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: |
J.R. Mountain |
| Phone Number: |
(281) 283-3846 |
| E-mail: |
mountain@uhcl.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 |
| 2013 |
Douglass J. Wilde |
| 2014 |
Kevin Craig |
| 2015 |
Alice M. Agogino |
| 2016 |
Kathryn W. Jablokow |
| 2017 |
Gül E. Okudan Kremer |
| 2018 |
Alexander H. Slocum |
| 2019 |
Janet K. Allen |
Resources
Achievement Nomination Form
Nomination Instructions
