{"id":34559,"date":"2024-06-13T14:08:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T18:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/newengineer\/?p=34559"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:27:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:27:15","slug":"2023-2024-awards-for-the-herbert-wertheim-college-of-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/featured\/2023-2024-awards-for-the-herbert-wertheim-college-of-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"2023-2024 awards for the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering presented its annual awards to faculty, staff, and students for the 2022-2023 academic year on April 22, 2024. These awards celebrate the excellence and fundamental values of our college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#00529b\">2023-2024 Faculty Awardees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International Educator of the Year<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Senior Faculty Award \u2013 Christophe Bobda, Ph.D. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Junior Faculty Award \u2013 Gloria Jung A. Kim, Ph.D.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Doctoral Dissertation Advisor\/Mentoring Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aysegul Gunduz, Ph.D. Douglas Spearot, Ph.D. Kirk Ziegler, Ph.D. Sanjay Ranka, Ph.D. Shuo Wang, Ph.D.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undergraduate Teacher of the Year<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>May Mansy, Ph.D.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty Advising\/Mentor of the Year<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eric Schwartz, Ph.D.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teacher\/Scholar of the Year<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ranga Narayanan, Ph.D.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pramod P. 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