Honoring our faculty
The first line of our mission is to educate tomorrow's technology leaders. Our faculty take that mission seriously, continually innovating their pedagogy to ensure our students are equipped to tackle tomorrow's greatest challenges.
The Best Undergraduate Teacher Award and Best Graduate Mentor awards honor faculty member from each department who earned the highest praise in student surveys that year.
2020-2030
2022 - 2023
Best Undergraduate Teacher
Best Undergraduate Teacher
Brian Aguado
2022 - 23 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Best Undergraduate Teacher
Gerald Soosairaj
2022 - 23 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Best Undergraduate Teacher
Patrick Mercier
2022 - 23 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Best Undergraduate Teacher
Mark Anderson
2022 - 23 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Best Undergraduate Teacher
Nicole Steinmetz
2022 - 23 Best Teacher Award
NANOENGINEERING
Best Undergraduate Teacher
Georgios Tsampras
2022 - 23 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Outstanding Graduate Mentor
Outstanding Graduate Mentor
Adam Engler
2022 - 23
BIOENGINEERING
Outstanding Graduate Mentor
Patrick Pannuto
2022 - 23
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Outstanding Graduate Mentor
Duygu Kuzum
2022 - 23
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Outstanding Graduate Mentor
Aaron Rosengren
2022 - 23
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Outstanding Graduate Mentor
Zeinab Jahed
2022 - 23
NANOENGINEERING
Outstanding Graduate Mentor
Gilberto Mosqueda
2022 - 23
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Outstanding Faculty Mentor
Outstanding Faculty Mentor
Geoff Voelker
2022 - 23
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
2021 - 2022
Best Undergraduate Teacher
Best Undergraduate Teacher
Gert Cauwenberghs
2021 - 22 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Best Undergraduate Teacher
Manmohan Chandraker
2021 - 22 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Best Undergraduate Teacher
Tzu-Chien Hsueh
2021 - 22 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Best Undergraduate Teacher
Huihui Qi
2021 - 22 Best Teacher Award MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Best Undergraduate Teacher
Kesong Yang
2021 - 22 Best Teacher Award
NANOENGINEERING
Best Undergraduate Teacher
Machel Morrison
2021 - 22 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Outstanding Graduate Mentor
Outstanding Graduate Mentor
Jin Zhang
2021 - 22
BIOENGINEERING
Outstanding Graduate Mentor
Aaron Schulman
2021 - 22
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Outstanding Graduate Mentor
Piya Pal
2021 - 22
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Outstanding Graduate Mentor
Tania Morimoto
2021 - 22
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
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Outstanding Graduate Mentor
Jon Pokorski
2021 - 22
NANOENGINEERING
Outstanding Graduate Mentor
Ingrid Tomac
2021 - 22
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Outstanding Faculty Mentor
2020 - 2021
Bruce Wheeler
2020 - 21 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Paul Cao
2020 - 21 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Curt Schurgers
2020 - 21 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Huihui Qi
2020 - 21 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Qiang Zhu
2020 - 21 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
2010 - 2020
2019 - 2020
Oscar Vazquez-Mena
2019-20 Best Teacher Award
NANOENGINEERING
José Restrepo
2019-20 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Saharnaz Baghdadchi
2019-20 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Alexander Niema Moshiri
2019-20 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Bruce Wheeler
2019-20 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Mohammad "Yousef" Bahadori
2019-20 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
2018 - 2019
Francisco Contijoch
2018-19 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Duygu Kuzum
2018-19 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Maziar Ghazinejad
2018-19 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Shaochen Chen
2018-19 Best Teacher Award
NANOENGINEERING
Sorin Lerner
2018-19 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Daniel Sievenpiper
2018-19 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
2017 - 2018
Bruce Wheeler
2017-18 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Francesco Lanza di Scalea
2017-18 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Keiko Nomura
2017-18 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Paul Siegel
2017-18 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Joseph Politz
2017-18 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
2016 - 2017
Stephanie Fraley
2016-17 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Janine Tiefenbruck
2016-17 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Boubacar Kante
2016-17 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
James Friend
2016-17 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Vlado Lubarda
2016-17 Best Teacher Award
NANOENGINEERING
John Kosmatka
2016-17 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
2015 - 2016
Pedro Cabrales
2015-16 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Leo Porter
2015-16 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Vikash Gilja
2015-2016 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
UNDERGRADUATE
Ian Galton
2015-2016 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
GRADUATE
Paul Siegel
2015-2016 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
GRADUATE
Nate Delson
2015-2016 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Aaron Drews
2015-2016 Best Teacher Award
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Gilberto Mosqueda
2015-2016 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
2014 - 2015
Pedro Cabrales
2014-15 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Ronald Graham
