We are pleased to announce that Dr. John Aliu has joined the University of Georgia as EETI’s newest Assistant Clinical Professor. Dr. Aliu comes to us with a distinguished background in engineering education, having conducted extensive research in areas such as innovative pedagogical strategies, curriculum development, and student engagement in engineering disciplines. His work has [Read More]
06/17/2024
EETI Welcomes Drs. Rachel Figard & James Huff!
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Rachel Figard and Dr. James Huff have joined the University of Georgia as the newest members of EETI’s diverse and talented faculty. Their addition to our team marks a significant step forward in our ongoing mission to foster innovation and excellence in the field of engineering education. Dr. [Read More]
04/17/2024
Dr. Paul Olaogun becomes EETI’s 2nd Ph.D. program graduate
Join EETI’s faculty and staff as we proudly acknowledge Olanrewaju “Paul” Olaogun, who has now earned his PhD in Engineering with emphasis in Engineering Education & Transformative Practice! Dr. Olaogun’s dissertation focuses on the role of generative learning strategies and student factors on conceptual change around electric circuits concepts. Dr. Olaogun’s successful defense of his [Read More]
03/21/2024
ASEE Southeastern Section 2024 Review
As always, CENGR and EETI were well represented at the recent American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Southeastern Section Annual Conference at Kennesaw State (https://sites.asee.org/se/conference/). Read about us below! Wayne Johnson presented “Automation of the Capstone Team Formulation Process” during the “Capstones” session. His co-authors are Roger Hilten, Kevin Wu, and Jorge Devora. John Brocato [Read More]
10/13/2023
Join our faculty! EETI hiring for two open-rank tenure-track positions and one professional track position in engineering education.
We excited to announce that the Engineering Education Transformations Institute (EETI) at University of Georgia has opened an open-rank search for two tenure-track faculty members and one professional track faculty member! EETI is a unique engineering education center that operates both as an engineering education research hub (including a Ph.D. program in Engineering Education), and [Read More]
09/26/2023
Join EETI for our Ph.D. program virtual open house on October 24!
EETI is excited to announce our first annual open house for the Engineering Education & Transformative Practices Ph.D. program! Please join us for our virtual open house on Tuesday, October 24 from 1:30-3:00pm Eastern Time. You will have the chance to meet our faculty and students, hear from the College of Engineering’s Director of Graduate [Read More]
08/30/2023
EETI Graduate Students Win Three ASEE Best Paper Awards
In a record-breaking year, three UGA graduate students working with EETI won Best Paper Awards as first authors at the 2023 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference! Animesh Paul Animesh Paul, a first-year EETI Ph.D. student, won the Best DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Paper Award for the ASEE Division of Experimentation [Read More]
04/27/2023
Engineering Education Spring 2023 Forum #5 – Dean’s Engineering Education Fellowship Showcase
Each year, EETI mentors two CENGR disciplinary graduate students as part of its Dean’s Engineering Education Fellowship (DEEF). The fellowship consists of one semester teaching as an instructor of record, and one semester conducting educational research alongside a CENGR faculty member. This year’s fellow were Josh Dunlap and Andrew Rukangu! Josh taught Statics (ENGR 2120) [Read More]
03/30/2023
UGA Presents at ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference
Several of members of the University of Georgia recently attended and participated in the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Southeastern Section Annual Conference held at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Here are a few highlights! Ramana Pidaparti (School of ECAM) presented two papers: (1) “Middle School Teachers Lesson Modules on AI topics from [Read More]
03/16/2023
Engineering Education Spring 2023 Forum #3 – Engineering Education Showcase
In this forum, Dr. Andrew Jackson presented on his collaboration with K-12 teachers in Atlanta to teach design thinking, and Dr. Nathaniel Hunsu discussed the role of UGA engineering students and college in K-12 outreach.