Advisor: Dr. Grace Panther

Areas of Research Interest

• Engineering Ethics Education and Practice
• Experiential Learning in the Classroom 
• Design and Evaluation of Student Assessments
• Faculty Decision-Making and Their Well-Being

Professional Memberships

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE)
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 
• Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN)

Professional Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant- Engineering Education Research
• Teaching: Communication Systems Engineering, Computer Networks and Data Communications, Technical Report Writing, Engineering Ethics 
• Co-Author, The Routledge International Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education    
• Co- PI, Strengthening Engineering Education and Research (SEER) 
• Communication Systems Eng, Technical Report Writing, Engineering Ethics

Leadership Roles

• Chair IEEE Women in Engineering (2022-2023)
• Vice-Chair IEEE Women in Engineering (2015-2021)

Grants

• Strengthening Engineering Education and Research (SEER) - Academic Without Borders, Canada, August 2021 - August 2023
• Enhancing professional skills among engineering students during industrial internships

Awards

• UNL Dean's Fellowship, 2025 - 2026
• DAAD Germany In-Country Scholar for Master's Degree

Selected Publications

G. Bombaerts, I. Magara, J. Membrillo-Hernandez and K. Doulougeri, "When Doing Challenge-Based Learning, You Need Critical Morality to Contribute to Societal Challenges," 2024 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), Kos Island, Greece, 2024, pp. 01-07IEEE Explore .doi: 10.1109/EDUCON60312.2024.10578754

Matemba, E., Smith, L., Wolff, K., Inglis, H., Mogashana, D., Fouché, L., Gwynne-Evans, A., Campbell, A.L., Kwuimy, C., Nassar, S., Magara, I., Kloot, B., Hattingh, T., Raji, A., Musa, T, & Nyamapfene, A. (2023). Reflecting on a community of practice for engineering education research capacity in Africa: Where are we and where are we going? Australasian Journal of Engineering Education .https://doi.org/10.1080/22054952.2023.2233340

Nyamapfene, A., and Magara, I. (2022). Engineering ethics education for systemic change: A case for Sub-Saharan Africa. Proceedings of the 50th Annual SEFI Conference, Barcelona, Spain.