2014-15 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Shadi Dayeh
2014-15 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
David Saintillan
2014-15 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Andrea Tao
2014-15 Best Teacher Award
NANOENGINEERING
Gilberto Mosqueda
2014-15 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
2013 - 2014
Pedro Cabrales
2013-14 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Drew Hall
2013-14 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Alon Orlitsky
2013-14 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
GRADUATEi
Darren Lipomi
2013-2014 Best Teacher Award
NANOENGINEERING
Patrick Fox
2013-2014 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Mia Minnes
2013-2014 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
2012 - 2013
Shankar Subramaniam
2012-13 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Christine Alvarado
2012-13 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Kevin B. Quest
2012-13 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Patrick Mercier
2012-13 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
GRADUATE
Tom Bewley
2012-13 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Justin Opatkiewicz
2012-13 Best Teacher Award
NANOENGINEERING
Benson Shing
2012-13 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
2011 - 2012
Shankar Subramaniam
2011-12 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Paul Kube
2011-12 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Robert Lugannani
2011-12 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Geo Papen
2011-12 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
GRADUATE
Mark Anderson
2011-12 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Don Sirbuly
2011-12 Best Teacher Award
NANOENGINEERING
Patrick Fox
2011-12 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
2010 - 2011
Pedro Cabrales
2010 - 11 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Sanjoy Dasgupta
2010 - 11 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Truong Nguyen
2010 - 11 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Eric Lauga
2010 - 11 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Joseph Wang
2010 - 11 Best Teacher Award
NANOENGINEERING
Benson Shing
2010 - 11 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Francesco Lanza
2010 - 11 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
2000 - 2010
2009 - 2010
Geert W. Schmid-Schoenbein
2009 - 10 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Joseph Pasquale
2009 - 10 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Joe Ford
2009 - 10 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Nate Delson
2009 - 10 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Liangfang Zhang
2009 - 10 Best Teacher Award
NANOENGINEERING
Hyonny Kim
2009 - 10 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
2008 - 2009
Jeff Hasty
2008 - 09 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Beth Simon
2008 - 09 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Truong Nguyen
2008 - 09 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
David Miller
2008 - 09 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Sadik Esener
2008 - 09 Best Teacher Award
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
John Kosmatka
2008 - 09 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
2007 - 2008
Geert W. Schmid-Schoenbein
2007 - 08 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Gary Gillespie
2007 - 08 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Gabriel M. Rebeiz
2007 - 08 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Vlado Lubarda
2007 - 08 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Joel P. Conte
2007 - 08 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Vitali F. Nesterenko
2007 - 08 Best Teacher Award
TAU BETA PI TEACHER OF THE YEAR
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Paul H. Siegel
2007 - 08 Best Teacher Award
TESC OUTSTANDING TEACHER AWARD - ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
2006 - 2007
Jeff Omens
2006 - 07 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Elizabeth A. Simon
2006 - 07 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Truong Nguyen
2006 - 07 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Vlado Lubarda
2006 - 07 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Chia-Ming Uang
2006 - 07 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Keiko K. Nomura
2006 - 07 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
TAU BETA PI TEACHER OF THE YEAR
2005 - 2006
Geert W. Schmid-Schoenbein
2005 - 06 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Rick Ord
2005 - 06 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Ian A. Galton
2005 - 06 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Keiko K. Nomura
2005 - 06 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Joel P. Conte
2005 - 06 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
2004 - 2005
Peter Chen
2004 - 05 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Rick Ord
2004 - 05 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Robert Lugannani
2004 - 05 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Keiko K. Nomura
2004 - 05 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Joel P. Conte
2004 - 05 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
2003 - 2004
Jeff Omens
2003 - 04 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Rick Ord
2003 - 04 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Kevin B. Quest
2003 - 04 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Vlado Lubarda
2003 - 04 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Jose I. Restrepo
2003 - 04 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Llewellyn Smith
2003 - 04 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
TAU BETA PI TEACHER OF THE YEAR
2002 - 2003
Gary Huber
2002 - 03 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Rick Ord
2002 - 03 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Robert Lugannani
