AAE Assistant Professor Michael Grant is the winner of the prestigious 2016 W.A. Gustafson Award for Outstanding Teaching. The recipient of this award is selected by the juniors and seniors of the AAE student body. It is made possible by the interest and generosity of friends and alumni of the school.

 

"Though AAE is a world-class research university, excellence in teaching has always gone hand-in-hand with excellence in research," says Dr. Tom Shih, The J. William Uhrig and Anastasia Vournas Head and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics. "With so many outstanding educators in AAE, it is quite a feat for Professor Grant to be chosen for this award."

 

Professor Grant is a Purdue alumnus (BSAAE 2005). He joined the AAE faculty in 2012 after earning an MSAAE and PhD AAE from Georgia Institute of Technology.

 

Three additional faculty members were also nominated for the W.A. Gustafson Award for Outstanding Teaching: Professors Karen Marais, Tyler Tallman, and James Longuski.

 

Past winners of the W.A. Gustafson Award for Outstanding Teaching include:

 

2015 - Daniel Dumbacher

2014 - Gregory A. Blaisdell

2013 - Michael Grant

2012 - Kathleen Howell

2011 - Arthur E. Frazho

2010 - James M. Longuski

2009 - Martin J. Corless

2007 - Dominick Andrisani

2006 - Arthur E. Frazho

2005 - James M. Longuski

2004 - Marc H. Williams

2003 - Martin J. Corless

2002 - Anastasios S. Lyrintzis

2001 - William A. Crossley

2000 - James M. Longuski

1999 - William A. Crossley

1998 - William A. Crossley

1997 - Gregory A. Blaisdell