Engineering Education

Research subthemes

  • Focusing on sustainable development goals, environmental justice, regenerative and circular design, and innovative approaches like “Engineering for One Planet”
  • Combining design thinking, regenerative and circular design, capstone projects, and cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence, extended reality, and gamification to foster creativity and innovation
  • Highlighting teamwork, leadership skills, innovation, ethics, social entrepreneurship, and career preparation to develop professionals ready for global challenges
  • Addressing systems mapping, complexity analysis, engineering safety, and understanding the interconnectedness of ecological, technological, and social systems
  • Providing core technical skills, problem-solving approaches, and an introduction to foundational mindsets, sustainability, and inclusivity for new engineering students
  • Emphasizing equity in education, anti-racism, multiculturalism, 2SLGBTQ+ inclusion, accessibility, and indigenizing curricula to foster diversity and social justice
  • Exploring curriculum design, active and experiential learning, project/problem-based learning, outcomes-based assessment, and reflective teaching practices
  • Strengthening community partnerships, co-creation, and community-based research to bridge engineering education and research with societal needs