Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educator Award

The Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educator Award was established as a division award in 1998. The Award was elevated to a Society award in 2001 to recognize a person who exemplifies the best in furthering engineering design education through vision, interactions with students and industry, scholarship and impact on the next generation of engineers, and a person whose action serves as a role model for other educators to emulate.

Form of Award: $1000, Vermeil Medal and Certificate
Limitation(s): None
Administrative Responsibility: Design Engineering Division
Nomination Deadline: February 1
Nomination Sent To: Ruth and Joel Spira Committee Chair
Committee Chair: Y. Jin
Phone Number: 213-740-9574
E-mail: yjin@usc.edu
Awarded By: Committee on Honors (COH)

 

RUTH AND JOEL SPIRA OUTSTANDING DESIGN EDUCATOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

2001 Ken Wallace
2002 Kenneth J. Waldron
2003 Woodie C. Flowers
2004 Clive L. Dym
2005 Gary L. Kinzel
2006 John S. Lamancusa
2007 Panos Y. Papalambros
2008 Kosuke Ishii
2010 Sridhar Kota
2011 Farrokh Mistree
2012 David Wallace

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