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Faculty/Staff Awards; El-Sayed Earns Top Honors

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The annual Institute Faculty & Staff Honors took place on April 11, 2007. Four of our people were honored this year.

Congratulations to Dr. Mostafa El-Sayed in receiving the top faculty award at the Institute - The Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award. This award recognizes sustained outstanding achievement in teaching, research and service, and is the highest award given to a faculty member. The award includes a stipend of $20,000. This award will be presented to a currently active professor who has made significant, long-term contributions in teaching, research, and public service. It is expected that such contributions would have brought wide-spread recognition to the professor, to his/her School and to the Institute.

The Distinguished Professor Award was instituted in 1984 by the Class of 1934 in observance of its 50th Anniversary. In establishing this award, the Class of 1934 stipulated that nominators of candidates for this honor can include Georgia Tech alumni. In fact it is advisable that the nominating group solicit letters of recommendation from former students of the candidate. The Faculty Honors Committee, which has initial responsibility for assessing candidates, along with the President and the Provost, both of whom make the final decision, join in encouraging nominations from alumni groups. Nominations of current professors who have made major contributions to the educational careers and to the personal development of students at Georgia Tech are encouraged.

Dr. Larry Bottomley was selected to receive the Institute's Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor (Faculty) Award. This award includes a $2,500 prize per recipient. Along with Larry, Dr. Mark Prausnitz from ChBE also received this honor.

This award recognizes a member of the general faculty who has had sustained outstanding achievement in mentoring undergraduates in research activities. Mentoring and research advising of undergraduates is an important component of undergraduate teaching. Criteria for this award include direct impact and involvement with undergraduates doing research, increasing their intellectual integrity and research scholarship and impact on their post graduate success. Testimonials in the form of letters from students mentored by the candidate are recommended. It is also permissible for a candidate to be nominated by undergraduate or graduate students who have conducted undergraduate research under the nominee. The recipient of this award will receive $5000. Funds for this award are made possible by the Vice Provost of Undergraduate Studies.

The Ten-Year Service Awards were presented to Ms. Michele Yager, Assistant to the Chair and to Dr. Suzy Beckham, Senior Research Scientist for their service to Georgia Tech.

Congratulations!

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  • Created By:Shirley Tomes
  • Created:04/11/2007
  • Modified By:Fletcher Moore
  • Modified:05/26/2022

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