Conference Session

Curricular and Non-curricular Models for Diverse Learners in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gustavo B. Menezes, California State University, Los Angeles; Adel A. Sharif, California State University, Los Angeles; Arturo Pacheco-Vega, California State University, Los Angeles; Deborah Soonmee Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl, California State University, Los Angeles; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Crist Simon Khachikian, California State University, Northridge

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

environmental engineering undergraduate program and research facilities, as well as a campus-wide interdisciplinary M.S. in Environmental Science. He received $13 million of federal grants to conduct research and to broaden participation in STEM fields. Most significantly, he was the director of an NSF CREST Center for Energy and Sustainability. Along the way, he was awarded the departmental outstand- ing professor award thrice and the campus outstanding professor award. He also won a national teaching award form ASCE. In 2013, he moved to CSUN to serve as the Associate VP for Research and the Grad- uate Dean. Most recently, he lead the effort to garner an NIH BUILD grant ($22 million; 2014-2019). His area of expertise is