Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education (AE3)
Celebration of Teaching
April 15, 2022
1pm-3pm CIF Auditorium (0027/1025)
Program
Welcome and Introduction
Jay Mann, Director AE3
Remarks
Philippe Geubelle, Executive Associate Dean
Introduction of Featured Speaker
Blake Johnson, Entrepreneurial Mindset Fellow
Reflections
Dr. Charles (Chuck) L. Tucker, III
Former Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Innovation
Research Professor; Alexander D. Rankin, Professor Emeritus
Collins Scholar Reflections and Recognition
Chris Migotsky, Faculty Teaching Programs Coordinator
Jay Mann, Director AE3
Saugata Ghose, Asst. Professor, Computer Science
Keilin Jahnke, Teaching Asst. Professor, TEC
Celebrating Excellence in Engineering Education
Jay Mann, Director AE3
SIIP Poster Session
Dr. Charles “Chuck” Tucker, III
Charles Tucker joined the faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1978 as an assistant professor and retired in 2017 as the Alexander Rankin Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering. He was named 39 times to the campus List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, and he received the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the Campus Award for Excellence in Advising Undergraduate Students, and the Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence from the Grainger College of Engineering.
Professor Tucker served as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs of the Grainger College of Engineering from 2008 to 2013. During that time, he oversaw a 34% increase in undergraduate engineering enrollment, increased student diversity, and launched college-wide educational initiatives including the Strategic Instructional
Initiatives Program (SIIP), the Engineering Visionary Scholars program, and the Center for Academic Resources in Engineering (CARE). He was named an honorary Knight of St. Patrick by engineering students in 2009.
From 2013 to 2017, Dr. Tucker was the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Innovation for the university. In that role he helped grow undergraduate enrollments campus-wide, improved student diversity, increased need-based financial aid, formed the campus Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, helped develop campuswide learning outcomes, and launched the four-week online Winter Session.
Dr. Tucker is active in high performance driver education, as both an in-car and classroom instructor. He has helped train instructors for the Porsche Club of America, the BMW Car Club of America, and the Motorsport Safety Foundation, and is the coeditor of The HPDE Curriculum Guide.
Collins Scholar Graduates 2021-2022
Katie Ansell (Physics)
Eshwar Chandrasekaran (CS)
Marie Agathe Charpagne (MatSE)
Yun-Sheng Chen (ECE)
Camille Cobb (CS)
Caroline Cvetkovic (BioE)
Siegfried Eggl (AE)
Joachim Floess (ChBE)
Nathan Gabrielson (MatSE)
Saugata Ghose (CS)
Jorge Guzman (ABE)
Hannah Horowitz (CEE)
Keilin Jahnke (TEC/ILEE)
Mohammed Kamruzzaman (ABE)
Laurie Leonelli (ABE)
Megan Matthews (CEE)
Charith Mendis (CS)
Alexander Mironenko (ChBE)
Marco Morales (CS)
R. Mohan Sankaran (NPRE)
Victoria Shao (ECE)
Jean-Charles Stinville (MatSE)
Alireza Talebpour (CEE)
Deepak Vasisht (CS)
Robyn Woollands (AE)
Education Innovation Fellows and Entrepreneurial Mindset Fellows
Joe Bradley (BioE)*
Yuting Chen (ECE)
Molly Goldstein (ISE)
Blake Johnson (MechSE)*
Marci Pool (BioE)
John Popovics (CEE)
Andre Schleife (MatSE)
Mariana Silva (CS)
Tim Stelzer (Physics)
Matt West (MechSE)
Student Consultants on Teaching (SCOTs)
Prith Balaji (CS)
Joe Mirabelli (EDUC)
Taha Unakitan (ISE)
Teaching Professionals Program (TPro2)
Co-Facilitators:
Karin Jensen (BioE)
Wayne Chang (MechSE)
Presenters/Guests:
Jenny Amos (BioE)
Lawrence Angrave (CS)
Rashid Bashir (Eng. Admin)
Mattox Beckman (CS)
Yuting Chen (ECE)
Molly Goldstein (ISE)
Holly Golecki (BioE)
Blake Johnson (MechSE)
Hongye Liu (CS)
Jonathan Makela (Eng. Admin)
Dave Mussulman (ENGR-IT)
Rebecca Reck (BioE)
Chrysafis Vogiatzis (ISE)
Lightning Symposia Presenters
Jared Bronski (Math)
Liia Butler (CS)
Jer-Chin (Luke) Chuang (Math)
Jacob Henschen (CEE)
Keilin Jahnke (TEC)
Eileen Johnson (BioE)
Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis
Leon Liebenberg (MechSE)
Chandrasekhar Radhakrishnan (ECE)
Robin Rajarathinam (Education)
Mariana Silva (CS)
Antonia Statt (MatSE)
Chris Tessum (CEE)
Chrysafis Vogiatzis (ISE)
Student/Alumni Panels
Steven Bellefontaine (MechSE)
Asif Bhatti (BioE alumnus, America’s
Frontier Fund)
Jack Lawrence (CEE)
Lily Mini (ISE)
Felix Abo Mrar (AE)
Alison Nunes (MatSE)
Ege Onal: (BioE)
Ifesi Onubogu (ECE)
Caleb Trotter (MechSE)
Collins Scholar Seminar Presenters:
Jenny Amos (BioE)
Lucas Anderson (CITL)
Lawrence Angrave (CS)
Tim Bretl (AE)
Geoffrey Challen (CS)
Jennifer Cromley (Education)
Robin De Lara (MatSE)
Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider (CS)
Priya Kumar (BioE)
Sonali Kumar (MechSE
Hongye Liu (CS)
Michael Loui (ECE)
Kevin Lyvers (ECE)
Brian Mercer (MechSE)
Dave Mussulman (ENGR-IT)
Gretchen Forman (Eng. Admin)
Juve George (Counseling Center)
Philippe Geubelle (Eng. Admin)
Salah Issa (ABE)
Anthony Jacobi (MechSE)
Keilin Jahnke (TEC)
Emad Jassim (Engineering Admin)
Blake Johnson (MechSE)
Rebecca Reck (BioE)
Elyse Rosenbaum (ECE)
Shelly Schmidt (FSHN)
Mariana Silva (CS)
Dana Tempel (Eng. Admin)
Matt West (MechSE)
Rebecca Wiltfong (Physics)
Collins Scholar Co-Observers
Prith Balaji (CS)
Mattox Beckman (CS)
Pascal Bellon (MatSE)
Yuting Chen (ECE)
Ramez Hajj (CEE)
Jacob Henschen (CEE)
Blake Johnson (MechSE)
Tasha Mamaril (Eng. Admin)
Joe Mirabelli (EDUC)
Melkior Ornik (AE)
John Popovics (CEE)
Rebecca Reck (BIOE)
Brad Solomon (CS)
Chuck Tucker (MechSE)
Taha Unakita (ISE)
Campus/College Awards & Recognition
Campus:
Kenneth Schweizer (MatSE)–2022 Excellence in Graduate & Professional Teaching
Joseph Barich (ISE)–2022 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Emilia Cofell (MatSE)–2022 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
College:
Francesco Panerai (AE)–2022 Everitt Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence
Phillip Ansell (AE)–2022 Grainger College of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award
Daniel Bodony (AE)–2022 Rose Award for Teaching Excellence
Mariana Silva (CS)–2022 Rose Award for Teaching Excellence