2002 - 03 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Anne Hoger
2002 - 03 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Yael Van Den Einde
2002 - 03 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Farrokh Najmabadi
2002 - 03 Best Teacher Award
TAU BETA PI TEACHER OF THE YEAR - ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
2001 - 2002
Andrew McCulloch
2001 - 02 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Mike Bailey
2001 - 02 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Laurence Milstein
2001 - 02 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Keiko K. Nomura
2001 - 02 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Pao C. Chau
2001 - 02 Best Teacher Award
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Chia-Ming Uang
2001 - 02 Best Teacher Award
TAU BETA PI TEACHER OF THE YEAR - STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
2000 - 2001
Jeff Omens
2000 - 01 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Sangeeta Bhatia
2000 - 01 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Mike Bailey
2000 - 01 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
David Russ
2000 - 01 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
George Varghese
2000 - 01 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Laurence Milstein
2000 - 01 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Elias Masry
2000 - 01 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Keiko K. Nomura
2000 - 01 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Sia Nemat-Nasser
2000 - 01 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Pao C. Chau
2000 - 01 Best Teacher Award
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Chia-Ming Uang
2000 - 01 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
1990 - 2000
1999 - 2000
Jeff Omens
1999 - 00 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Geert W. Schmid-Schoenbein
1999 - 00 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Mike Bailey
1999 - 00 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Laurence Milstein
1999 - 00 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Elias Masry
1999 - 00 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Keiko K. Nomura
1999 - 00 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Sia Nemat-Nasser
1999 - 00 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Pao C. Chau
1999 - 00 Best Teacher Award
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Chia-Ming Uang
1999 - 00 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
1998 - 1999
Jeff Omens
1998 - 99 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Geert W. Schmid-Schoenbein
1998 - 99 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Mike Bailey
1998 - 99 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
David Russ
1998 - 99 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Jack Keil Wolf
1998 - 99 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Dave Tribolet
1998 - 99 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Pao C. Chau
1998 - 99 Best Teacher Award
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Chia-Ming Uang
1998 - 99 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
1997 - 1998
Jeff Omens
1997 - 98 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Geert W. Schmid-Schoenbein
1997 - 98 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Joseph Pasquale
1997 - 98 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Laurence Milstein
1997 - 98 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Juan Lasheras
1997 - 98 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Anne Hoger
1997 - 98 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Hidenori Murakami
1997 - 98 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Stanley Middleman
1997 - 98 Best Teacher Award
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
John Kosmatka
1997 - 98 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
1996 - 1997
Robert L. Sah
1996 - 97 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Mike Bailey
1996 - 97 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
David Russ
1996 - 97 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Laurence Milstein
1996 - 97 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Juan Lasheras
1996 - 97 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Sia Nemat-Nasser
1996 - 97 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Stanley Middleman
1996 - 97 Best Teacher Award
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Nigel Priestley
1996 - 97 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
1995 - 1996
Robert L. Sah
1995 - 96 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
David A. Gough
1995 - 96 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Keith Muller
1995 - 96 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Robert Lugannani
1995 - 96 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Gil Hegemier
1995 - 96 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Pao C. Chau
1995 - 96 Best Teacher Award
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Chia-Ming Uang
1995 - 96 Best Teacher Award
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
1994 - 1995
John Semple Galbraith
1994 - 95 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Ramamohan Paturi
1994 - 95 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Robert Lugannani
1994 - 95 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Juan Lasheras
1994 - 95 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Sia Nemat-Nasser
1994 - 95 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
1993 - 1994
Robert L. Sah
1993 - 94 Best Teacher Award
BIOENGINEERING
Bill Griswold
1993 - 94 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Ken Kreutz-Delgado
1993 - 94 Best Teacher Award
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Juan Lasheras
1993 - 94 Best Teacher Award
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
1992 - 1993
Joseph Pasquale
1992 - 93 Best Teacher Award
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING