Faculty Teaching and Advising Award Winners

"Many congratulations to the recipients of this year's College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching and Advising Awards. We are proud of their commitment to our students and their contributions to excellence in effective learning."

- Lynden Archer, Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering

2023 Award Winners

RecipientDepartmentDonor

Van Hunter Adams

ECE

Robert '55 and Vanne '57 Cowie

Khurram Afridi

ECE

Michael Tien '72 

Shivaun Archer

BME

John Swanson '61 ME in honor of his mother, Dorothy G. Swanson 

Christopher Batten

ECE

Kenneth A. Goldman '71 

Mark Campbell

MAE

Ralph S. Watts '72 

Ashim Datta

BEE

Fiona Ip Li '78 and Donald Li '75 

Erica Dawson

ELP

Douglas Whitney '61 

Patrick Fulton

EAS

Daniel M. Lazar '29 

Ziv Goldfeld

ECE

Michael Tien '72 

David Goldberg

ORIE

Sonny Yau '72 

Shane Henderson

ORIE

Ralph S. Watts '72 

Megan Holycross

EAS

Sonny Yau '72 

Sarah Hormozi

CBE

Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker

Sunghwan Jung

BEE

James and Mary Tien 

Esak Lee

BME

James and Mary Tien 

Peter McMahon

AEP

Dorothy and Fred Chau MS '74 

Darrell Schlom

MSE

Sonny Yau '72 

Jingjie Yeo

MAE

Dennis G. Shepherd 

2022 Award Winners

RecipientDepartmentDonor

Jayadev Acharya

ECE

Kenneth A. Goldman '71 

Christopher Alabi

CBE

Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker

James Antaki

BME

Sonny Yau '72

Iwijn De Vlaminck

BME

Dorothy and Fred Chau MS '74

Silvia Ferrari

MAE

John Swanson '61 ME in honor of his mother, Dorothy G. Swanson 

Eric Gentsch

ORIE

Sonny Yau '72 

Jillian Goldfarb

BEE

James and Mary Tien 

Kirstin Petersen

ECE

Douglas Whitney '61 

Matthew Reid

CEE

Daniel M. Lazar '29 

Mridusmita Saikia

BME

Robert '55 and Vanne '57 Cowie

Andrej Singer

MSE

Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker

Ulrich Wiesner

MSE

Fiona Ip Li '78 and Donald Li '75

Charles Williamson

MAE

Dennis G. Shepherd 

Christina Yu

ORIE

Ralph S. Watts '72

Zhiru Zhang

ECE

Michael Tien '72

Qing Zhao

ECE

Michael Tien '72 

2021 Award Winners

RecipientDepartmentDonor

Rachit Agarwal

CS

James and Mary Tien 

David Albonesi

ECE

Fiona Ip Li '78 and Donald Li '75

Nicole Benedek

MSE

Robert '55 and Vanne '57 Cowie 

Edwin Cowen

CEE

Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker

Anil Damle

CS

James and Mary Tien 

Newton de Faria

BME

John Swanson '61 ME in honor of his mother, Dorothy G. Swanson 

David Delchamps

ECE

Kenneth A. Goodman '71 

Christopher Earls

CEE

Daniel M. Lazar '29 

Anal El-Ghazaly

ECE

Michael Tien '72 

Natalie Mahowald

EAS

Sonny Yau '72 

Jeffrey Moses

AEP

Dorothy and Fred Chau MS '74

Mert Sabuncu

ECE

Michael Tien '72 

Dmitry Savransky

ECE

Dennis G. Shepherd

Frans Schalekamp

ORIE

Sonny Yau '72 

David Shmoys

ORIE

Douglas Whitney '61 

Bruce van Dover

MSE

Ralph S. Watts '72 

Aaron Wagner

ECE

Ralph S. Watts '72

Rong Yang

CBE

Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker

2020 Award Winners

RecipientDepartmentDonor

David Bindel

CS

James and Mary Tien 

Lawrence Bonassar

BME

Fiona Ip Li '78 and Donald Li '75 

Ilana Brito

BME

Robert '55 and Vanne '57 Cowie 

Michael Clarkson

CS

Kenneth A. Goldman '71 

Chris De Sa

CS

Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker

Claudia Fischbach-Teschl

BME

John Swanson '61 ME in honor of his mother, Dorothy G. Swanson 

Esteban Gazel

EAS

Daniel M. Lazar '29 

Bharath Hariharan

CS

Sonny Yau '72

Andrea Ippolito

CEE

Douglas Whitney '61 

Guillaume Lambert

AEP

Dorothy and Fred Chau MS '74 

Francesco Monticone

ECE

Michael Tien '72 

