About Us
Who We Are
We are a national center for research in engineering and technology education — Innovating, Inspiring, Integrating and Impacting engineering and technology education. We are comprised of faculty, staff and students working together to develop young minds towards science and engineering.
The needs of our students are our highest priority.
Provide the best education possible for each student to flourish and succeed in their professional careers.
Deliver entrepreneurship skills and mindset that build technical and professional competencies across all disciplines.
Where We Come From
Inventing the future of engineering & technology education. Engineering is UTEP's first incarnation — as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy, the first engineering classes commenced in September 1914.
As we move UTEP engineering into our 111th year, we continue creating new paradigms for the students we serve, through research-to-practice advances in engineering and technology education.
Building Dreams
into Outcomes
We support students mastering a body of engineering and technology knowledge in specialty fields, to enable them to develop their dreams into actions and highly-valued outcomes.
CREaTE is nationally renowned — encompassing the full academic spectrum of instruction, research, scholarship, practice, and service. We have an enduring commitment to continuous improvement. We realize that learning happens when excitement meets fun!
Advancing the Art
of Teaching
CREaTE works in partnership with UTEP Learning Environments and the Center for Faculty Leadership and Development to foster and support higher caliber student-centered learning.
Through reflective practice — "thinking rather than just doing" — we build and implement new frameworks and paradigms for engineering education, advancing teaching through scholarly research.
Creating the Future
of Engineering Education
Our goal is to make a difference for our students, our region and the nation. Our innovative approach to establishing a dynamic engineering education across the nation serves as a model for institutions, collectively creating the future of engineering and technology education across the US.
UTEP Colleges of Engineering, Education and Science, divisions of Learning Environments and Reach-Out Programs, now report annual expenditures of $10-million+ in engineering and technology education innovation — making it one of the largest research disciplines at UTEP.
A National Model for the
21st-Century
UTEP first became an exemplary nationally-recognized innovator through the Model Institutions for Excellence program — a twelve-year effort by the NSF and NASA aimed at substantially increasing the quality and quantity of under-represented minorities earning STEM baccalaureate degrees. UTEP was one of six institutions selected nationwide to create new models for STEM education.
Today we are building on that capacity — creating the future of engineering, including spawning a new and nationally groundbreaking undergraduate program in engineering innovation and leadership.
The Center for Research in Engineering & Technology Education (CREaTE), established in 2011, is a cornerstone in supporting the Department of Engineering Education & Leadership's commitment to innovative practices — delivering world-class education focused on building the innovation and leadership engineering competencies: character, competency, and capacity.
Our Sponsors & Partners
Our increasing influence would not be possible without the support of the UTEP Colleges of Education and Engineering, UTEP UGLC and Learning Environments, UTEP Outreach, the Center for Faculty Leadership and Development, our Office of Innovation and Research, and the Office of Institutional Evaluation, Research and Planning (CIERP) and Research Evaluation and Assessment Services (REAS) teams.
We are grateful for the visionary sponsorship of:
