Three teachers in the college of engineering received outstanding graduate teaching awards for 2006-2007. The awards are coordinated by the graduate school and underwritten by the University Co-op.
Carlos Aguilar, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering, received the George H. Mitchell Award, for his research in nanomaterials. His research focuses on developing nanomaterials that convert the body’s energy into electricity that can be used to power medical implants such as pacemakers. Aguilar’s supervising professors are Shaochen Chen, associate professor of mechanical engineering and Marc Feldman, Interventional Cardiologist at the UT Health Science Center – San Antonio.
Dr. Chandra R. Bhat, civil engineering professor, won the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award. Bhat has supervised about 40 graduate students since he joined the university in 1997. He is highly rated in his graduate course evaluations and given high praise for his teaching style and approachability. Bhat is also the Adnan Abou-Ayyash Centennial Professor in Transportation Engineering.
Paul Griesemer, a doctoral student in aerospace engineering, received the William S. Livingston Outstanding Graduate Student Academic Employee Award in the teaching assistant category. Griesmer has been a teaching assistant for three years teaching supplemental instruction classes for physics, calculus, and differential equations. He was lauded for promoting a learning environment where students are comfortable asking him and each other questions.
