The Poole and Kent Teaching Award for Senior Faculty
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This award is given to a senior faculty member for excellence in teaching. Prior to 2000, the Poole and Kent Teaching Award for Senior Faculty was known as the Outstanding Teaching Award for Senior Faculty.
Meet Our 2012 Recipient
Professor Christopher Davis has served in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering for 37 years. An expert in optics, he introduced a new core graduate course in optical communication systems, which has become one of the most popular in the program. A Keystone professor, he also teaches a capstone design course in optical design, a unique opportunity at the undergraduate level. He will be re-introducing a 100-level honors class called “The Light Fantastic: Light, Optics and Lasers.” Students appreciate his engaging teaching style, which ties concepts to real-world scenarios, like the circuit theory hidden in rock and roll music. He has an open-door office hours policy, allowing students to meet with him whenever he is in his office. Professor Davis was named a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher in 1989.
Past Recipients
2011: Rama Chellappa, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2010: Adrian Papamarcou, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2009: Kenneth Kiger and Peter Sandborn, Mechanical Engineering
2008: Sandra Greer, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2007: Mikhail Anisimov, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2006: M. Sherif Aggour, Civil and Environmental Engineering
2005: K.J. Ray Liu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2004: Guangming Zhang, Mechanical Engineering
2003: James Duncan, Mechanical Engineering
2002: David Bigio, Mechanical Engineering
2001: Nam Sun Wang, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2000: Charles Striffler, Electrical and Computer Engineering
1999: William Walston, Mechanical Engineering
1998: Anthony Vizzin, Aerospace Engineering
1997: Richard Calabrese, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
1996: Patrick Cunniff, Mechanical Engineering
1995: John Anderson, Aerospace Engineering
1994: William Destler, Electrical and Computer Engineering
1993: Thomas Reagan, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
1992: Daniel Garber, Civil and Environmental Engineering
1991: James Dally, Mechanical Engineering
1990: Gary Pertmer, Nuclear Engineering
1989: David Holloway, Mechanical Engineering
1988: Frank Munno, Nuclear Engineering
1987: Isaak Mayergoyz, Electrical and Computer Engineering
1986: Clifford Sayre, Mechanical Engineering