The 84th issue of the Iranian Journal of Engineering Education has been published by the Department of Engineering Sciences of the Academy.

The Journal includes seven articles and the research achievements of professors and experts in different fields of engineering education.

Articles included in this issue are:

• Explanation of a model to increase competent professional ethics of civil engineers based on ground theory/ A. Imanzadeh , A. Mohebkhah, H. Etemadzadeh and M. Farhadi

• Academic factors affecting students burnout: A comparative study of engineering students and other students of Iran’s higher education system/ M. Hosseini Largani

• The role of reflection before action, on action and after action on mathematics problem solving for Engineering students/ F. Firouzian, S. Firouzian, M. R. Fadaee and A. Rafiepour

• Investigating the future of job perspectives and its role in the education of skills-labs in engineering schools (Civil Engineering Pavement Lab)/ M. M. Khabiri

• Status analysis of engineering sciences in the country for future consideration: A summary of studies of specific groups, Academy of Sciences, I. R. Iran/ H. Zohoor, J. Towfighi, P. Jabbedar, P. Davami, A. Kaveh, H. Nadimi and M. Yaghoubi

• Competitive advantage analysis of international scientific interactions using the location quotient index: A case study of industrial engineering/ M. R. Zare Banadkouki

• Thinking approach of extroverted and introverted students of architecture within the design process and its educational strategies/ V. Sadram and E. Kafaei

English abstracts of the articles are included at the end of this issue of the Journal.