Faculty Profiles
Huihui Qi
Associate Teaching Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Engineering Education: pedagogy to promote students’ conceptual mastery and motivation; assessment design that promotes learning; grow students as effective self-regulated learners; Inclusive pedagogy to advance engineering education equity.
Professor Qi’s engineering education research has three primary overarching goals. First, she studies pedagogies such as inquiry-based learning, assessment design, and project-based learning to improve students’ conceptual mastery, transfer of engineering principles, and problem-solving skills. Second, she investigates interventions that empower students to become more effective self-regulated learners by enhancing their growth mindset, metacognition, and use of effective learning strategies. Third, she explores inclusive pedagogy to support the learning success of students from diverse backgrounds. At UC San Diego, she leads and collaborates with a diverse cross-campus team on several educational innovation projects, including the NSF-funded initiatives “Improving the Conceptual Mastery of Engineering Students in High Enrollment Engineering Courses through Oral Exams” and “Empowering Engineering Students to Become More Effective and Self-Regulated Learners: A Course-Integrated Intervention to Promote the Transfer of Learning Skills”. Professor Qi and her team’s educational research work has been highlighted in various press releases, including the Wall Street Journal, EdSurge, UC San Diego Today, and UC San Diego JSOE News.
Recent News:
As AI-Enabled Cheating Roils Colleges, Professors Turn to an Ancient Testing Method
As AI Chatbots Rise, More Educators Look to Oral Exams — With High-Tech Twist
Oral Exams Improve Engineering Student Performance, Motivation
Jacobs School researchers present engineering education advances at ASEE
New course expands sustainable practices to all engineering disciplines
Capsule Bio:
Before joining UC San Diego in 2019, Professor Qi was an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Grand Valley State University. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
Selected Awards and Honors:
- ASEE Mechanics Division Best Paper Award, 2023
- UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Best Teacher Award, 2022
- UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Best Teacher Award, 2021
- UC San Diego Integrity Award, 2021
Email:
huqi@ucsd.edu