Assoc ProfessorArturo Gonzalez

Currently, he is lecturing in the following modules:

• CVEN30020 (Analysis of Structures 1 - coordinator)
• CVEN30170 (Analysis of Structures 2 - coordinator)
• CVEN40770 (Analysis of Structures 3 - coordinator)
• CVEN30040 (Design of Structures 1)
• CVEN40120 (Bridge Engineering)

In 2026-2027, project coordinator of “GENIE - GENerative Intelligence in Engineering: building critical and ethical GenAI capacity in Civil Engineering”, as part of the Strategic Alignment of Teaching and Learning Enhancement (SATLE) Funding Call 2026.

In 2025, he received funding from the UCD School of Teaching and Learning to develop Gen-AI microlearning audio podcasts in civil engineering.

In 2022, he was awarded the Digital Badge in Universal Design for Teaching & Learning by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (19-April-2022).
In 2017, he received a Teaching Excellence Award from the College of Engineering and Architecture. 
In 2015, he completed an NQF level 9 Postgraduate Diploma in University Teaching and Learning (UCD School of Teaching & Learning).

In 2013, he served as a member of a Scientific Committee in International Conference on Education in Structural Engineering (http://e-ache.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=163).  
In 2011, he led a School Committee to revise the entire 'structures' syllabus within the Civil Engineering and Structural Engineering with Architecture degrees. 
In 2011, 2014 and 2017, he has been an international guest lecturer in Universidad de Ciudad Real (40-hr, Spain, Mar 2011), Trinity College Dublin (7-hr, Feb-Mar 2014, Feb 2017) and University of Oviedo (10-hr, Spain, Nov-Dec 2014). 
From 2003 to 2018, he served as the webmaster for the School's Teaching and Learning Section.

He has developed innovative teaching methods that have enhanced performance through competitive games, as featured on the UCD Teaching and learning showcase: 

• https://www.ucd.ie/teaching/showcase/enhancingperformancethroughacompetitiveteamtournament/
• https://www.ucd.ie/teaching/showcase/turningatraditionalteachingsettingintoafeedback-richenvironment/ 

Publications:

• Keenahan J, Casero M, Cotterill S, O’Loughlin F, O’Sullivan J, Donohue S, McCrum D, Gonzalez A, Carroll P, Purcell P. (2022). Academic Advising in Civil Engineering: Design and Evaluation of a Hybrid Model. Education Sciences. 12(5):326. 
• González, A. (2018). Turning a traditional teaching setting into a feedback-rich environment. International Journal Educational Technology in Higher Education 15, 32. 
• Gonzalez, A. and Covian. E. (2015). Enhancing Student Performance through a Competitive Team Tournament. Proceedings from the 19th International Conference on Engineering Education (July 20-24, 2015 Zagreb, Croatia). 
• Gonzalez, A., Jennings, D. and Manriquez, L. (2014). Multi-faceted impact of a team game tournament on the ability of the learners to engage and develop their own critical skill set. The International Journal of Enginering Education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 30, no. 5, págs. 1213-1224.