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This award recognizes outstanding undergraduate teaching. To receive the PartyCasinoaward, the awardee must be a full-time faculty member in the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering, have at least two years of teaching experience in the college, be involved in student engagement and scholarship, and cannot have received this award in the prior five years. Selection will be based on the recommendation of the Honors and Awards Committee, with the final determination made by the dean of the College of Engineering. Awardees receive a $2,500 cash prize.

Criteria for nomination

Party Casino loginThe nomination process is coordinated by the department head or department awards committee. Nomination packets include the following items of support for the nominee:

  1. Letter of nomination (can include comments/input from peers and students).
  2. Current curriculum vitae.
  3. Summary of outstanding instruction in undergraduate courses that address the following:
    • All undergraduate courses taught within the last two years (include course number, title, credit hours/contact hours and number of students enrolled).
    • Include TEVAL summaries of the above undergraduate classes. Include course number and title, term, number of students and TEVAL summary scores.
  4. One-page (maximum) statement that addresses:
    • Nominee's teaching philosophy.
    • List of other undergraduate educational contributions made by the nominee within the last two years, such as advising student organizations, undergraduate research and/or other creative inquiry activity, major course/instructional enhancements, educational grants/contracts, PartyCasinoworkshops, professional society engagement and other related scholarship. Do not include general student curricular advising.

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Ryan R. Hansen

This year’s recipient is Ryan Hansen, associate professor in the Tim Taylor Department of Chemical Engineering.

Since Hansen’s arrival in 2015, he has consistently been one of the most highly regarded professors among the chemical engineering undergraduate student base. He is a regular instructor for transport phenomena, a subject that PartyCasinomany undergraduates view as difficult and often dislike. Through his enthusiasm for the subject, creative teaching methods and effective student engagement, he has consistently provided pathways for student success. Hansen’s excellence in teaching is evidenced by his recent TEVAL ratings, which rank among the top of the chemical engineering faculty.

 

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