Excellence in Teaching

Examples of activities that may be recognized with the Excellence in Teaching Award include: classroom teaching improvements, new course development, curricular reform, distance learning and web-based courses, guidance of student projects, or a stellar record in graduate student supervision. Recipients recieve a $1000 award.

2023
Michael J. Bortner, Department of Chemical Engineering
Natalie S. Cherbaka, Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Josh Iorio, Myers-Lawson School of Construction
Todd Lowe, Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Kevin D. Young, Via Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

2022
Chris Arena, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
Arthur Ball, Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Benjamin D. Chambers, Department of Engineering Education
Homero Murzi, Department of Engineering Education
Kevin Shinpaugh, Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

2021
Jonathan Boreyko, Mechanical Engineering
Kimberly Ellis, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Aaron Noble, Mining and Minerals Engineering
Anne Staples, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics

Team of faculty from the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

• Aurélien Borgoltz, Research Associate Professor
• William Devenport, Professor
• Nanyaporn Intaratep, Research Assistant Professor
• Matthew Kuester, Research Assistant Professor
• Máté Szőke, Senior Research Associate

2020
Margaret Ellis, Computer Science
Scott England, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Jake Grohs, Engineering Education
Mark Pierson, Mechanical Engineering

2019
Pinhas Ben-Tzvi, Mechanical Engineering
William Michael Butler, Engineering Education
Kostas Triantis, Industrial and Systems Engineering

2018
Clint Dancey, Mechanical Engineering
Dave McPherson, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tom Staley, Materials Science and Engineering

2017
Godmar Back, Computer Science
Raffaella De Vita, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
Steve Southward, Mechanical Engineering

2016
Francine Battaglia, Mechanical Engineering
Kacie Hodges, Engineering Education
Pradeep Raj, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

2015
Sunghwan Jung, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
Cliff Shaffer, Computer Science
John Shewchuk, Industrial and Systems Engineering

2014
R. Michael Buehrer, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Holly M. Matusovich, Engineering Education
Brian Vick, Mechcanical Engineering

2013
Francine Battaglia, Mechanical Engineering
Gerald H. Luttrell, Mining and Minerals Engineering
Victoria A. Mouras, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Craig Woolsey, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

2012
Stephen M. Martin, Chemical Engineering
Patrick Schaumont, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yong Woo Lee, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

2011
John Gordon Casali, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Vinod K. Lohani, Engineering Education
Michael Philen, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

2010
William T. Baumann, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kimberly Ellis, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Scott T. Huxtable, Mechanical Engineering

2009
Chema de la Gara, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Leslie Pendleton, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Robert West, Mechanical Engineering

2008
Amy Bell, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Randel L. Dymond, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Scott L. Hendricks, Engineering Science and Mechanics

2007
Y.A. Liu, Chemical Engineering
George M. Filz, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Thomas E. Diller, Mechanical Engineering

2006
Robert W. Hendricks, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Michael L. Madigan, Engineering Science and Mechanics
John P. Shewchuk, Industrial and Systems Engineering

2005
Michael P. Alley, Engineering Education
Scott F. Midkiff, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Robert H. Sturges, Jr., Industrial and Systems Engineering

2004
Owen Hughes, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Thomas Martin, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tonya Smith-Jackson, Industrial and Systems Engineering

2003
Russell Meller, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Michael Ellis, Mechanical Engineering
Eric Johnson, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

2002
Kimberly Forsten Williams, Chemical Engineering
Ahmad Safaai-Jazi, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clinton L. Dancey, Mechanical Engineering

2001
Richard Goff, Engineering Fundamentals
Christopher D. Hall, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Hanif D. Sherali, Industrial and Systems Engineering

2000
Konstantinos Triantis, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Scott L. Hendricks, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Raymond H. Plaut, Civil and Environmental Engineering

1999
Rich Barker, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Wing Ng, Mechanical Engineering
Subhash Sarin, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Brian Woerner, Electrical and Computer Engineering

1998
Donald Baird, Chemical Engineering
John Kobza, Industrial and Systems Engineering
G.V. Loganathan, Civil Engineering
Charles Reinholtz, Mechanical Engineering

1997
William Devenport, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Siegfried Holzer, Civil Engineering
Ron Kander, Materials Science and Engineering
Doug Nelson, Mechanical Engineering

1996
Bill Conger, Chemical Engineering
Glenn Kraige, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Hugh Munson, Engineering Fundamentals
Hanif Sherali, Industrial and Systems Engineering