USU Engineering Faculty Participates in RAND Policy Institute Workshop
Engineering faculty Dr. Idalis Villanueva is an active proponent for improving diversity in U.S engineering classrooms.
A member of the Utah State University College of Engineering faculty is back on campus after participating in a RAND policy institute workshop with other top academic experts from around the country.
Idalis Villanueva, assistant professor of engineering education at Utah State, was selected from a group of candidates from around the nation to take part in the 2015 Summer Faculty Workshop in Policy Research and Analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School.
RAND is the oldest policy analysis institution in the nation and has been involved in high-end projects, including the ideation of the Internet, identifying the role CFCs have in the depletion of the ozone layer and in developing the first database for terrorist incidents. The summer institute is designed to improve professional development in policy analysis for college and university faculty.
“It is a very competitive application and only 12 faculty members were selected,” said Villanueva. “I was the only one from Utah State and the only engineer in the group.”
The purpose of the institute is to help define policy-driven solutions for problems facing institutions in the United States. Villanueva presented on the need to improve the number of underrepresented college students studying engineering.
The week-long policy analysis workshop at RAND’s Santa Monica headquarters was held July 20-24.
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USU Department of Engineering Education
Contact: Matt Jensen, public relations specialist, College of Engineering, (435)797-8170, matthew.jensen@usu.edu
Pardee RAND Graduate School
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