Caught in the Act of Academic Excellence

September 15, 2026 / Tags: FGCU Provost, Academic Affairs News, Academic Excellence, Faculty Summer Residency, WCE

Through our faculty members' curiosity and collaboration, academic excellence takes shape in a myriad of ways. This new feature captures those moments as they happen — snapshots of the people and practices driving impact in the U.A. Whitaker College of Engineering (WCE) and FGCU.

AI Books for Teens
Md Baharul Islam (right), associate professor in the Department of Computing and Software Engineering, shares his newly published books, all focused on engaging young people in computer programming and artificial intelligence, with Provost Thorne.

Peer Tutoring
Peer tutoring in action at WCE’s Learning Hub, where students get hands-on academic support from fellow Eagles. Located in Holmes Hall 203, the Learning Hub offers academic support and peer-to-peer mentoring for engineering, computing, and construction management students. The hub is staffed by upper-level student fellows.

Faculty Summer Residency
Professors go to summer school too, just on construction sites instead of in classrooms.

Below, assistant professors Anh D. (Andy) Chau and Raissa Seichi Marchiori are the first two faculty to complete WCE’s new summer residency program. Raissa Seichi Marchiori (bottom) completed her residency with Ajax Paving Industries of Florida, gaining hands-on exposure to asphalt production and field operations.