Teaching Awards

The Engineering Council Teaching Awards are the only student-motivated, student-run, student-selected teaching awards at Princeton University, and run at the end of every semester. If you have taken a course taught by a professor or graduate student who you felt was particularly successful, please nominate them for an E-Council Teaching Award. Below is a listing of past winners.


YearProfessorsCourseAssistants in InstructionCourse
Fall 2023Celeste NelsonCBE 341Teagan MathurMAE 223
Amir Ali AhmadiORF 363Benjamin BudwayORF 309
Craig ArnoldMAE 324Camila Llerena-OliveraCEE 471
David AugustECE 375Michael SoskindECE 302
Quinn GallagherCBE 503
Fall 2022Sujit DattaCBE 430Niki AbbasiMAE 305
Dr. Lamyaa El-GabryMAE 221Melanie GalantinoCEE 467
Dr. Sonja FrancisCHM 201/207Andi TanPHY 103
Daniel MarlowPHY 103Katie WuMAE 501
Lifetime Achievement Ramon van HandelORF 309
Spring 2022Christpoher MorettiCOS 217Jessica JinCBE 246
Kevin WayneCOS 226Drew CarsonCBE 441
John SheridanMAT 202Dean AhdabCEE 365
Maria GarlockCEE 262BKatie VanderKamMAE 427
Fall 2021Claire GmachlEGR 151Charlotte CathcartMAE 223
Craig ArnoldMAE 324Cole HulfishCBE 504
Penelope GeorgesFRS 127Teresa LeeCHM 207
Daniel MarlowPHY 103Donna GabaiCOS 217
Spring 2021Amitesh DattaMAT 204Niki AbbasiMAE 222
Branko GlisicCEE 312Yibing SuCEE 306
Jesse JenkinsENE 422Isabel OjalvoPHY 104
Hossein ValaviECE 203Zachary Hervieux-Moore ORF 401
Lifetime AchievementMatt Weinberg COS 445
Fall 2020Claire GmachlEGR 151Donna GabaiCOS 217
Celeste NelsonCBE 341Zachary Hervieux-MooreORF 467
Sonja FrancisCHM 207Ashvin SwaminathanMAT 202
Spring 2020Anirudha MajumdarMAE 206Andrew ShapiroEGR 153
Matt WeinbergCOS 445Kun LuORF 474
Barbara NagelFRS 160Mohan SwaminathanMAT 204
Fall 2019Amir Ali AhmadiORF 363Ibrahim AlbluwiCOS 226
Sonja FrancisCHM 207Gabriele di CerboMAT 201
Claire GmachlEGR 151Jérémie LumbrosoCOS 126
Kevin WayneCOS 226Jason LiuMAE 324
Spring 2019Arvind NarayananCOS 226Kelly HuangMAE 222
Miklós RáczORF 350Ross TeixeiraCOS 226
Ramon van HandelORF 309Kasey WagonerPHY 104
Matt WeinbergCOS 445
Special Recognition AwardAl GaillardMachine Shop
Fall 2017Hansheng DiaoMAT 203Han HaoORF 435
Claire GmachlEGR 151Saeed KhanELE 453
C. Morris SmithCBE 442Katelyn RandazzoCBE 250
Lifetime AchievementHoward StoneMAE 305Steven TignorCHM 207
Spring 2017Andrej KosmrljMAE 545Michail AlifierakisCBE 246
Richard RegisterCBE 544Kathleen EmersonCOS 226
Kaushik SenguptaELE 304Chet MarkwalterCBE 246
Matt WeinbergCOS 445Renato Pagliara VasquezMAE 434
Fall 2016Craig B. ArnoldMAE 324Wen Kang ChouCBE 341
Mark P. BrynildsenCBE 341
Andrew A. HouckELE 396
Christopher MorettiCOS 326
Iasonas PetrasCOS 217
Clarence W. RowleyMAE 433
Christine J. TaylorEGR 192
Spring 2016Han LiuORF 350Ziwei ZhuORF 350
Hansheng DiaoMAT 202Akanksha ThawaniCBE 246
Arvind NarayananCOS 226Hossein ValaviELE 203
Jason R. PettaPHY 104Clayton ByersMAE 222
Fall 2015Naveen VermaELE 462Naima HammoudMAE 305
