Vision: To become a leading engineering education research center with regional and global impact.

Mission: To promote engineering education research, publicize various engineering fields, enhance students learning outcomes, foster life- long learning, and train engineering educators.

  • Engineering Education Research
  • Educational Aspects of Robotics
  • Cyber Security Training
  • STEM Education Research
  • Research Experience for Undergraduates

  • National Science Foundation
  • US Department of Army
  • US Department of Energy
  • US Department of Airforce
  • Union Pacific
  • HEB
  • UT Health – San Antonio

  • Chunjiang Qian
  • Yongcan Cao
  • Arturo Ayon
  • Karina Ivette Vielma
  • Teja Guda
  • Brian Kelley
  • Henry Griffith
  • Michell Zhang
  • Qian Chen
  • Nikolas Gatsis
  • David Akopian
  • Miltos Alamaniotis
  • Sara Ahmad
  • Yufang Jin
  • Eugene John
  • Ibukun Awolusi
Students and mentors at a Center for Excellence in Engineering Education Research event.

Participating Laboratories

  • Photonic Communications
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Control, Computation, and Cybernetics Laboratory (C3).
  • Smart Power Grids
  • Systems and Control
  • Autonomic Computing and Cyber Security
  • Wireless Information and Next Generation Systems
Students at a Center for Excellence in Engineering Education Research event.

Quick Facts

Established: 2008
Initial Funding: $800k from US Dept of Education, $360k from THECB, $280k from TX Workforce Commission, $100k from NSF, and gift funds from Union Pacific, HEB and Haliburton.
Average Annual Expenditure: About $1M Stipend Support for Undergraduates: about 10 per year.
Research Assistantship for Graduate Students: about 15 per year.
Travel Support for Students: about 5 per year.

Directed by Mehdi Shadaram

Contact:

(210) 458-4431

mehdi.shadaram@utsa.edu