This month, Dean Joseph Tedesco announced the 2013 winners of the UH Cullen College of Engineering faculty awards, in recognition of outstanding performance in teaching, research and service.
Karolos Grigoriadis, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the interdisciplinary program in aerospace engineering, was honored with the Fluor Corporation Faculty Excellence Award, the highest award given by the college, and the W.T. Kittinger Teaching Excellence Award, the college's most prestigious teaching honor.
Laura Gutierrez (biomedical engineering) and Robert Provence (electrical and computer engineering) received outstanding lecturer awards. The outstanding teaching assistant award was given to Jiabiao Ruan in the department of mechanical engineering.
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Karolos Grigoriadis ME Fluor Corporation Faculty Excellence W.T. Kittinger Teaching Excellence |
Navin Varadarajan ChBE Outstanding Professor |
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Debora Rodrigues CEE Outstanding Professor |
Stuart Long ECE Outstanding Professor |
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Ali Ekici IE Outstanding Professor |
Haleh Ardebili ME Outstanding Professor |
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Thomas Holley PeTR Outstanding Professor |
Peter Vekilov ChBE Senior Faculty Research Award |
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Jeffrey Rimer ChBE Junior Faculty Research Award |
Jacinta Conrad ChBE Junior Faculty Research Award |