Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Virgüez Lab
Led by Lilianny Virgüez · Engineering Education
What we study
Recent student projects in this lab have studied engineering education, reviewing job postings to bring industry requirements into an interdisciplinary undergraduate course. The PI researches motivation among first-year engineering students.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Reading, writing & theory
- No coding
- Project
- 1
- Paper
- 1
Current projects
Integrating Industry Requirements into an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Engineering Course
The project studies how engineering classes can better match what employers need. Students review job postings, redesign course content, and add online quizzes to help future engineers learn the skills that companies want.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 128
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Board 192: Identifying and addressing the barriers to advancement for women in the engineering professoriate: A systematic review of literature
2024 · ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Reviews studies on why women leave engineering professor roles, finding common barriers in the field.
Plain-language summaries are AI-written and reviewed by us; check the paper for details.
How to reach out
Lilianny Virgüez hasn't set up this page yet. Their UF Scholars profile lists their publications.