Engineering Education – Chair
Committee - Engineering Education- Chair
Yashin Brijmohan
Chair, Energy Education Committee
Yashin Brijmohan is an engineering education faculty at Utah State University and a licensed engineer in South Africa. He completed his doctoral studies specializing in engineering education research, his master’s degree in engineering management, and his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. Beyond his industry experience, Yashin Brijmohan is known for his thought leadership in STEM education and capacity building. His area of expertise is in policy and regulation, experiential and workplace learning, global competencies, and educational system design.
His contributions have spanned primary and secondary schools, universities, and industry educational systems. He spearheaded the development of engineering and business programs as founding Executive Dean of Business, Engineering, and Technology at Monash South Africa and as Head of the School at the EAL corporate university. Internationally, he is currently Chair of the Africa Asia Pacific Accord, Board Member of the UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education, Chairperson of the Engineering Education Committee of the Federation of African Engineering Organisations, and Founding Chair of the Africa Engineering Education Forum executive committee. He also served as Vice President of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO), Chair of Chairs of the ten Technical Standing Committees (WFEO), Founding Chair of the UNESCO Africa Engineering Week, Chairperson of Engineering Capacity Building Committees (Africa and global), and Chair of the American Society of Engineering Education Student Division. He is passionate about the development of people with a focus on access and diversity.