Bradley P. Marks Receives
Teacher-Scholar Award
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We congratulate Dr. Brad Marks on receiving one of only six Teacher-Scholar Awards presented by the University and the President. The Teacher-Scholar Award recipients were recognized at the annual Awards Convocation on Tuesday, February 10, 2004.
It is a well deserved University-wide recognition for Brad and an honor for the Department and College. He was presented the award and stipend at the Presidential Address and University Awards Ceremony.
The honor is awarded to faculty who early in their careers have earned the respect of students and colleagues for their devotion to, and skill in, teaching and who have shown scholarly promise. Clearly Brad possesses these characteristics, accomplishments and more.
Bradley P. Marks is nationally recognized for his teaching and research in Biosystems Engineering and food safety. His colleagues and peers appreciate his blend of high standards and great caring manner. He is the departmental leader in curriculum improvement and instructional innovations and has been called "a teacher of teachers."
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Withrow Award for Teaching Excellence
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Every year, each department in the College of Engineering selects one faculty member to receive the Withrow Award for Teaching Excellence. This year the honor went to Dr. Robert von Bernuth. He was honored at an awards luncheon on April 1, 2004
Dr. von Bernuth has had a positive impact on many students
in the BE program over the past decade and the
students recognize and appreciate his dedication. He is
recognized for contributions and efforts within and outside
the classroom.
Selection of the recipient is based primarily on nominations from students; a department selection committee, composed of a majority of students, along with alumni, faculty, or advisers, reviews the nomination and makes a recommendation to the department chairperson. The following criteria are considered:
Command of course content
Creation of an effective learning environment
Delivery of course materials
Availability to students
Ability to elicit enthusiastic learning
Guidance of student organizations and projects
Effective advising and mentoring
Congratulations Dr. von Bernuth for your distinguished service to the department, student body and university!
Biosystems Engineering
Student Honored at the
First Annual Michigan Undergraduate Research Forum
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Honors were given at the Michigan State Capitol to Biosystems Engineering undergraduate student, Tolam Nguyen for her research in Quantifying Heat-Induced Muscle Tissue Shrinkage.
Tolam presented her research at the First Annual Michigan Undergraduate Research Forum (MURF). MURF celebrates the research achievements of undergraduate students at our state's Research Institutions. Sixty students, from through-out the state of Michigan, shared the research they conducted along side faculty mentors at Michigan State University, the University of Michigan, University of Michigan - Dearborn, University of Michigan - Flint, and Wayne State University. The Forum showcases a diverse array of research from economic development in Detroit to clinical trial for breast cancer drugs. This event was also a time to share the vital role our research universities play in educating and training future researchers, teachers, policymakers, engineers, inventors, and corporate leaders.
Tolam Nguyen, along with her research partners, Dr. Bradley Marks and Dr Neil Wright (Mechanical Engineering) are making important contributions to the quality of life and economic vitality of the state of Michigan. Our state's research universities are on the leading edge of innovation in higher education. In 1998, the Boyer Commission issued a much publicized report, Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities, that called for making research-based learning the standard in research universities. Well before this report, our state's research universities had developed effective and far-reaching programs to integrate research into the undergraduate curriculum for all students. Research universities make up only 3% of the 3,6000 colleges and universities in the United State but 33% of the nation's college graduates receive their undergraduate degrees from a research university. We are incredibly fortunate in the state of Michigan to have theses institutions.
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