Forty University of Missouri-Rolla faculty members received the Outstanding Teaching Award for 2006 during a luncheon held Monday, Dec. 11, on campus.

The Outstanding Teaching Award is given each year to faculty members recognized by the UMR Committee on Effective Teaching. The committee bases its selections on student evaluations of faculty members.         

The following were selected to receive the awards:       

– Dr. Diana Ahmad, associate professor of history and political science

– Thomas Akers, instructor of mathematics

– Dr. Martin Bohner, associate professor of mathematics

– Dr. Douglas Carroll, professor of interdisciplinary engineering

– Dr. Jeff Cawlfield, professor of geological sciences and engineering

– Dr. Kirk Christensen, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering

– Dr. James Drallmeier, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering

– Dr. Xiaoping Du, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering

– Dr. Richard Dubroff, professor of electrical engineering

– Dr. David Enke, associate professor of engineering management

– Dr. Kelvin Erickson, professor of electrical and computer engineering

– Dr. Mehdi Ferdowsi, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering

– Stephanie Fitch, instructor of business administration

– Dr. Ralph Flori, associate professor of interdisciplinary engineering

– Dr. Ronald Frank, associate professor of biological sciences

– Dr. Lance Gentry, assistant professor of business administration

– Dr. Larry Grayson, professor of mining and nuclear engineering

– Dr. William Lance Haynes, professor of arts, language and philosophy

– Dr. Greg Hilmas, associate professor of materials science and engineering

– Dr. Irina Ivliyeva, associate professor of arts, language and philosophy

– Dr. Kurt Kosbar, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering

– Dr. K. Krishnamurthy, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering

– Dr. Frank Liou, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering

– Dr. Yinfa Ma, professor of chemistry

– Dr. James Martin, assistant professor of psychology

– Dr. John McManus, assistant professor of history and political science

– Dr. Randy Moss, professor of electrical and computer engineering

– Dr. Gary Mueller, associate professor of mining and nuclear engineering

– Dr. Michael Nelson, assistant professor of psychology

– Dr. Kent Peaslee, Curators’ Teaching Professor of materials science and engineering

– Dr. Henry Pernicka, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering

– Dr. David Richardson, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering

– Dr. Jeffrey Smith, associate professor of materials science and engineering

– Dr. Sundar Srinivasan, instructor of business administration

– Dr. John Story, associate professor of physics

– Dr. David Van Aken, professor of materials science and engineering

– Dr. Vy Le, professor of mathematics

– Dr. David Westenberg, associate professor of biological sciences

– Dr. Ralph Wilkerson, professor of electrical and computer science

– Dennis Wilson, instructor of arts, language and philosophy.