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The purpose of DrÌýGonzalez’s study is to understand how engineering education programs in the UK/Ireland approach the following matters:
•ÌýÌý ÌýProfessional skill development (e.g., Leadership development)Ìý
•ÌýÌý ÌýWidening participation for underserved populations -Ìýaccessibility AND achievement
•ÌýÌý ÌýInnovative program sustainability
•ÌýÌý ÌýGlobalization of engineering as relating to learner aspects
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His intent is to visit 20+ institutions throughout the UK and talk with key players on the topics above over a 12-month period starting in June 2022. Dr Gonzalez has hit the ground runningÌýsince he arrived in the UK a few weeks' ago; he attended the in Bristol, gave a CEE 'Conversation Series' lecture with Dr Clare Gartland (University of Suffolk) on US perspectives to widening access to higher education, and has taken part in several meetings and roundtables organised by the CEE.
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BiographicalÌýoverview:
Dr. Roger V. Gonzalez is Chair and Professor within the Engineering Education and Leadership Department at (UTEP) – a leader in by educating the underserved population of the region by achieving both .

While active in musculoskeletal biomechanics research, additive manufacturing, and in development of low-cost prosthetic devices (Founder of LIMBS International) he is on the forefront of undergraduate engineering education and was awarded an ASEE Teaching Award and the for excellence in teaching. As the inaugural and Director and Chair of the USA’s first Bachelors of Science degree in , the program has adopted some of the most progressive and emerging practices in engineering education not only in pedagogical practices, but particularly how it serves and enhances the education of underserved students.

Via two external grants over a 6-year period, he partnered with Olin College during the development and early stages of the program’s development to implement and assess how Olin’s model of engineering education can adapt in a large, commuter, urban, minority, low-resourced student body. To date, they have had five graduating cohorts and their program is the first (now Engineering Innovation and Leadership). Dr. Gonzalez also serves as an engineering program evaluator for ABET.