eSAIL team members have participated in many research activities the last several years, including workshops, presentations, posters, publications, and papers. See our upcoming research and past research activities here.
Upcoming Research Activities
Building a Methodology to Connect Course Design with Student Outcomes: A Framework for Engineering Education
- Authors: Sunay Palsole, Ph.D.; Jobin
- Type: Paper & Presentation
- Association & Event: ASEE National 2026
- Status: Accepted
Professionalizing Student Employees through a Credentials-based Badging Framework: Growth and Promotion (GAP) Program
- Authors: Lani Draper; Randy McDonald, Ed.D.
- Type: Publication
- Association & Event: Student Success Journal
- Status: In Progress
Past Research Activities
2026 Activities
Turning the Page on Digital Math Content: Engineering Accessible PDFs With LaTeX
- Authors: Christine Roach; Gerry Pedraza; Randy McDonald, Ed.D.; Martin Carlisle; Aitor Cruzado Garcia
- Type: Paper & Presentation
- Association & Event: ASEE GSW 2026
- Status: Complete
Educational Video Analysis and Improvement Tool with AI
- Authors: Oscar L. Delgado; Gerry Pedraza
- Type: Paper & Presentation
- Association & Event: ASEE GSW 2026
- Status: Complete
The Convergence of Digital Accessibility, Generative AI, and Learning Design: An Inflection Point in Engineering Education
- Authors: Randy McDonald, Ed.D.; Lani Draper; Christine Roach; Lydia Harrison; Elizabeth G. Williams; Lauren McGrew; Michael Moore
- Type: Paper & Presentation
- Association & Event: ASEE GSW (April 2026)
- Status: Complete
Between the Rocks and the Surf: Navigating Accessibility Challenges in Online Learning in Higher Ed
- Authors: Christine Roach; Lani Draper; Lydia Harrison; Yna Santiago
- Type: Workshop
- Association & Event: TxDLA Conference 2026
- Status: Complete
Writing the Wave of Innovation: Getting published in the TxDLA Journal
- Authors: Randy McDonald, Ed.D.; Harriet Watkins; Mickey Slimp
- Type: Workshop
- Association & Event: TxDLA Conference 2026
- Status: Complete
Educational Video Analysis and Improvement Tool with AI
- Author: Oscar L. Delgado
- Type: Presentation
- Association & Event: THECB DLTX Online 2026
- Status: Presentation Submitted
2025 Activities
Perceptions on the Effectiveness of Using Generative AI and Voice Cloning to Aid in the Development of Online Course Materials
- Authors: Randy McDonald, Ed.D.; Enrico Indiogine, Ph.D.; Nasiha Lachaud, Ph.D.; David Tong, Wei Lu; Muhammad Affan Khokhar
- Type: Paper & Presentation
- Association & Event: ASEE National 2025
- Status: Complete
Integrating Interactive Video Quizzes to Increase Student Interaction with Content in Asynchronous Engineering Courses
- Author: Christine Roach
- Type: Paper & Presentation
- Association & Event: ASEE National 2025
- Status: Complete
Building on Voice Cloning Success and Leaping into the Future with Video Cloning
- Authors: Christine Roach; Lani Draper; Randy McDonald, Ed.D.; Autumn Forssell
- Type: Presentation
- Association & Event: CATIE Summit 2025
- Status: Complete
Video 2.0: Leap into the Future of Interactive Learning
- Authors: Christine Roach; Lani Draper
- Type: Presentation
- Association & Event: TxDLA Conference 2025
- Status: Complete
2024 Activities
Using Voice Cloning and Generative AI to Accelerate Instructional Design
- Authors: Randy McDonald, Ed.D.; Enrico Indiogine, Ph.D.; Nasiha Lachaud, Ph.D.
- Type: Presentation
- Association & Event: OLC Accelerate Orlando 2024
- Status: Complete
Implementing a Badges Program for Student Employees to Nurture Student Success and Professional Skills Development
- Authors: Randy McDonald, Ed.D.; Lani Draper
- Type: Presentation
- Association & Event: Texas Conference on Student Success 2024
- Status: Complete
Using AI to Make Handwritten Math Notation More Engaging for Students
- Author: Enrico Indiogine, Ph.D.
- Type: Presentation
- Association & Event: Texas Conference on Student Success 2024
- Status: Complete
Nuclear Reactor Operations Education and Training with Virtual Reality and an Immersive Desktop Application
- Authors: Shikha Prasad, Ph.D.; Oscar L. Delgado; Alexander Tucker; Sunay Palsole, Ph.D.
- Type: Publication
- Association & Event: Nuclear Technology Journal 2024
Using Generative AI for Reducing Faculty Workload in Online Engineering Courses – Work in Progress
- Authors: Gerry Pedraza; Sunay Palsole, Ph.D.
