

Course Development

• Developed 2-semester senior design curriculum incorporating Human-Centered Design and KEEN's Entrepreneurial Mindset Framework

Research Interests

• Human-Centered Design in MSE Capstone Courses
• Engineering Education
• K-12 Engineering Outreach

Chapters in Books

• J. Wang, L. Zhao, M. Goodman, and Z. Lin, Semiconducting nanostructures for new energy generating and novel bio-detecting. Encyclopedia of semiconductor nanotechnology, American Scientific Publishers (2011).

Selected Articles in Journals

• J. Liu, Q. Zheng, M.D. Goodman, H. Zhu, J. Kim, N.A. Krueger, H. Ning, X. Huang, J. Liu, M. Terrones and P.V. Braun, Graphene Sandwiched Mesostructured Li-Ion Battery Electrodes, Advanced Materials, 28, 7696-7702 (2016). DOI: 10.1002/adma.201600829
• S.-K. Kim, E. Jung, M.D. Goodman, K.S. Schweizer, N. Tatsuda, K. Yano and P.V. Braun, Self-Assembly of Monodisperse Starburst Carbon Spheres into Hierarchically Organized Nanostructured Supercapacitor Electrodes, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7, 9128-9133 (2015).
• M.D. Goodman, S. Kim, N. Tatsuda, K. Yano and P.V. Braun, Enhanced secondary battery anodes based on Si and Fe3O4 nanoparticle infill monodisperse carbon starburst colloidal crystals, Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 32, 928-933 (2015).
• J. Liu, N. Li, M. Goodman, H. Zhang, E. Epstein, B. Huang, Z. Pan, J. Kim, J.H. Choi, X.-J. Huang, J. liu, K. Hsia, S. Dillon and P.V. Braun, Mechanically and Chemically Robust Sandwich-Structured C@Si@C Nanotube Array Li-ion Battery Anodes, ACS Nano, 9, 1985-1994 (2015).
• M. Goodman, K. Arpin, A. Mihi, N. Tatsuda, K. Yano, P. Braun, Enabling New Classes of Templated Materials through Mesoporous Carbon Colloidal Crystals, Adv. Optical Mat. (2013) 1, 300.
• K. Schlichting, T. M. Copeland-Johnson, M. Goodman, R. J. Lipert, T. O. McKinley, Z. Lin, J. A. Martin, T. Prozorov, X. Liu, S. Mallapragada, Synthesis of a novel photopolymerized nanocomposite hydrogel for treatment of acute mechanical damage to cartilage, Acta Biomaterialia, (2011) 7, 3094.
• M. Goodman, L. Zhao, K. DeRocher, J. Wang, S. Mallapragada, Z. Lin, Self-Assembly of CdTe Tetrapods into Network Mono layers at the Air/Water Interface, ACS Nano (2010) 4, 2043.
• L. Zhao, M. Goodman, N. Bowden, Z. Lin, Self-assembly of an ultra-high-molecular-weight comb block copolymer at the air-water interface, Soft Matter (2009) 5, 4698.
• M. Goodman, J. Xu, J. Wang, Z. Lin, Semiconductor conjugated polymer quantum dot nanocomposites at the air/water interface and their photovoltaic performance. Chemistry of Materials (2009) 21, 934.

