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Mechanical Engineering Professor Paul Jensen received the 2007 Prize for Teaching Practice from the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS).  This annual award recognizes an outstanding university or college teacher who helped students acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively practice operations research or the management sciences.  Applicants were required to submit a philosophy on teaching, description of projects, statements of support from past students who are now in practice, and statements of support from industrial sponsors of those students now in practice. Dr. Jensen was named an INFORMS Fellow in 2005 and is currently the Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professor Emeritus in Engineering No. 3.