34 faculty to receive Outstanding Teaching Awards at S&T

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On November 4, 2010

Thirty-four Missouri University of Science and Technology faculty members will receive the Committee for Effective Teaching (CET) Outstanding Teaching Award for 2009-2010. The winners will be recognized at a ceremony from 3-4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 15, in St. Pat’s C of the Havener Center. The Outstanding Teaching Award is given each year to faculty members by the CET, which bases its selections on student evaluations.


The following individuals were selected for the awards:

  • Dr. Diana Ahmad, associate professor of history and political science
  • Col. Thomas Akers, instructor of mathematics and statistics
  • Dr. Elvan Akin, associate professor of mathematics and statistics
  • Dr. Jason Baird, associate professor of mining and nuclear engineering
  • Kathryn Berkbuegler, lecturer for the Teacher Education Program
  • Dr. Martin Bohner, professor of mathematics and statistics
  • Matthew Buechler, lecturer in computer science
  • Randy Canis, adjunct professor of engineering management and systems engineering
  • Dr. Mariesa Crow, professor of electrical and computer engineering
  • Dr. Petra DeWitt, assistant teaching professor of history and political science
  • Dr. Xiaoping Du, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
  • Dr. Ralph Flori Jr., associate professor of geological sciences and engineering
  • Dr. Ronald Frank, associate professor of biological sciences
  • Dr. Stephen Gao, professor of geological sciences and engineering
  • Dr. Lance Haynes, professor of arts, languages and philosophy
  • Dr. Gregory Hilmas, professor of materials science and engineering
  • Dr. Irina Ivliyeva, assistant professor of arts, languages and philosophy
  • Dr. Kurt Kosbar, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
  • Dr. Vy Khoi Le, professor of mathematics and statistics
  • Dr. James Martin, associate professor of psychological sciences
  • Dr. John McManus, associate professor of history and political science
  • Dr. Gary Mueller, associate professor of mining and nuclear engineering
  • Dr. John Myers, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
  • Dr. Henry Pernicka, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
  • Dr. David Richardson, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
  • Dr. David Riggins, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
  • Dr. David Rogers, associate professor of geological sciences and engineering
  • Dr. Joshua Rovey, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
  • Dr. V. A. Samaranayake, professor of mathematics and statistics
  • Dr. Lesley Sneed, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
  • Jeanne Stanley, assistant professor of arts, languages and philosophy
  • Dr. Greg Story, associate professor of physics
  • Dr. Ralph Wilkerson, professor of computer science
  • Dr. Reza Zoughi, professor of electrical and computer engineering.

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