AEESP Award for Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Engineering & Science Education

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This award is given annually to recognize excellence in teaching scholarship and/or professional society educational initiatives, as defined by the criteria below. The recipient of this award will receive a plaque, a cash prize of $500, and a $750 travel allotment to attend the awards ceremony. Previous winners are ineligible for this award.

Nomination packages may consider any or all of the following:

  • Development or authorship of educational or instructional material or a text that enhances the student learning process;
  • Demonstrate effectiveness in course and/or curriculum development;
  • Development of educational facilities;
  • Publication of original work, through peer-reviewed publications and/or presentations at professional meetings, that enhances the engineering education process or adds value to teaching methodology literature;
  • Service as a mentor to other teaching faculty or participation in the development and delivery of seminars and workshops focused on improvements to teacher classroom effectiveness;
  • Administration of engineering colleges or departments that has led to substantial and recognized improvements in the art of engineering education; and/or
  • A strong record of activity in the educational activities of AEESP or another professional society.

Refer to the nomination package for the required submission requirements.

Eligibility: All AEESP members are eligible for this award, except for previous recipients of the award.  This award is open to nomination at any rank.

Past Recipients

YearRecipientInstitution
2023Marisa ChrysochoouUniversity of Connecticut
2022Kerry HoweUniversity of New Mexico
2020Jeffrey A. CunninghamUniversity of South Florida
20161) Yanna LambrinidouVirginia Tech
20162) Marc A. EdwardsVirginia Tech
20151) Mark M. BenjaminUniversity of Washington
20152) Desmond F. LawlerUniversity of Texas at Austin
2014Maya TrotzUniversity of South Florida
2011Linda PhillipsUniversity of South Florida
2010David VaccariStevens Institute of Technology
2008David A. SabatiniUniversity of Oklahoma
2006Cliff DavidsonCarnegie Mellon University
2004Daniel B. OertherUniversity of Cincinnati
2003Michael J. SemmensUniversity of Minnesota
2002James R. MihelcicMichigan Technological University
2001Susan J. MastenMichigan State University
2000Steven C. ChapraTufts University