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Lelli Van Den Einde is a tenure-track lecturer at UC, San Diego, and focuses mostly on undergraduate education in mechanics and design courses. Her past research was in the seismic design of bridge systems, but she is currently focused on assessing and improving engineering education pedagogy through technology. She has been the Faculty Advisor for UC, San Diego’s Society of Civil and Structural Engineers (SCSE), a student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, for the past two years. Additionally, Van Den Einde is also the Faculty Advisor for the ASCE Concrete Canoe competition team. She teaches a two-quarter technical elective course, which integrates not just the technical components of the concrete canoe project, but vital project management skills. Professionally, Van Den Einde is a member of ASCE and is currently the Secretary and Treasurer for the San Diego Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) chapter. Van Den Einde has her heart in the students’ interests.

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Terrance Mayes serves as Director, Student Life and Diversity, for the University of California, San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering. In this role he founded, alongside the school’s diversity advisory council, the IDEA Student Center, which promotes inclusion, diversity, excellence, and advancement amongst Jacobs School students, staff, and faculty. A central goal of the center is to increase the enrollment and retention of historically underrepresented minority and female students within the school of engineering. Mayes plays a vital role in ensuring that the Jacobs School develops and maintains a more diverse and inclusive student and faculty population. Prior to accepting his current leadership position, Mayes served as the Director of Student Affairs and Alumni Relations for the Jacob School’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. In that role, he oversaw the academic and career advising for the largest graduate program on the UC, San Diego, campus. He was also responsible for leading the undergraduate advising unit and the department’s engagement with industry and alumni. In 2010, Mayes was honored by the Urban League of San Diego County with one of the inaugural “Forty Under 40” awards. The award introduces young leaders whom are playing critical roles in the community and professional arenas within San Diego County. Mayes, a native of Fresno, Calif., holds a B.A. degree in communications from California State University, Fresno, and a M.S. degree in organizational leadership from National University in La Jolla, Calif.. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in educational leadership with the UC, San Diego/CSU, San Marcos joint doctoral program.

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Nathan Delson’s interests include mechatronics, biomedical devices, human-machine interfaces, and engineering education. He isCo-founder and Past President of Coactive Drive Corp., which develops novel actuators and control methods for use in force feedback human interfaces. Medical device projects include an instrumented mannequin and laryngoscope for expert skill acquisition and airway intubation training. He received his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, San Diego, and then went on to get a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994. He was a lecturer and Director of the Design Studio at Yale University for four years, and then returned to his alma matter, UC, San Diego, in 1999. He is now a tenured lecturer and Director of the Design Center in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He teaches hands-on design courses, including an introductory design class, a mechatronics class, and a capstone design class. His interests in design education include increasing student motivation, teamwork, and integration of theory into design projects.

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