Biography
David A. Delaine, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Multidisciplinary Engineering & Computing Education, Systems, and Management (ESM) and the STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University (FIU). He seeks to bring positivity, joy, and progress to the university by seamlessly aligning higher education with the resilience and expertise of local communities. Delaine’s research seeks to extend FIU’s expertise through research that advances knowledge on the ways in which community-based learning (service-learning, outreach, volunteerism) and community-academic partnerships in engineering and STEM can impact local communities, students, and participating stakeholders through reciprocal partnership. As an NSF CAREER award recipient, Delaine’s research develops evidence-based approaches within community-academic partnership contexts that can support the formation of reflexive engineering professionals while promoting positive societal change that has broad impacts on who participates in engineering and how. Through furthering knowledge on how reciprocity is manifested, evaluated, and strengthened, Delaine’s research seeks to improve educational partnerships within and around STEM. He seeks to collaborate in meaningful ways with stakeholders across the educational eco-system in S. Florida, across the U.S.A., and internationally.
Awards & Honors
- NSF CAREER award recipient, 2021
- Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar, 2013
- NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2007
- Ralph J. Bunche Scholar, 2000
Education
- Ph.D., electrical engineering, Drexel University, 2012
- BS, electrical engineering, Northeastern University, 2005