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Growing up in a family of civil engineers sparked Andrea Ramirez-Salgado’s curiosity about, well, everything.

Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, Ph.D., a distinguished professor, popular mentor, and groundbreaking researcher at the University of Florida, has been named the new chair of the Department of Engineering Education at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. She replaces Hans van Oostrom, Ph.D., the department’s founding chair. In 2016, he created the Institute for Excellence in […]

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly prominent in society, ensuring proper education and workforce development in AI for a broader student audience is essential, according to Rui Guo, Ph.D., instructional assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education (EEd), and her research group. Using a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Guo and her […]

Hans van Oostrom, Ph.D., the founding chair of the Department of Engineering Education (EEd) at the University of Florida, has announced he is stepping down from his role as chair of the department. He has served six years in this position at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering and is set to pursue another opportunity […]

Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, Ph.D., associate chair and associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education (EEd), has been awarded the Educator Achievement Award – Higher Education in the 2024 Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Technical Achievement and Recognition (STAR) Awards. “Words can’t really express how thankful I am,” Villanueva Alarcón said. “This has been […]

Atayliya Irving, a graduate student with the Department of Engineering Education (EED), has been selected for the 2024 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). This marks the first time a student in EED has earned this honor. “Being selected as a 2024 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow is a very prestigious […]

Have you ever wondered what engineering education and biological/physiological methods have in common? Our very own Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, Ph.D., had a chance to explain her work in multimodal engineering education through The TWISTER Lab!

When Zonnelle Hanley’s high school students return to class this fall, they will dive into hands-on, project-based lessons on how storms affect Florida’s northern coasts. Thanks to the NHERI Teacher Training Institute at the University of Florida, Hanley’s students will study storm-related vulnerabilities and resilience on the Gulf Coast and the Atlantic Coast. They will […]