I3@USD-Fall 2025

Faculty

of the Engineering Exchange for Social Justice, she leads initiatives in waste upcycling, sustainable energy, water justice, accessible design and education equity. In Summer 2025, with a National Science Foundation grant and funding from Walt and Csilla Foley, Dalrymple facilitated a research experience with engineering students and middle school teachers, creating biofuel from local waste, designing affordable water desalination devices and developing a solar energy demonstration system. Gordon Hoople, PhD, associate professor of integrated engineering, presented to the City of Escondido’s Public Art Commission in Fall 2024 seeking the commission’s guidance on accepting his Threshold Five Sculpture into the city's collection of public art. Commissioned by the Escondido Community Foundation, the sculpture is slated to be installed in Escondido’s Kit Carson Park. Hoople also published his second book, Connective Creativity , with co-author Professor, Associate Provost and Faculty Director Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, PhD. Ernest Kim, PhD, professor of electrical engineering, was nominated for the Most Inspirational USD Professor award by students in Spring 2025. Kim also achieved senior member status from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Almonther AlShareef ’17 (EE), a Riyadh-based tech

Leaders in Research and Innovation

Achievements

Communities Faculty Award for his work with the LLC program and the SMSE Faculty Champion Award for advising the Society of Integrated Engineers. Daniel Codd, PhD, associate professor of mechanical engineering, was elected as a fellow to the National Academy of Inventors. The academy recognizes exceptional achievements with significant impact on innovation, economic development and society’s welfare. Codd has led innovations spanning across his R&D expertise in advanced manufacturing, mechanical design and renewable energy systems, including medical devices and materials processing inventions. He enjoys mentoring the next generation of engineers in USD’s hands-on interdisciplinary capstone design courses. Odesma Dalrymple, PhD, a faculty member in industrial and systems engineering, was promoted to professor in Fall 2025. As director

Caroline Baillie, PhD, professor of integrated engineering, was awarded the University Professorship — the highest academic honor bestowed university-wide. As the academic director of the Master of Science in Engineering, Sustainability and Health (MESH) program, she continues to make groundbreaking contributions in her field of expertise: engineering and social justice. She and Paul Kadetz, PhD, who serves as professor of practice for the MESH program, published Reimagining Engineering Education: Health. Justice. Sustainability , a book for educators that explores the implications of transdisciplinary learning in engineering. Mark Chapman, PhD, associate professor of integrated engineering, led an NSF-funded AI and data science summer research program in Stockholm, Sweden, where eight students conducted biomedical research at the Karolinska Institute for 10 weeks. He was also honored with the Learning

DANIEL CODD, PHD

ODESMA DALRYMPLE, PHD (RIGHT)

ERNEST KIM, PHD (RIGHT)

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