- Type: Paper & Presentation
- Association & Event: ASEE National 2024
Using AI Tools to Transform Traditional Lectures into Online Courses and Develop Simulations
- Authors:
- Part 1: Enrico Indiogine, Ph.D.; Sahana Ramaswamy
- Part 2: Oscar L. Delgado
- Type: Presentation
- Association & Event: CATIE Summit 2024
Developing Student Simulations with AI
- Author: Oscar L. Delgado
- Type: Presentation
- Association & Event: CATIE Summit 2024
Faculty Avatars: How Generative AI and Cloning Technology will Shape the Future of Digital Learning
- Authors: Enrico Indiogine, Ph.D.; Randy McDonald, Ed.D.; Nasiha Lachaud, Ph.D.
- Type: Presentation
- Association & Event: CATIE Summit 2024
Transforming Faculty Presentations: Tech-Infused Pedagogy for Student Success
- Authors: Gerry Pedraza; Lani Draper
- Type: Presentation
- Association & Event: OLC Innovate Denver 2024
New Strategies for Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Digital Learning
- Authors: Sunay Palsole, Ph.D.; Randy McDonald, Ed.D.
- Type: Presentation
- Association & Event: TxDLA 2024
Enhancing Educational Experiences: Integrating Unreal Engine Simulations in Laboratory Learning
- Author: Oscar L. Delgado
- Type: Paper & Presentation
- Association & Event: ASEE Gulf Southwest Conference 2024
Leveraging NVIDIA Maxine for Video Processing
- Author: Gerry Pedraza
- Type: Presentation
- Association & Event: TAMU Tech Summit 2024
2023 Activities
Lighting Engagement: Student Engagement in a Lightboard vs. Traditional Video Lectures
- Author: Sunay Palsole, Ph.D.
- Type: Paper & Presentation
- Association & Event: ASEE National 2023
Lessons Learned: A 360 Degree Review of Faculty Development Resources
- Authors: Randy McDonald, Ed.D.; Lani Draper; Sunay Palsole, Ph.D.; Sandra R. Childers
- Type: Paper & Presentation
- Association & Event: ASEE National 2023
Nuclear Reactor Pulse App Simulation
- Author: Oscar L. Delgado
- Type: Presentation
- Association & Event: TAMU Transformational Teaching & Learning Conference (TTLC) 2023
2022 Activities
Developing Professional and Graduate Education Using Principles of Adult Learning
- Authors: Randy McDonald, Ed.D.; Lani Draper; Sunay Palsole, Ph.D.
- Type: Workshop
- Association & Event: ASEE National 2022
Lessons Learned: Boosting Faculty Development Services During a Global Pandemic
- Author: Lani Draper
- Type: Paper & Presentation
- Association & Event: ASEE National 2022
2021 Activities
Incorporating the module Engineering for Sustainable Development in the First Year Engineering Program
- Authors: Jorge R. Lara, Ph.D.; Mark Weichold, Ph. Ph.D.; Sunay Palsole, Ph.D.; Patrick Linke
- Type: Paper & Presentation
- Association & Event: ASEE – 2021 First-Year Engineering Experience, Virtual
A Comparative Analysis of Student Performance and Face-to-Face Engineering Courses
- Authors: Sunay Palsole, Ph.D.; Jeff Chernosky, Ed.D.; Randy McDonald, Ed.D.
- Type: Paper & Presentation
- Association & Event: ASEE Virtual Annual Conference 2021
Survey design for evaluating student interaction in face-to-face and online learning environment
- Authors: Jaskirat Singh Batra; Sunay Palsole, Ph.D.
- Type: Paper & Presentation
- Association & Event: ASEE Virtual Annual Conference 2021
Investigation of technology-based student interaction for social learning in online courses.
- Authors: Sunay Palsole, Ph.D.; Jaskirat Singh Batra; Xi Zhao
- Type: Paper & Presentation
- Association & Event: ASEE Virtual Annual Conference 2021
2019 Activities
Can Learning Earth Science be Competitive and Fun? Results of a Gamified Online Course in Earth Sciences.
- Author: Sunay Palsole, Ph.D.
- Type: Paper & Presentation
- Association & Event: AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2019
Does student satisfaction equal learning? A differentiated design strategy for course improvement: Lessons learned from learning outcomes and grade distribution.
- Authors: J. Martin Chernosky, Ed.D.; Sunay Palsole, Ph.D.; Valentini A. Pappa; Jeffrey D. Sammons
- Type: Paper & Presentation
- Association & Event: ASEE National 2019
2018 Activities
Elastic Course Design Methodology
- Authors: Lani Draper; Gerry Pedraza
- Type: Presentation
- Association & Event: TxDLA, USDLA, TAMU Tech Summit 2018
