RESTON, VA, August 23, 2025 - The International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) is proud to announce the top-rated articles from the 2024-2025 publishing year of the Technology and Engineering Education (TEE) journal. 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 88th Annual Conference, taking place March 25–28, 2026, in Virginia Beach, VA.

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.

Award winners are selected by TEE readers themselves via ITEEA’s annual Communications Survey.

TEE Editors-in-Chief, Dr. Sharon Bowers and Joan Harper-Neely, DTE shared, "TEE authors provide high quality articles reflecting cutting edge thinking and best practices in integrative STEM Education. Our profession is elevated by their work and we applaud this year's recipients of the Gerald Day award."

ITEEA extends its congratulations to the 2024-2025 Authors of Excellence listed below.

Greg R. Strimel, PhD, DTE

Assistant Department Head and Associate Professor at Purdue University

Milo Engel

Undergraduate Student

Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation at Purdue University

Michael Hacker, PhD, DTE

Co-Director of the Hofstra University Center for STEM Research

Johnny J Moye, PhD, DTE,

Retired Navy Master Chief Petty Officer

Former ITEEA Senior Fellow

Lee K. Jones, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Secondary Education at

Emporia State University

Yujiro Fujiwara, PhD

Head of STEM and High School Mathematics at

Concordia International School, Shanghai

Amanda Meyer

Middle School Science Educator at

American School of Barcelona

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Kathleen de la Paz

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