Faculty Awards

Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award

The Distinguished Teaching Award is given each year to an outstanding educator nominated by the engineering students and selected by a faculty committee.  These faculty inspire students to learn and apply, engage students in the classroom and share their love of engineering.

2001    George W. Pearsall
2002    Gary A. Ybarra
2003    Charles M. Harman
2004    Lisa Gresham Huettel
2005    Donald B. Bliss
2006    Henri Gavin
2007    Kathryn Nightingale
2008    Wanda Krassowska
2009    Craig Henriquez

Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award

The Distinguished Research Award is given each year to an outstanding researcher nominated by the department chairs and selected by a faculty committee. These faculty inspire their colleagues, serve others, contribute to the knowledge base and have a deep passion for their work.

2001    Lori Setton
2002    Lawrence Carin
2003    Ashutosh Chilkoti
2004    Karl G. Linden
2005    Ashutosh Chilkoti
2006    David Smith
2007    David Brady
2008    Piotr Marszalek
2009    Mark Wiesner

Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award

The Distinguished Teaching Award is given each year to a member of the faculty in recognition of superior dedication to undergraduate teaching nominated by the engineering students and selected by a faculty committee.

2005    Laurence N. Bohs
2006    John Board
2007    Joseph Nadeau
2008    Benjamin Yellen
2009    Brian Mann

Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research

In annually recognizing the career achievements of one individual, this award honors all of our engineering faculty, who, over the years, through excellence in both teaching and research have challenged and nurtured our students and strongly contributed to knowledge.

2005    Leslie M. Collins
2006    Adam Wax
2007    Earl Dowell
2008    Warren Grill
2009    Steve Cummer

Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising

In recognizing one individual each year, this award honors all members of our engineering community, who, over the years, through excellence in mentoring and advising have nurtured and guided students and colleagues, thereby helping build a better future.

2005    Michael R. Gustafson II
2006    Linda Franzoni and David Schaad
2007    George Truskey
2008    Joseph Izatt
2009    Pei Zhong

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