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Vanderbilt recognizes
Engineering faculty, staff achievements
NASHVILLE, TENN. -- Dean Kenneth F. Galloway of
the Vanderbilt School of Engineering presented three awards to faculty and staff
members for their exemplary research, teaching, and professional service during
the 2006 academic year. The awards were given during a May 9 ceremony in
Featheringill Hall at Vanderbilt.
The Edward J. White Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Service was
presented to Lawrence W. Dowdy, professor of computer science and computer
engineering.
Galloway cited Dowdy's numerous contributions to the school, particularly his
dedication to students. "The award recognizes leadership in a variety of
settings, whether on faculty committees and councils or with student and alumni
groups," Galloway said.
Dowdy is director of undergraduate studies for the computer science program.
The School of Engineering Award for Excellence in Teaching was presented to Duco
Jansen, associate professor of biomedical engineering.
"Duco is an outstanding teacher," Galloway said. "Not only is he a superb
lecturer, but he has developed most of the instructional materials he presents
to the class. He is often rated as the best instructor the students have ever
had, whether he teaches a freshman seminar or a graduate class."
Sharon Lowe, administrative assistant, received the School Award for
Professionalism in Staff Service for exceptional service to the faculty and
staff. "Sharon has been with us for almost 17 years and is truly the linchpin of
the dean's office," Galloway said. "She not only is what you might call the
institutional memory of the school, but she steps up to the plate every day to
solve a wide variety of problems as they present themselves in the form of
deans, faculty, parents, students, and staff."
Also awarded during the school end-of-year ceremony was the "2005 Best Student
Research Paper," given to graduate student Jonathan Wells. Wells co-wrote
"Optical stimulation of neural tissue in vivo," which was published in Optics
Letters in March 2005.
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Vanderbilt University is a private research university of approximately 5,900
undergraduates and 4,300 graduate and professional students. Founded in 1873,
the University comprises 10 schools, a public policy institute, a distinguished
medical center and the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center. Vanderbilt offers
undergraduate programs in the liberal arts and sciences, education and human
development, engineering and music, and a full range of graduate and
professional degrees.
Contact:
Vivian Cooper,
(615) 343-6314
vivi.cooper@vanderbilt.edu
or
David F. Salisbury,
(615) 343-6803
david.f.salisbury@vanderbilt.edu
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