IDEEAS Lab

Improving decisions across engineering, education, agents, and systems.

We build AI-driven methods and human-centered tools that help teams design, evaluate, and communicate complex decisions in engineering education and practice.

Computational social scienceDecision supportLearning analyticsResponsible AI
IDEEAS Lab - Improving Decisions in Engineering, Education, Agents, and Systems
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Funded Projects
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Seed Projects
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Graduate Students
30+
Undergraduate Researchers

Research Focus

Building decision intelligence for complex systems

Our work combines computational modeling, human-centered design, and AI to create tools that make complex decisions more transparent and equitable.

Mental Models

Exploring novel methods to study and improve mental models for decision making.

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Sustainable Design

Modeling social-ecological systems in engineering decisions and policy.

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NLP and AI Research

Advancing language model applications for engineering education and practice.

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5/14/2025other
Spring Dissertation Defenses

We are excited to announce that Abdulrahman (Abe) Alsharif and Isil Anakok have defended their dissertations.