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Celebrating excellence in teaching: EEMCS Educators of the Year 2025

• Thursday, 17 July 2025

• Ioan Lager is admired for his consistently friendly approach, helpful course materials, and willingness to answer any question—creating an open and approachable learning environment.
• Ilke Ercan stood out for her uniquely student-centered teaching style and motivational presence. Her support helps students stay engaged and confident throughout their studies.

Read the whole articel here; Celebrating excellence in teaching: EEMCS Educators of the Year 2025

Dr. Seyedmahdi Izadkhast (EEE) receives NRO-Funding on Learning Analytics Project

• Wednesday, 4 June 2025

A team led by Associate Professor Prem Sundaramoorthy (Aerospace, TU Delft) has been awarded €100K in funding through the NRO Comenius Senior Fellows program for the project “Learning Analytics Dashboard for Learners, Instructors and Curriculum Managers.” The project brings together colleagues from TU Delft (Aerospace and EEMCS faculties), TU Eindhoven and the University of Groningen, with the Electrical Engineering Education Section (EEE) contributing through Dr. Seyedmahdi Izadkhast’s leadership.

The project aims to improve traditional assessment practices by developing a Learning Analytics Dashboard that moves beyond single-grade evaluations. The dashboard will provide visualizations of topic-specific performance, knowledge gaps and skill strengths, enabling instructors to offer targeted feedback and helping students develop effective learning strategies.

Pilots will be conducted across four faculties at TU Delft, TU Eindhoven and the University of Groningen to evaluate the dashboard’s usability, validity and impact. The EEE section wishes the team success in this interdisciplinary, interfaculty and interinstitutional initiative, which promises to enhance both teaching practices and learning outcomes.

We wish Dr. Izadkhast and his mult-university team succes in conducting this research. 

EEE Awarded Two Open Education Stimulation Fund Grants

• Monday, 24 March 2025

The Electrical Engineering Education (EEE) section has recently been awarded two grants from TU Delft’s Open Education Stimulation Fund (OESF). These grants aim to enhance education through innovative teaching methods and materials, supporting TU Delft’s commitment to open education.

The first project, Dr. Seyedmahdi Izadkhast (EEE) was awarded with the TU Delft Open Education Stimulation Fund, "Enhancing BuddyCheck: A Toolbox for Teachers to Analyze Student Peer Evaluation Data," led by Dr. Seyedmahdi Izadkhast, Dr. Bahareh Abdi, and Dr. İlke Ercan (EEE), will develop practical tools to improve the experience of bachelor Electrical Engineering students in project-based courses. The project involves close collaboration with Dr. Prem Sundaramoorthy (Aerospace Engineering) and Dr. Gillian Saunders (Mechanical Engineering). This initiative is set to create open-access resources and training materials to support fairer and more effective peer evaluations, fostering better teamwork and learning outcomes.

The second awarded project, "Embodied Engineering: Enhancing Learning and Well-Being Through Somatic Practices," is led by Dr. Jagoda Cupać from the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CiTG) and Dr. Roel Schipper, in collaboration with Dr. İlke Ercan and EEE mentorship coordinator Riëlle Hondelink. This project integrates body-awareness techniques into the curriculum to improve student well-being and enhance their educational experience. The practices will be integrated into EEE's mentorship program, with collaboration across the CiTG faculty.

The Open Education Stimulation Fund supports projects that emphasize accessibility, inclusion, and educational innovation. These two successful proposals demonstrate EEE’s ongoing commitment to enhancing educational quality and student experience through collaborative and practical approaches.

Congratulations to all project members!

Dr. Bahareh Abdi (EEE) Awarded Funding for Innovative AI Education Project

• Friday, 28 February 2025

Dr. Bahareh Abdi (EEE) has been awarded €25K in funding through TU Delft’s Call for Proposals on AI-Augmented Engineering Education for her project “Practical AI in Engineering: A Case-Study-Driven Open Repository and Course.” This project, developed with co-applicants Dr. Gosia Migut, Dr. Tom Viering (EEMCS), Dr. Martin Sand (TPM), and Dario Turelli (Mondai, House of AI, TU Delft), aims to bridge the gap between AI skills and their real-world applications in engineering.

The project will create an open-access repository of interactive AI case studies and an accompanying course. The course will help students define AI problems with industry partners, analyze datasets for biases, interpret AI outputs, and address ethical considerations. It will also provide essential tools for model evaluation and communication.

This initiative will provide adaptable, open-source materials for both technical and non-technical audiences, promoting high-quality AI education and collaboration between academia and industry.