2024 Teaching Excellence and Top 5% Awards

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Heni Ben Amor, an associate professor in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, earned the 2024 Teaching Excellence Award from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Photographer: Deanna Dent/ASU

Quality and innovative instruction are top priorities of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. We recognize excellence in instruction by awarding an annual Teaching Excellence Award and through selection to our Top 5% Teachers List. Student nominations and feedback are reviewed by a faculty committee in determining these honors.

This year’s recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award is Heni Ben Amor, an associate professor of computer science and engineering in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence.

Below are the top 5% teaching faculty members listed by school. 

School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering

Aurel Coza, professor of practice

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

Ajay Bansal, assistant professor
Rida Bazzi, associate professor
Heni Ben Amor, associate professor
Chris Bryan, assistant professor
David Claveau, associate teaching professor
Robert Reimar Heinrichs, associate teaching professor
Hannah Kerner, assistant professor
Yingzhen Yang, assistant professor

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Christian Arenz, assistant professor
Raja Ayyanar, professor
Bertan Bakkaloglu, professor
Chaitali Chakrabarti, professor
Gautam Dasarathy, assistant professor
Keith Holbert, associate professor
Jennifer Kitchen, associate professor
Mike Ranjram, assistant professor

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Werner Dahm, professor
Yang Jiao, associate professor
Ryan Milcarek, assistant professor
Seth Ariel Tongay, professor
Zhe Xu, assistant professor

School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks

Dhruv Bhate, associate professor

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Sergi Garcia-Segura, assistant professor
Barry Kutz, assistant teaching professor
Richard Standage, assistant teaching professor

The Polytechnic School

Jessica Barnett, assistant teaching professor
Elliot Cherner, instructor
Scotty Craig, associate professor
H. Delugt, assistant teaching professor
Carl Iverson, assistant teaching professor
Chad Kennedy, associate teaching professor
Ayan Mallik, assistant professor
Alexander Neff, instructor
Deborah Prewitt, teaching professor

Academic and Student Affairs

Nicole Ang-Wanek, assistant teaching professor
Michael Clough, associate teaching professor
Daniel Frank, assistant teaching professor
Jennifer Wong, instructor