Refereed Conference Papers and Presentations

• Parks, T., & Shehab, S., & Goodman, M. D. (2026, June), Work In Progress: Investigating and Coding Design Signatures using Longitudinal Report Data in a Capstone Engineering Course Paper presented at 2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Charlotte, North Carolina. 10.18260/1-2--60911
• Goodman, M. D., & Shehab, S., & Parks, T., & Johnson, B. E. (2026, June), Students’ Self-Efficacy of Human-Centered Design and Engineering Student Entrepreneurial Mindset in a Two-Semester Materials Science and Engineering Capstone Course Paper presented at 2026 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Charlotte, North Carolina. 10.18260/1-2--60646
• Goodman, M. D., Shehab, S., Parks, T., Li, H., Hu, Z., (2026, June), Capturing Design Progress in an Engineering Capstone Course: Development of an LLM Tool, Paper presented at the 2026 Capstone Design Conference, College Station, Texas.
• Tang, K., & Golecki, T., & Amos, J. R., & Henschen, J., & Alawini, A., & Goodman, M. D., & Beere, H. (2025, June), Instructional Benefits of a Web-Based Students’ Concurrent Course Registration Tool Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada . 10.18260/1-2--56813
• Goodman, M. D., Shehab, S., Parks, T., Stinville, J.C., Johnson, B. E. (2025, June), Human-Centered Design Framework and Engineering Student Entrepreneurial Mindset in a Restructured Materials Science and Engineering Capstone Course, Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Goodman, M. D., Shehab, S., Pozza, N. R., Johnson, B. E., Stinville, J.C. (2024, June), Incorporating Human-Centered Design to Restructure a Materials Science and Engineering Capstone Course, Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. 10.18260/1-2--47609
• Argun, B. R., & Schleife, A., & Leal, C., & Trinkle, D. R., & Perry, N. H., & Krogstad, J., & Goodman, M. D., & Statt, A., & Charpagne, M. A. (2023, June), Impact of Computation in Undergraduate Curriculum : Alumni Perspective Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43471
• Kang, K., & Goodman, M. D., & Krogstad, J. A., & Leal, C., & Trinkle, D. R., & Huang, P. Y., & Schleife, A. (2021, April), Integration of materials visualization with a materials database in a Materials Science and Engineering freshman course Paper presented at 2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference, Virtual. 10.18260/1-2--38269
• K. Kang, M. Goodman, J. Krogstad, D. Trinkle, P. Huang, A. Schleife, Integration of materials visualization with a materials database in a Materials Science and Engineering freshman course, ASEE Annual Conference 2021
• K. Kang, M.D. Goodman, J.A. Krogstad, C. Leal, P.Y. Huang, A. Schleife, Incorporating the Use of a Materials Database into a Materials Science and Engineering Freshman Course, ASEE Annual Conference 2021
• Choi, H. H., & Chen, Y. W., & Beckman, A. M., & Anderson, L., & Johnson, B. E., & Goodman, M. D., & Migotsky, C., & Johnson-Glauch, N. (2018, June), Integrative Engineering Leadership Initiative for Teaching Excellence (iELITE) Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah.
• K.W. Tan, J. Werner, M. Goodman, H.S. Kim, B. Jung, H. Sai, P.V. Braun, M. Thompson and U. Wiesner, Synthesis and Formation Mechanism of All-Organic Block Copolymer-Directed Templating of Laser-Induced Crystalline Silicon Nanostructures, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10, 42777-42785 (2018). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b12706

Invited Lectures

• Design Signatures and Timelines: Moving Students Past Saying "Can't You Just Tell Me Which Steps to Follow When Doing Engineering Design?"
• Panel 4C: Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a Tool in Capstone Design

Patents

• “Method for Forming Carbon Opal Templates and Their Use in Forming Inverse Opals,” issued Tuesday October 16, 2018, patent number 10,099,965.
• “High Surface Area Carbon Opals and Inverse Opals Obtained Therefrom,” issued Tuesday, May 9th, 2017, patent number 9,643,894

Magazine Articles

• "The Missing Piece of Innovation: Putting the human back in engineering", Limitless, Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois, Fall 2026.

Service on Campus Committees

• Faculty Senate Information Technology Committee (Fall 2016-Spring 2023; chair Fall 2022-2023)
• Faculty Senate (Fall 2015-Spring 2020)

Teaching Honors

• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Fall 2021 (2022)
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Fall 2019 (2020)
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Summer 2018 (2018)
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Summer 2017 (2017)
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Fall 2016 (2017)
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Fall 2015 (2016)
• Collins Scholar, College of Engineering, University of Illinois (2015)