Award for Teaching Excellence
The Award for Teaching Excellence is given to motivate, recognize and reward excellence in teaching in the following categories:
- Sustained excellence in teaching
- Leadership and innovation in teaching
- Excellence in teaching by a Junior Faculty Member
- Excellence in teaching tutorials
- Excellence in laboratory instruction
Call for nominations
The Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science presents the 28th Annual Teaching Excellence Awards for Professors and 10th Annual Teaching Excellence Awards for Teaching Assistants.
The Teaching Excellence Award is given to motivate, recognize and reward excellence in teaching.
Deadline for Nominations
Friday, March 14, 2025
Eligibility and Nomination Forms
Download the eligibility criteria and the nomination forms:
2023-2024 awards recipients
Excellence in Teaching by a Junior Faculty Member
Dr. Mohamed Ouf, BCEE
Sustained Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Stuart Macmillan, CES
Leadership and Innovation in Teaching
Dr. Leila Kosseim, CSSE
Excellence in Teaching by a Teaching Assistant
Murad Aldoum, BCEE
Dhilippan Mamsapuram Panneerselvam, MIAE
Saghar Vahidi, CIISE
Previous recipients
Excellence in Teaching by a Junior Faculty Member
Dr. Farnoosh Naderkhani, CIISE
Sustained Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Rastko Selmic, ECE
Leadership and Innovation in Teaching
Dr. Onur Kuzgunkaya, MIAE
Excellence in Teaching by a Part-time Professor
Dr. Stuart Thiel, CSSE
Excellence in Teaching by a Teaching Assistant
Abdel Rahman Idrais Alsouqi, ECE
Avirup Sarkar, BCEE
Hamed Jafarpour, CIISE
Excellence in Teaching by a Junior Faculty Member
Dr. Sana Jahanshahi Anbuhi, CME
Sustained Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Joey Paquet, CSSE
Leadership and Innovation in Teaching
Dr. Brian Vermeire, MIAE
Excellence in Teaching by a Part-time Professor
Dr. Pankaj Kamthan, CSSE
Excellence in Teaching by a Teaching Assistant
Emad Fakhimi, MIAE
Vinicius Grando Sirtoli, ECE
Masoumeh Zaare, CES
Excellence in Teaching by a Junior Faculty Member
Dr. Walter Lucia, CIISE
Sustained Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Fereshteh Mafakheri, CIISE
Leadership and Innovation in Teaching
Dr. Susan Liscouet-Hanke, MIAE
Excellence in Teaching by a Teaching Assistant
Saikat Bagchi, BCEE
Hamed Esmaeeli, BCEE
Duraichelvan Raju, MIAE
Excellence in Teaching by a Junior Faculty Member
Dr. Bahareh Goodarzi, ECE
Sustained Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Aiman Hanna, CSSE
Leadership and Innovation in Teaching
Dr. Daria Terekhov, MIAE
Excellence in Teaching by a Teaching Assistant
Abdullah Al-Amaren, ECE
Adham Mohammed, MIAE
Timir Baran Roy, BCEE
Teaching awards
- Dr. Carole El Ayoubi, MIAE
- Dr. Hany Gomaa, MIAE
- Dr. Masoumeh Kazemi Zanjani, MIAE
- Dr. Arash Mohammadi, CIISE
Teaching assistants awards
- Mr. Hatem Alrawashdeh, BCEE
- Ms. Stephanie Kamgnia Wonkap, CSSE
- Ms. Jiyeon Lee, MIAE
Research awards
- Leila Kosseim, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
- Steve Shih, Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Amr Youssef a professor at CIISE
Staff awards
- Marisa Ward, Dean’s office
- Dan Li, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Teaching awards
- Dr. Ayda Basyouni, CIISE Sustained Excellence in Teaching
- Dr. Fuzhan Nasiri, BCEE Excellence in Teaching by a Junior Faculty Member
Teaching assistants awards
- Ahmed Bataineh, CIISE
- Mahmoud Adel Khalifa, BCEE
- Ardalan Sabamehr, BCEE
Faculty
- Jeremy Clark (CIISE)
- Ali Dolatabadi (MIAE)
- Iman Gohar (ECE)
- Pankaj Kamthan (CSSE)
- Leila Kosseim (CSSE)
- Krzysztof Skonieczny (ECE)
Teaching assistants
- Saed Alrabaee (CIISE)
- Samia Hilal (CSSE)
- Paria Shirani (CIISE)
Faculty
- Ashutosh Bagchi (BCEE)
- Ashok Kaushal (MIE)
- Jelena Trajkovic (ECE)
Teaching assistants
- Marzieh Amini (ECE)
- Bahareh Goodarzi (CSSE)
- Kristina Kefalas (BCEE)
- Anjan Bhowmick (BCEE)
- Brandiff Caron (CES)
- Ivan Contreras (MIE)
- Lan Lin (BCEE)
- Ramin Sedaghati (MIE)
- Glenn Cowan (ECE)
- Nadia Bhuiyan (MIE)
- Amir Aghdam (ECE)
- Don Davis (CSSE)
- Aiman Hanna (CSSE)
