Faculty awards for teaching, innovation and service

Past awardees by year

2024

Outstanding Teaching Awards

• Alexandra Rutz (Biomedical Engineering)
• Steve Cole (Computer Science & Engineering)
• Ulugbek Kamilov (Electrical & Systems Engineering)
• Fangqiong Ling; Trent Silbaugh (Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering)
• Spencer Lake (Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science)

2022

Outstanding Teaching Awards

• Michael Vaney (Biomedical Engineering)
• Dennis Cosgrove (Computer Science & Engineering)
• Chuan Wang (Electrical & Systems Engineering)
• Kimberly Parker (Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering)
• Jackson Potter (Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science)

Dean’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

• J. Tucker Krone 

Dean’s Faculty Award for Extraordinary Service

2021

Outstanding Teaching Awards

• Nathaniel Huebsch (Biomedical Engineering)
• William Richard (Computer Science & Engineering)
• Jim Feher (Electrical & Systems Engineering)
• Avni Solanki (Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering)
• Emily Boyd (Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science)

2020 

Outstanding Teaching Awards

• Jai Rudra (Biomedical Engineering)
• Henry Chai (Computer Science & Engineering)
• ShiNung Ching (Electrical & Systems Engineering)
• Matt Lew (Electrical & Systems Engineering)
• Peng Bai (Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering)
• Ruth Okamoto (Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science)

2019 

Outstanding Teaching Awards

• Hong Chen (Biomedical Engineering)
• William Siever (Computer Science & Engineering)
• Zachary Feinstein (Electrical & Systems Engineering)
• Vijay Ramani (Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering)
• Louis Woodhams (Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science)

Dean’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

• Rohit Pappu

2018 

Outstanding Teaching Awards

• Patricia Widder (Biomedical Engineering)
• Douglas Shook (Computer Science & Engineering)
• Janie Brennan (Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering)
• J. Mark Meacham (Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science)

Dean’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

• Patricia Widder

2017 

Outstanding Teaching Awards

• Patricia Widder (Biomedical Engineering)
• Sanmay Das (Computer Science & Engineering)
• Randall Brown (Electrical & Systems Engineering)
• Jay Turner (Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering)
• J. Mark Meacham (Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science)

Dean’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

• John Fortner

Dean’s Award 

• Rohit Pappu
• Jessica Wagenseil

2016 

Outstanding Teaching Awards

• Patricia Widder (Biomedical Engineering)
• Mithun Chakraborty (Computer Science & Engineering)
• Humberto Gonzalez (Electrical & Systems Engineering)
• Cynthia Lo (Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering)
• Patrick Harkins (Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science)

Dean’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

• Brent Williams

Dean’s Faculty Award for Innovation in Research

• Fuzhong Zhang

Dean’s Faculty Award for Extraordinary Service

• Dennis Barbour

2015 

Outstanding Teaching Awards

• Dennis Barbour (Biomedical Engineering)
• Todd Sproull (Computer Science & Engineering)
• Jr-Shin Li (Electrical & Systems Engineering)
• Cynthia Lo (Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering)
• Katharine Flores (Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science)

Dean’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

• Martha Hasting

Dean’s Faculty Award for Innovation in Research

• Rich Axelbaum

Dean’s Faculty Award for Extraordinary Service

• Martin Arthur