Taatgen and Trager win Faculty Teaching Award
During an award ceremony on November 27th, Prof. Niels Taatgen (Artificial Intelligence) and Prof. Scott Trager (Astronomy) have been proclaimed winners of the 2014-2015 Faculty Teaching Award. The jury selected the winners from 20 teachers that the programme's committees within the Faculty of Science and Engineering (formerly known as the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences) had nominated based on didactic, content relative and innovation skills. The jury comprised of Prof. Harry Trentelman (chairman), Carolien Kerstholt (student member of the faculty board), Prof. Kanat Camlibel and Prof. Anton Scheurink (both winners of last year's Teaching Award).
University's Teacher of the Year election on January 28th
Niels Taatgen will represent the Faculty at the University’s Teacher of the Year election, held during the Education Day, on January 28th, 2016, 2.45 pm. A teacher of each faculty holds a short lecture in about six minutes. You can watch the election online via the website of the Education Day. Besides the ‘Teacher of the Year’ award, an Audience Award is presented for which you can vote online.
The twenty teachers nominated for the Faculty Teaching award were:
(Applied) Physics |
Prof. R.G.E. Timmermans |
|
Prof. ir. P.R. Onck |
(Applied) Chemistry |
Prof. J.C. Hummelen |
Artificial Intelligence |
Prof. N.A. Taatgen |
|
Dr. J.K. Spenader |
Astronomy |
Prof. R.M. Mendez |
|
Prof. S.C. Trager |
BCN |
Prof. D.G.M. Beersma |
Biology - LS&T |
Dr. J.A.K.W Kiel |
|
Dr. J.C. Billeter |
Biomedical Engineering |
Dr. R.J. Renken |
Biomolecular Sciences – Pharmaceutical Medical Sciences |
Prof. M.C. Harmsen |
Computing Science |
Prof. A.C. Telea |
|
Dr. A. Meijster |
EC-master |
Dr. H.A.J. Mulder |
IEM |
Prof. B. Jayawardhana |
|
Prof. F. Picchioni |
Pharmacy |
drs. C.M. Dantuma-Wering |
|
Prof. H.J. Haisma |
Nanoscience |
R.Y.N. Gengler |
Last modified: | 12 January 2023 3.55 p.m. |
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