*Idalis Villanueva

College of Engineering

Engineering Education

Dr. Idalis Villanueva has been a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Utah State University (USU) for the past 5 ½years. During her time at USU, she has gained nationwide and international recognition in her research by becoming the first female Latinx faculty to get a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award under the Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE) directorate. She has accumulated an impressive amount of research funding as a junior faculty (~$2.4 M) and continues to demonstrate a steady trajectory of research. Dr. Villanueva has garnered over 27 honors and awards, 13 journal publications (many in high-impact and prestigious journals), 1 book chapter and another one under review, 20 published conference proceedings, 24 national and international conference presentations, 6 invited talks, and 39 mentored undergraduates and graduate students. She is a strong advocate for inclusion, equity, and access to undergraduates and graduate students alike. Her efforts has been recognized through numerous awards, e.g.Undergraduate Research mentor of the Year in 2017, Graduate Mentor of the Year in 2018, the College of Engineering Researcher of the Year in 2019, and 2018 Best Diversity Paper Award in Engineering Ethics Division of the American Society of Engineering Education.