Wang and Gregory Receive SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Awards

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Assistant Professors Junmin Wang and James Gregory have been notified of their selection as recipients of the 2012 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award. The honor was made in recognition of their outstanding contributions to SAE’s engineering education initiatives.

In conveying the award, SAE representatives relayed to Gregory and Wang that the credentials and standards of excellence in education of this year's candidates were extremely high and competition was keen. In addition, each was praised for his outstanding contributions as one of the top engineering educators. The awards will be presented at the 2012 SAE World Congress in Detroit on April 24. Earlier this year, Wang also received a prestigious 2012 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award. And in October of 2011, Gregory was notified of his inclusion in the Army Research Office’s Young Investigator Program.

Department faculty who have previously received the SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award include Giorgio Rizzoni, Ahmet Selamet, and Robert Parker.

For more information about the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, please visit the SAE web site.

Category: Faculty