RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Desai, R. 2026, AI Data Center Needs, ISA Journal of Engineering and Technology

• Desai, R. 2025, Innovative Graduate Technology Program for Upward Mobility, International Journal of Multidisciplinary Comprehensive Research.

• Desai, R. 2022. Service Learning Projects to Improve Senior Citizen Mobility, International

Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation.

• Desai, R. 2022. Model Online Industrial Technology Programs, Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology.

• Desai, R. 2021. Technology Programs for the Working Professional, Journal of Environmental Science, Computer Science and Engineering & Technology.

• Desai, R. 2020. Planning, Developing, and Implementing Service Learning Projects. Journal of Innovative Ideas in Engineering and Technology.

• Desai, R. 2019. Implementing 3D Printing in the Curriculum. Journal of Quality Management

Systems, Applied Engineering, and Technology Management.

• Desai, R. 2019. Adapting to Change: Designing Collapsible Products for Space Optimization.

Journal of Quality Management Systems, Applied Engineering, and Technology Management.

• Desai, R. 2018. Project Based Innovation to Improve Pallet Recycling. American Journal of Engineering Research, Volume 7, Issue 3.

• Desai, R. 2017. Teaching Innovation to Freshman Engineering Students. Journal of Quality Management Systems, Applied Engineering, and Technology Management, Volume 7, Issue 2.

• Desai, R. 2016. Online Education for the Working Professional. International Journal of New Technologies in Science and Engineering, Vol. 3, Issue 1, January 2016, ISSN 2349-0780.

• Desai, R. 2015. Current Issues in Higher Education: Faculty Productivity, Distance Education, Course Assessment, and Online Proctoring, International Journal of Research in Business and Technology, Volume 6, No. 3, June 2015.

RECENT PROCEEDINGS

• Desai, R. 2026, Incorporating Sustainability Projects in Engineering, 2026 ASEE-GSW Conference, Texas A&M University, March, 2026

• Desai, R. 2025, Improving Retention in STEM Programs, 2025 ASEE-GSW Conference,

UT Arlington, March, 2025

• Desai, R. 2024, Projects for Waste Reduction in an Intro to Engineering Course, 2024

ASEE-GSW Conference, Canyon, March, 2024

• Desai, R. 2023. Online 2 + 2 + 2 Technology Programs for Upward Mobility, Industrial

Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) Conference, Houston, June, 2023.

• Desai, R. 2019. Innovative Designs for Space Optimization. ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual

Conference Proceeding.

• Desai, R. 2018. Projects for Pallet Recycling in a Solid Modeling Course. ASEE Gulf

Southwest Annual Conference Proceeding.

• Desai, R. 2017. Innovative Projects by Freshmen Engineering Students. International

Conference on Industrial Engineering & Technology Management Conference Proceeding.

• Desai, R. 2017. Teaching Innovation to Freshmen Engineering Students. ASEE Gulf

Southwest Annual Conference Proceeding.

• Desai, R. 2016. Online Technology Education for the Working Professional. ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference Proceeding.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

• Desai, R. 2026, Incorporating Sustainability Projects in Engineering, 2026 ASEE-GSW Conference, Texas A&M University, March 10, 2026

• Desai, R. 2025, Improving Retention in STEM Programs, 2025 ASEE-GSW Conference,

UT Arlington, March, 2025

• Desai, R. 2024, Projects for Waste Reduction in an Intro to Engineering Course, 2024

ASEE-GSW Conference, Canyon, March, 2024

• Desai, R. 2023. Online 2 + 2 + 2 Technology Programs for Upward Mobility, Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) Conference, Houston, June, 2023.

• Desai, R. 2021. Robot Programming to Simulate Warehouse Logistics, International Mechatronics Conference, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City, Sept., 2021.

• Desai, R. 2021. Technology Programs for the Working Professional, International

Mechatronics Conference, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City, Sept., 2021.

• Desai, R. 2021. Technology: Out with the Old and In with the New, American Studies Association of Texas Conference, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, November, 2021.

• Desai, R., Innovative Designs for Space Optimization. ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference, March 2019.

• Desai, R., Innovative Projects Using Recycled Pallets. ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual

Conference, April 2018.

• Desai, R., Innovative Projects by Freshmen Engineering Students. International Conference

on Industrial Engineering & Technology Management Conference, April 2017.

• Desai, R., Online Technology Education for the Working Professional. ASEE Gulf

Southwest Annual Conference, March 2016.

RECENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

• Attended Gardner Institute, Curricular Analytics Spring 2026 training on improving curriculum flow, retention and graduation rates among students. • Attended presentation “Building Accessible Course Materials: Creating ADA Documents” on Thursday, March 26, 2026

• Attended presentation on “AI Unleashed: Transforming Teaching for Tomorrow” on October 23, 2025.

• Attended presentation on Intellectual Property Law on April 24, 2025.

• Visited Westlake Pipe & Fittings, Wichita Falls, on April 11, 2025.

• Completed CSA and Title IX Training on March 28, 2025.

• Attended online courses training on “ADA Compliance for PowerPoints” on March 24, 2025.

• Attended Workshop on ABET Accreditation Evaluation by Amir Karima (UTSA), Lynn Peterson (UTA), and Randall Manteufel (USA) at the ASEE-GSW Conference at UT Arlington on March 9, 2025.

• Attended presentation on Nonprofit Board Essentials presented by the Center for Nonprofit Management & Leadership on March 4, 2025.

• Attended General Counsel Supervisory Training on February 8, 2024.

• Attended a presentation on Texas Power Grid by Mike Hoke, Director, Public Engagement, Texas Public Utilities Commission on November 7, 2023.

• Attended TLRC September workshop, “Empowering Educators: Navigating AI in the Classroom” on October 19, 2023.

• Attended UT RGV Latina THRIVE Summit, May 18-19, 2023.

• Attended “Emergency Preparedness” presentation on September 27, 2022.

• Attended online “Next Generation Manufacturing Workshop”, July 12 - 15, 2021.

• Attended ABET Institutional Representative Webinar on August 18, 2020.

• Attended NSULA Risk-Mitigation Virtual Workshop on July 28, 2020. • Visited Echometer in Wichita Falls on October 24, 2019. Echometer is a global supplier of instruments for optimizing the performance of oil wells.

• Visited Pratt & Whitney in Wichita Falls on August 22, 2019.

• Visited Toyota Manufacturing Plant in San Antonio on July 25, 2019.

• Visited H.E.B. Distribution Center in San Marcos on July 24, 2019.