2025 EUCEET AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Alfonso Rodríguez Dono Wins the 2025 EUCEET Award for Excellence in Teaching in Civil Engineering
The European Civil Engineering Education and Training Association (EUCEET) is proud to announce that the 2025 EUCEET Award for Excellence in Teaching in Civil Engineering has been
awarded to Professor Alfonso Rodríguez Dono, from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (BarcelonaTech).
The award recognizes outstanding contributions to innovative, impactful, and transferable teaching practices in civil engineering. The jury particularly praised Professor Rodríguez Dono’s engaging teaching methodologies, which notably include structured debates on critical environmental and sustainability challenges. These debates allow students to adopt opposing viewpoints and engage in deep, science-based discussions, significantly enhancing critical thinking, analytical skills, and environmental awareness.
Professor Rodríguez Dono’s teaching initiative, entitled "Engineering Education for a Sustainable Future: Confronting Environmental Challenges," integrates interdisciplinary approaches involving civil engineering, physics, economics, and design. The innovative format also includes high-impact public events, such as the highly successful "Beyond Growth" conference, promoting active student participation and raising societal awareness about sustainable development.
The project has been recognized previously with prestigious awards such as the UPC Award for Quality in University Teaching and the Jaume Vicens Vives Distinction. The jury particularly appreciated the project's adaptability and exportability to other institutions, and educational levels, and its alignment with key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The EUCEET Teaching Award will be officially presented to Professor Rodríguez Dono at the EUCEET 2025 Conference, hosted by Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), on October 15–17, 2025.
The award recognizes outstanding contributions to innovative, impactful, and transferable teaching practices in civil engineering. The jury particularly praised Professor Rodríguez Dono’s engaging teaching methodologies, which notably include structured debates on critical environmental and sustainability challenges. These debates allow students to adopt opposing viewpoints and engage in deep, science-based discussions, significantly enhancing critical thinking, analytical skills, and environmental awareness.
Professor Rodríguez Dono’s teaching initiative, entitled "Engineering Education for a Sustainable Future: Confronting Environmental Challenges," integrates interdisciplinary approaches involving civil engineering, physics, economics, and design. The innovative format also includes high-impact public events, such as the highly successful "Beyond Growth" conference, promoting active student participation and raising societal awareness about sustainable development.
The project has been recognized previously with prestigious awards such as the UPC Award for Quality in University Teaching and the Jaume Vicens Vives Distinction. The jury particularly appreciated the project's adaptability and exportability to other institutions, and educational levels, and its alignment with key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The EUCEET Teaching Award will be officially presented to Professor Rodríguez Dono at the EUCEET 2025 Conference, hosted by Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), on October 15–17, 2025.
More information on the EUCEET Teaching Award can be found here.
Details on the upcoming conference in Budapest are available at EUCEET Budapest 2025 Conference.
Alfonso Rodríguez Dono
The European Civil Engineering Education and Training Association (EUCEET) is proud to announce that the 2025 EUCEET Award for Excellence in Teaching in Civil Engineering has been awarded to Professor Alfonso Rodríguez Dono, from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (BarcelonaTech).
