Thirty-two University of Missouri-Rolla faculty members received the Outstanding Teaching Award for 2003-2004 during a luncheon held Friday, Dec. 10, on campus.

Harvest Collier, vice provost for graduate and undergraduate studies at UMR, presented the awards.

The Outstanding Teaching Award is given each year to faculty members recognized by a UMR committee for effective teaching and faculty awards. The committee bases its selections on student evaluations of faculty members.

The award is open to all UMR faculty members except Distinguished Teaching Professors.

The following faculty members were selected for the awards:
–Dr. Craig Adams, the John and Susan Mathes Missouri Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering
–Dr. Diana Ahmad, assistant professor of history and political science and UMR archivist
–Col. Tom Akers, instructor of mathematics and statistics
–Dr. D.J. Belarbi, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
–Dr. Richard Brow, chair and professor of materials science and engineering
–Dr. Joel G. Burken, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
–Dr. Douglas R. Carroll, professor of basic engineering
–Dr. Lokesh R. Dharani, Curators’ Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
–Dr. Jim Drallmeier, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
–Dr. David Enke, assistant professor of engineering management
–Dr. Kelvin Erickson, chair and professor of electrical and computer engineering
–Dr. Ralph Flori, associate professor of basic engineering
–Dr. R. Larry Grayson, chair and professor of mining and nuclear engineering
–Dr. Irina V. Ivliyeva, instructor of Russian in arts, language and philosophy
–Dr. Kurt Kosbar, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
–Merilee A. Krueger, lecturer in psychology
–Dr. Vy Khoi Le, associate professor of mathematics and statistics
–Dr. Michael E. Meagher, associate professor of history and political science
–Dr. Gary E. Mueller, associate professor of mining and nuclear engineering
–Dr. Anne Maglia, assistant professor of biological sciences
–Dr. Del Mank, lecturer in engineering management
–Dr. John C. McManus, assistant professor of history and political science
–Dr. J. Keith Nisbett, associate professor and associate chair of mechanical and aerospace engineering
–Dr. Matthew J. O’Keefe, associate professor of materials science and engineering
–Dr. Kent D. Peaslee, associate professor of materials science and engineering
–Dr. Hank Pernicka, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
–Dr. Allan Pringle, professor of physics
–Dr. David N. Richardson, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
–Dr. Jeff Smith, associate professor of materials science and engineering
–Dr. John Story, associate professor of physics
–Dr. David Westenberg, associate professor of biological sciences
–Dr. Ralph Wilkerson, professor of computer science and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences