Justyn Jaworski, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering,
College of Engineering

Service Learning Course(s):

• Engineering Approaches to Solving Clinical
  Challenges (BE 2310) 

“Service learning provides students with hands - on experience in solving real problems that impact our community."

Dr. Justyn Jaworski has been teaching at UTA since 2017 and had never had any experience working with service learning prior to getting in touch with representatives from the Center for Service Learning. He got involved with the Faculty Fellows Program soon after and was excited to hear about different service learning projects from other departments. His experience being a Fellow allowed him to expand his horizons and see the social implications of his discipline on the community.

He now feels his students have become more involved and are able to apply theories learned in the classroom to real world experiences thanks to the service learning projects they are introduced to. This is important because it allows UTA to show the community that it intends to serve in ways other than just through education.

Dr. Jaworski has partnered with several nonprofit organizations such as the Oral and Facial Surgery Group, Plano Texas Cath Lab, UTA Health Services Center, UTA Smart Hospital, Kessler Park Dental, Aheudu Dessema Addis Family Clinic, and Fort Worth Medical City, to name a few.

He advises faculty interested in joining the Faculty Fellows to focus on the benefits gained by incorporating service learning. The improvements seen between students and the community after these projects are added will give you all the proof you need that the benefits of service learning far outweigh the costs.