Thirty-four Missouri University of Science and Technology faculty members will receive the Outstanding Teaching Award for 2011-2012. The winners will be recognized at a ceremony scheduled from 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, in St. Pat’s Ballroom B of the Havener Center. The Outstanding Teaching Award is given each year to faculty members by the Outstanding Teaching Award Committee, which bases its selections on student evaluations.

The following individuals were selected for awards:

Dr. Akim Adekpedjou, assistant professor, of mathematics and statistics
Dr. Kwame Awuah-Offei, assistant professor of mining and nuclear engineering
Dr. Bonnie Bachman, professor of business and information technology
Dr. Jason Baird, associate professor of mining and nuclear engineering
Dr. Petra DeWitt, assistant teaching professor of history and political science
Dr. Kristen Marie Donnell Hilgedick, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering
Dr. Stephen Gao, professor of geological sciences and engineering
Dr. Lance Haynes, chair and professor of arts, languages and philosophy
Dr. Gregory Hilmas, Curators’ Professor of materials science and engineering
Dr. Irina Ivliyeva, associate professor of arts, languages and philosophy
Dr. Ronald Kohser, professor of materials science and engineering
Dr. Vy Le, professor of mathematics and statistics
Dr. John C. McManus, professor of history and political science
Dr. Audra Merfeld-Langston, assistant professor of arts, languages and philosophy
Dr. Glenn Morrison, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
Dr. Gary Mueller, associate professor of mining and nuclear engineering
Dr. Jana Neiss, assistant teaching professor, teacher education program
Dr. Kathryn Northcut, associate professor of English and technical communication
Dr. Hank Pernicka, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
Dr. Ruwen Qin, assistant professor of engineering management and systems engineering
Dr. Kenneth Ragsdell, professor emeritus of engineering management and systems engineering
Dr. David Richardson, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
Dr. J. David Rogers, Karl F. Hasselmann Missouri Chair in Geological Engineering and associate professor of geological sciences and engineering
Dr. V.A. Samaranayake, professor of mathematics and statistics
Dr. Jeffrey Schramm, associate professor of history and political science
Dr. John Seiffertt IV, assistant teaching professor of electrical and computer engineering
Dr. Jeffrey Smith, associate professor of materials science and engineering
Dr. R. Joe Stanley, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
Dr. Greg Story, associate professor of physics
Dr. Theresa Swift, assistant teaching professor of electrical and computer engineering
Dr. Jeffery Volz, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
Dr. David Westenberg, associate professor of biological sciences
Merilee Krueger Wilsdorf, assistant teaching professor of psychological science
Terry Wilson, associate teaching professor of biological sciences.