Gillian Saunders-Smits is a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and a SEFI Fellow, with over 25 years of experience in teaching engineering (aerospace, mechanics, research methodology, and robotics) using active learning and an avid engineering education researcher. In addition, she has held various educational leadership roles developing bachelor, master and online programmes at TU Delft. Her current research focuses on competencies and skills for future engineers and their implementation in curricula using active learning. She is one of the lead editors of the SEFI Handbook on Teaching Transferable Competencies and Skills in Engineering that was published with TU Delft Open Publishing in September 2026.
