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The '''[[College of Engineering]] Sporn Award''' is given annually to an engineering faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in undergraduate instruction. The award is administered by the Awards and Scholarships committee of the [[Student Engineers' Council]] (SEC), with the final vote cast by the General Assembly of the SEC. Plaques naming each recipient reside in the Dean's office in [[Torgersen Hall]] beside the plaques for the [[Wine Award]]. While websites such as [[Rate VT Teachers]] and [[Koofers]] have historically been used to determine the best professor to pick for a given class, the Sporn Award winners list provides perhaps an even more trustworthy resource for engineering students faced with such decisions.
 
The '''[[College of Engineering]] Sporn Award''' is given annually to an engineering faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in undergraduate instruction. The award is administered by the Awards and Scholarships committee of the [[Student Engineers' Council]] (SEC), with the final vote cast by the General Assembly of the SEC. Plaques naming each recipient reside in the Dean's office in [[Torgersen Hall]] beside the plaques for the [[Wine Award]]. While websites such as [[Rate VT Teachers]] and [[Koofers]] have historically been used to determine the best professor to pick for a given class, the Sporn Award winners list provides perhaps an even more trustworthy resource for engineering students faced with such decisions.
  
== Recipients ==
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== Sporn Award for Teaching Undergraduate Engineering Subjects ==
 
{|
 
{|
| 2009 || [[Roger Chang]]
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! 1995
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| [[Guo-Quan Lu]]
 
|-
 
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| 2010 || [[David Schmale]]
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! 1996
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| [[Y.A. Liu]]
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|-
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! 1997
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| [[Subhash Sarin]]
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|-
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! 1998
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| [[Curtis Stern]]
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|-
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! 1999
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| [[Roger Chang]]
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|-
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! 2000
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| [[William L. Conger]]
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|-
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! 2001
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| [[David Vaughan]]
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|-
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! 2002
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| [[Jason S. Thweatt]]
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|-
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! 2003
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| [[Elaine Scott]]
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|-
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! 2004
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| [[Jaime Da La Ree Lopez]]
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|-
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! 2005
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| [[Kimberly Ellis]]
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|-
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! 2006
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| [[Preston L. Durrill]]
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|-
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|}
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== Sporn Award for Teaching Introductory Subjects ==
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{|
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! 2008
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| [[Elizabeth Bloomer]]
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|-
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! 2009
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| [[Matthew Vollmer]]
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|-
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! 2010
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| [[David Schmale]]
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|-
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! 2011
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| [[Michael Alexander]]
 
|}
 
|}
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== External Links ==
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* [http://www.universityawards.vt.edu/sporn.php Sporn Awards]
  
 
[[Category:Engineering]]
 
[[Category:Engineering]]
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[[Category:Honors and Awards]]

Latest revision as of 00:09, 3 August 2011

The College of Engineering Sporn Award is given annually to an engineering faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in undergraduate instruction. The award is administered by the Awards and Scholarships committee of the Student Engineers' Council (SEC), with the final vote cast by the General Assembly of the SEC. Plaques naming each recipient reside in the Dean's office in Torgersen Hall beside the plaques for the Wine Award. While websites such as Rate VT Teachers and Koofers have historically been used to determine the best professor to pick for a given class, the Sporn Award winners list provides perhaps an even more trustworthy resource for engineering students faced with such decisions.

Sporn Award for Teaching Undergraduate Engineering Subjects

1995 Guo-Quan Lu
1996 Y.A. Liu
1997 Subhash Sarin
1998 Curtis Stern
1999 Roger Chang
2000 William L. Conger
2001 David Vaughan
2002 Jason S. Thweatt
2003 Elaine Scott
2004 Jaime Da La Ree Lopez
2005 Kimberly Ellis
2006 Preston L. Durrill

Sporn Award for Teaching Introductory Subjects

2008 Elizabeth Bloomer
2009 Matthew Vollmer
2010 David Schmale
2011 Michael Alexander

External Links