NEWS RELEASE: ITEEA Announces Authorship Award Winners

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ITEEA Announces 2025-2026

Gerald Day Excellence in Authorship Award Winners

RESTON, VA, July 15, 2026 - The International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) is proud to announce the top-rated articles from the 2025-2026 publishing year of Technology and Engineering Education (TEE). These outstanding contributions have been selected for their excellence in advancing the field and supporting educators in meaningful, practical ways.

The authors of these articles will be honored with the Gerald Day Excellence in Authorship Award at ITEEA’s 89th Annual Conference, taking place March 31–April 3, 2027, in Louisville, KY.

Named in honor of longtime ITEEA member and former Technology and Engineering Teacher (TET) Review Board Chair Gerald F. Day, the award celebrates exceptional writing and thought leadership in technology and engineering education. Day, a passionate advocate for editorial quality, envisioned this award as a way to recognize authors whose work informs, inspires, and elevates the profession.

TEE Editors-in-Chief Dr. Sharon Bowers and Joan Harper-Neely, DTE shared, "One of the greatest strengths of TEE is the willingness of educators, researchers, and leaders to share their ideas and experiences with one another. These recipients exemplify that spirit through articles that inspire new thinking, strengthen classroom practice, and advance technology and engineering education. We are grateful for their contributions and are delighted to recognize and celebrate this year's award recipients."

Congratulations to the authors of the following award-winning articles

for receiving the highest ratings from TEE readers and editors

during the 2025–2026 publishing year:

Michael Walach, PhD

Associate Professor of Technology Education and Applied Technology Management

Montana State University

Jour de Vol (Flying Day)

University students enrolled in a Technology and Society course explore gliding flight through the design and construction of non-rigid-wing paraglider models. Follow along on the journey as a group of students experience a "Jour de Vol."

Read the Award-Winning Article

Tamecia Jones, PhD

Assistant Professor of STEM Education

North Carolina State University

Sara Sanders

Director, STEAM Studio

University of North Carolina at Asheville

The Electric Guitar Project: Leveraging a Cultural Icon to Build a STEM Identity

This article examines a project-based summer camp in which students design and build custom electric guitars, integrating principles of physics, engineering, and digital fabrication to foster STEM identity development among girls and gender-expansive youth.

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Dylan Fedell

Science Teacher

Palisades School District, PA

Dylan Geroni

Student

Palisades High School, PA

3D-Printed Model Rockets in Secondary Education

In this article, a teacher describes the final project in an introductory engineering course, in which students design, build, and test 3D-printed model rockets.

Read the Award-Winning Article

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