Forty-four faculty members will be honored with the Outstanding Teaching Award for 2019-20 and 35 faculty members received an Outstanding Teaching Commendation. Additionally two faculty members are being honored with the Sustained Excellence in Outstanding Teaching Award. Recipients are:

Sustained Excellence in Outstanding Teaching Award

The 2019-20 Sustained Excellence in Outstanding Teaching Award recognizes faculty members who have received Outstanding Teaching Awards for at least 9 of the past 10 years. Eligible faculty cannot receive the award in consecutive years. Recipients are:

• Dr. Merilee Krueger, teaching professor of psychological science
• Dr. Jeffrey Smith, professor of ceramic engineering.

Outstanding Teaching Award

The 44 S&T faculty members who will be honored with the Outstanding Teaching Award for 2019-20 are:

• Dr. Ayodeji Alajo, associate professor of nuclear engineering and radiation science
• Dr. Denise Baker, assistant professor of psychological science
• Dr. Andrew Behrendt, assistant teaching professor of history and political science
• Dr. Amy Belfi, assistant professor of psychological science
• Dr. Carleigh Davis, assistant professor of English and technical communication
• Dr. Petra DeWitt, associate professor of history and political science
• Dr. Kristen Donnell, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Dr. Cassie Elrod, associate professor of business and information technology
• Dr. Darin Finke, associate teaching professor of philosophy
• Dr. Sarah Hercula, assistant professor of English and technical communication
• Dr. Greg Hilmas, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of ceramic engineering and chair of materials science and engineering
• Dr. Sheryl Hodges, associate teaching professor of engineering management and systems engineering
• Dr. Xianbio Hu, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
• Dr. Patrick Huber, professor of history and political science
• Dr. Wayne Huebner, professor or materials science and engineering
• Dr. Irina Ivliyeva, professor of Russian
• Dr. Kurt Kosbar, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Dr. Nishant Kumar, associate teaching professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Dr. Merilee Krueger, teaching professor of psychological science
• Dr. Jennifer Leopold, associate professor of computer science
• Dr. Yu Liu, assistant professor of business and information technology
• Dr. Christi Patton Luks, teaching professor of chemical and biochemical engineering
• Dr. Ricardo Morales, associate teaching professor of computer science
• Dr. Gary Mueller, associate professor emeritus of nuclear engineering and radiation science
• Dr. Fiona Nah, professor of business and information technology
• Dr. Dev Niyogi, professor of biological sciences
• Dr. Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, professor of geology and biological science
• Dr. Ronald J. O’Malley, the F. Kenneth Iverson Endowed Chair of Steelmaking Technologies in materials science and engineering
• Dr. Hank Pernicka, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Dr. Justin Pope, assistant professor of history and political science
• Dr. Dan Reardon, associate professor of English and technical communication
• Dr. Terry Robertson, teaching professor of arts, languages and philosophy
• Dr. Jeff Schramm, associate professor of history and political science
• Dr. Michelle Schwartze, assistant teaching professor of teacher education and certification
• Dr. Pourya Shamsi, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Dr. Kate Sheppard, associate professor of history and political science
• Dr. Jeffrey Smith, professor of ceramic engineering
• Dr. Lesley Sneed, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
• Dr. Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis, professor of chemistry
• Dr. David Spurlock, associate teaching professor of engineering management and systems engineering
• Dr. Joe Stanley, professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Dr. Greg Story, associate professor of physics
• Courtney Webster, lecturer of French
• Dr. Klaus Woelk, associate professor of chemistry.

Outstanding Teaching Commendation

The 35 faculty members who received the Outstanding Teaching Commendation for 2019-2020 are:

• Dr. Baojun Bai, professor and Lester R. Birbeck Chair in Petroleum Engineering
• Dr. Daryl Beetner, professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Dr. Michael Bruening, associate professor of history and political science
• Dr. Eric Bryan, associate professor of English and technical communication
• Dr. Doug Carroll, professor and program director in engineering and computing
• Dr. Kelly Carter, associate professor of teacher education and certification
• Dr. Genda Chen, the Robert W. Abbett Distinguished Chair in Civil Engineering
• Dr. Mohamed ElGawady, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
• Dr. Nuran Ercal, the Richard K. Vitek FCR Endowed Chair in Biochemistry
• Dr. Bill Fahrenholtz, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of ceramic engineering and director of the Materials Research Center
• Dr. Mehdi Ferdowsi, professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Lorie Francis, associate teaching professor of music
• Taylor Gruenloh, assistant teaching professor of theater
• Dr. Daozhi Han, assistant professor of mathematics and statistics
• Dr. Yue-wern Huang, professor of biological sciences
• Dr. Abdulmoshin Imqam, assistant professor of geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering
• Dr. Beth Kania-Gosche, professor and chair of teacher education and certification
• Dr. Kamal Khayat, professor and Vernon and Maralee Jones Chair in Civil Engineering
• Dr. Xin Liu, associate professor of mining and nuclear engineering
• Dr. Marek Locmelis, assistant professor of geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering
• Dr. John McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history and political science
• Dr. Audra Merfeld-Langston, associate professor and chair of arts, languages and philosophy
• Dr. Michael Moats, professor of materials science and engineering
• Dr. Melanie Mormile, professor of biological sciences
• Dr. Susan Murray, chair and professor of psychological science
• Laurie Myers, lecturer in arts, languages and philosophy
• Dr. J. Keith Nisbett, associate professor and interim chair of mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Dr. Gayla Olbricht, associate professor of mathematics and statistics
• Dr. Clair Reynolds Kueny, assistant professor of psychological science
• Dr. Julie Semon, associate professor of biological sciences
• Dr. Yun Seong Song, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Dr. Kristine Swenson, chair and professor of English and technical communication
• Dr. Thomas Vojta, Curators’ Distinguished Professof and chair of physics
• Dr. Alexey Yamilov, associate professor of physics
• Dr. David Westenberg, professor of biological sciences.