Carlos Landaverde Alvarado
Carlos Landaverde-Alvarado is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.
Carlos works with laboratory-based courses to promote the development of professional competencies in students through the active practice of engineering. His research focus is on engineering education. Carlos integrates different learning approaches (active learning, experiential learning, project-based learning, etc.) to facilitate the professional development of students, close knowledge gaps, and incorporate innovative concepts into the engineering curriculum.
Carlos holds a PhD and MEng degree in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech, an MBA from Boston University, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Canas (UCA).
Initiative
Improving Learning, Prioritizing Student Engagement, and Enhancing Identity Formation Through Hands-on Classroom Demonstrations
This project studies the benefits of implementing tailored hands-on experimental classroom demonstrations to highlight real-world applications of concepts in lecture-based courses. The motivation for this work stems from the limited opportunities undergraduate engineering students have to visualize contemporary applications discussed in core courses as well as to develop engineering-based intuition before the junior year.