Perrine Pepiot

MAE

Dennis G. Shepherd 

Hadas Ritz

MAE

Michael Tien '72

Jin Suntivich

MSE

James and Mary Tien

Matt Ulinski

MAE

Sonny Yau '72

Aaron Wagner

ECE

Ralph S. Watts '72 

Fengqi You

CBE

Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker

Nozomi Nishimura

BME

James M. and Marsha D. McCormick Advising Award

David Williamson

ORIE

James M. and Marsha D. McCormick Advising Award

2019 Award Winners

RecipientDepartmentDonor

Gregory Bewley

MAE

Robert '55 and Vanne '57 Cowie

Kenneth Hover

CEE

James and Mary Tien

Eva Tardos

CS

Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker

Gennady Samorodnitsky

ORIE

Dorothy and Fred Chau MS '74 

Earl Kirkland

AEP

Sonny Yau '72 

Derek Warner

CEE

James and Mary Tien

Jan Lammerding

BME

Sonny Yau '72

Christina Delimitrou

ECE

Douglas Whitney '61

Hadas Kress-Gazit

MAE

Kenneth A. Goldman '71

Alyosha Molnar

ECE

Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker

Benjamin Cosgrove

BME

John Swanson '61 ME in honor of his mother, Dorothy G. Swanson

Scott Steinschneider

BEE

Michael Tien '72

Rowena Lohman

EAS

Daniel M. Lazar '29

Robert Kleinberg

CS

Fiona Ip Li '78 and Donald Li '75

Yudong Chen

ORIE

Ralph S. Watts '72

Daisy Fan

CS

Michael Tien '72

Guy Hoffman

MAE

Dennis G. Shepherd

Louis Derry

EAS

James M. and Marsha D. McCormick Advising Award

Clifford Pollock

ECE

James M. and Marsha D. McCormick Advising Award

2018 Award Winners

RecipientDepartmentDonor

Eve Donnell

MSE

Robert '55 and Vanne '57 Cowie

Nate Foster

CS

James and Mary Tien 

Gregory McLaskey

CEE

Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker

Jose Martinez

ECE

Dorothy and Fred Chau MS '74

Meredith Silberstein

MAE

Sonny Yau '72 

Shalu Suri

BME

James and Mary Tien 

Jonathan Butcher

BME

Sonny Yau '72 

Madeleine Udell

ORIE

Douglas Whitney '61

David Albonesi

ECE

Kenneth A. Goldman '71

Matthew Paszek

CBE

Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker

Matthew Reid

CEE

John Swanson '61 ME in honor of his mother, Dorothy G. Swanson 

Hakim Weatherspoon

CS

Michael Tien '72 

Brad Anton

CBE

Daniel M. Lazar '29 

Lisa Thompson

MSE

Fiona Ip Li '78 and Donald Li '75 

Adrian Sampson

CS

Ralph S. Watts '72 

Joseph Skovira

ECE

Michael Tien '72 

Alan Zehnder   

MAE

 Dennis G. Shepherd 

Kathryn CaggianORIE

Michael Tien ‘72 

Elizabeth FisherMAE

James and Mary Tien 

Frank Wise

AEPJames and Mary Tien 

Bruce Land

ECEMichael Tien ‘72 
David PutnamBME

James M. and Marsha D. McCormick Advising Award

Michael DuncanCBE

James M. and Marsha D. McCormick Advising Award

2017 Award Winners

RecipientDepartmentDonor

Frances Vanek

CEE

James and Mary Tien 

Iwijn De Vlaminck

BME

Robert '55 and Vanne '57 Cowie 

David Putnam

BME

Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker 

Lena Kourkoutis       

AEP

Dorothy and Fred Chau MS '74 

Jamol Pender

ORIE

Sonny Yau '72 

Dmitry Savransky

MAE

James and Mary Tien 

Jiangang "Jim" Dai

ORIE

Sonny Yau '72 

Monroe Weber-Shirk 

CEE

Douglas Whitney '61 

Peter Jessel

ECE

Kenneth A. Goldman '71 

Erik Andersen

CS

Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Tucker

Ankur Singh

MAE

John Swanson '61 ME in honor of his mother, Dorothy G. Swanson

Chris Batten

ECE

Michael Tien '72 

Minglin Ma    

BEE

Daniel M. Lazar '29 

Anne Bracy

CS

Fiona Ip Li '78 and Donald Li '75

Krishnamurthy Iyer

ORIE

Ralph S. Watts '72

Farhan Rana     

ECE

Michael Tien '72 

Rajesh Bhaskaran

MAE

Dennis G. Shepherd 

Robert BlandORIE

James M. and Marsha D. McCormick Advising Award

Jamol PenderORIE

James M. and Marsha D. McCormick Advising Award