She is an expert in the areas of steel bridge design and fatigue and fracture of structures, and has taught such courses as Design of Steel Buildings, Design of Steel Bridges, Structural Analysis, Elastic Stability, Introduction to Fracture Mechanics, and How to be an Effective College Instructor. Caroline is leading the Course Transformation Initiative for the KU School of Engineering, served as the faculty mentor for the KU Engineering Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow and is a former CTE Faculty Fellow. She is co-PI on the TRESTLE Project.