Mendoza Diaz, Noemi

Educational Background

Postdoctoral Fellowship, School of Engineering Education, Instituted for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Ph.D., Educational Administration and Human Resource Development. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Master of Science, Telecommunications. National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico
Bachelor of Science, Electronic and Communication Engineering. National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico

- Enculturation to engineering, first-year engineering-NSF Awarded
- Computational Thinking and AI-NSF Awarded
- Minorities and URMs in Engineering and STEM fields (students and faculty)-Published
- Latinx and Entrepreneurship Engineering-Published
- K-12 Engineering Education-Published

Cox Fellowship as part of the STAR New Faculty Program. ($2,000) New Faculty STAR Program within the College of Education and Human Development. (Spring 2019).
Linda F. and Robert A. Lacey '60 Faculty Fellowship Appointment. ($12,000) for positive impact on students are Texas A&M. (OCT. 2018 – August 2021).
Apprentice Faculty Grant ($2,000) from the Educational Research and Methods Division of the American Society for Engineering Education, for demonstrated commitment to innovation in reaching and potential for substantial contributions to the field. (June 2019).

Zhao, J. (graduate student), Mendoza Diaz, N.V., Oregon, R. (undergraduate student), "Career Trajectories in a Technology Management Program: Alumni Perspectives," Journal of Engineering Technology, 2025
Mendoza Diaz, N. V., Esparza, A. M., Rambo-Hernandez, K. E., Nepal, B., "Enculturation of Students Into Engineering During COVID-19 in Minority Serving Institutions," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 367-376, 2025
Mendoza Diaz, N.V., Yoon, S.Y., Trytten, D.A., Meier, R., “Development and Validation of the Engineering Computational Thinking Diagnostic for Undergraduate Students,” IEEE Access Vol. 11, pp. 133099-133114, 2023
Mendoza Diaz, N. V., “Enculturating First-Year Engineering Students: A Theoretical Framework,” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 1102-1117, 2023
Mendoza Diaz N.V., Sotomayor T. (graduate student), “Effective Teaching in Computational Thinking: A Bias-Free Alternative to Exclusive Use of Students’ Evaluations of Teaching (SETs),” Heliyon, Vol. 9, Issue 8, e18997, 2023