Roger V. Gonzalez

Roger V. Gonzalez is the inaugural chairman and professor of the Department of Engineering Education and Leadership. He is the Mike Loya Endowed Chair in Engineering. He also serves as the Director of the Engineering Leadership program for the College of Engineering.  Dr. Gonzalez earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1986 from the University of Texas at El Paso.  He earned his M.S. in Biomedical Engineering and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the premier Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Northwestern Medical School. Professor Gonzalez has been recognized for scholarly work, education innovation, and socio-entrepreneurial humanitarian efforts.  He is known and respected for actively incorporating students into all three of these areas. Dr. Gonzalez’s scholarly work includes over 100 publications in journals and conference proceedings.

For his efforts and innovation in engineering education, Dr. Gonzalez has received the American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE) Teaching Award, the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation Award, and LeTourneau University’s top research and scholarship award. He serves as an engineering program evaluator for the Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).