Have you ever wondered what it truly takes to become a professor in engineering? Not just the qualifications on paper, but the real journey, the unspoken challenges, and the ultimate triumphs?
The purpose of the ACADEME Podcast is to pull back the curtain on the path to the engineering professoriate. Dr. Lakiesha Williams share the journeys of faculty who have navigated the trek into academia, with the goal of inspiring the next generation of PhD students and postdocs to join our ranks. You’ll also hear from the professionals who contribute to the academy in unique and vital ways. If you’re passionate about engineering and curious about what it takes to lead and innovate in the classroom and the lab, you’re in the right place. You will meet phenomenal individuals and leaders who have made their way through many journeys to reach where they are today. Sit back and listen.
Production services for this podcast were provided by the Center for Instructional Technology and Training (CITT) at the University of Florida. Learn more about their services at citt.it.ufl.edu/services/
Dr. Idalis Villanueva Alarcón Orcid
Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, Ph.D., joined the Engineering Education Department in the University of Florida at Gainesville in summer 2020 as an Associate Professor. Prior to this position, she was an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Utah State University and before that, she was a Lecturer in the Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland at College Park. She has a Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder and postdoctoral training in Analytical Cell Biology from the National Institutes of Health. Her research interests include hidden curriculum in engineering, mentoring students in science and engineering, and the study of motivation and learning pathways in science and engineering education using mixed- and multi-modal tools (biological and physiological). In 2019, she received the Presidential
Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award for her 2017 NSF CAREER project on hidden curriculum in engineering.
Karlo Malaga
Karlo Malaga, Ph.D. is currently an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Bucknell University. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 2019 with a Ph.D. in BME. Dr. Malaga earned a bachelor’s degree in BME from the University of Minnesota in 2012 and a master’s degree in BME from the University of Michigan in 2014. His research interests are in neural engineering, specifically neuroprosthetics and electric field modeling of deep brain stimulation, a surgical therapy for movement disorders such as Parkinson disease. Complementing his scholarly work is a passion for teaching, which is what led him to Bucknell.