Hansheng DiaoMAT 203Akil Word-DanielsELE 208
Howard StoneMAE 305Nana Kobby AboagyeORF 309
Spring 2015Han LiuORF 350Kevin SallahCBE 246
Nan YaoMSE 505
Fall 2014Amir Ali AhmadiORF 363Danielle Santiago-RamosGEO 203
Ramon van HandelORF 309Jesse AultMAE 335
Howard StoneMAE 305Jonathan FrankleCOS 432
Lifetime AchievementPaul PrucnalELE 203Logan MatthewsCBE 442
Georgina HallORF 309
Raghav SethiCOS 217
Spring 2014NONE
Fall 2013Philip La PortaPHY 103Çağın AraratORF #09
Paul PrucnalELE 203Matthew ChangELE 203
Ramon van HandelORF 473Warren Rieutort-LouisELE 203
Edward SegalCEE 205
Spring 2013Rebecca FiebrinkCOS 436/ELE 469David BozymCBE 246
Fall 2012Pablo DibenedettiISC 231/232Christopher ChenCBE 341
Mikko HaatajaMAE 223Patrick RebeschiniORF 309
Yannis KevrekidisCBE 502Edward SegalCEE 205
Howard StoneMAE 305Shrenik ShahMAT 201
Ben WuELE 203
Spring 2012Andrew HouckELE 302
Fall 2011Claire GmachlFRS 127Stephen BeardCOS 217
Paul PrucnalELE 203Geore KhouryCBE 442
Claudiu RaicuMAT 201Warren Reiutort-LouisELE 203
Lifetime AchievementRobert DonderoCOS 217
Spring 2011Sankaran SundaresanCBE 505
Fall 2010Dr. Donna GabaiCOS 126Santiago CastrillonCBE 503
Dr. Robert DonderoCOS 217
Howard StoneMAE 305
Edward FeltenCOS 432
Sannjeev KulkarniELE 201
Lifetime AchievementErhan CinlarORF 309
Spring 2010Branko GlisicCEE 312Arnab SinhaELE 206
Andrew HouckELE 396Vikram PansareCHE 250
Fall 2009Erhan CinlarORF 309Jelena BradicORF 245/EGR 245
Mikko HaatajaMAE 223Ruth MisenerCHE 442
Ramon van HandelORF 526
Tom FunkhouserCOS 126/EGR 126
Spring 2009Nan YaoMSE 505Cindy LauCHE 246
Tom FunkhouserCOS 426Jared KlymanORF 335
Miroslav HejnaPHY 106
Fall 2008Erhan CinlarORF 309CJ Bell (UG)COS 318
Craig ArnoldMAE 324Richard Baliban (UG)CHE $$2
Sanjeev AroraCOS 521William HallowayCHE 245
Sergio VerduELE 525Mitja StadjeORF 551
Spring 2008Michael CeliaCEE 525Ilya RyzhovORF 307
Hugo SimaoORF 245Jason KayMAE 206
Jeremy KasdinMAE 206Onobu AkogwuMAE 305
Nan YaoMSE 404
Paul PrucnalELE 454
Fall 2007Sankaran SundaresanCHE 341Peter NorgaardMAE 303
Adrian BannerMAT 201Ilya RyzhovORF 309
Erhan CinlarORF 309
Spring 2007Brian KernighanCOS 333Andrew FergusonCHE 246
Pablo DebenedettiCHE 246Emanual StockmanMAE 332
Nan YaoMSE 505John SuarezELE 308
Li Shuan PehELE 580Milos IlakMAE 332
Fall 2006Robert CavaCHM 207Evan PapageorgiouORF 551
Pablo DebenedettiCHE 524John SuarezELE 203
Paul PrucnalELE 203
Mikko HaatajaASE 223
Sanjeev KulkarniELE 201
Erhan CinlarORF 551
VN MuthukumarPHY 103
Spring 2006Robert DonderoCOS 217Katherine MeierdiercksCEE 303
Clarence RowleyMAE 433Richard LuntCHE 346
Hugo SimaoORF 245
Pablo DibenedettiCHE 246
Ronnie SircarORF 335
Mikko HaatajaMAE 502
Robert ShapireCOS 511
Fall 2005Andrew NevesMAT 201Peter DiMaggioCHE 442
Robert DonderoCOS 217Evan PapageorgiouORG 309
Kevin WayneCOS 226Katherine BoldEGR 192
Robert CavaCHM 207
JP SinghCOS 597C
David LandoORF 569
Spring 2005Brian KernighanCOS 333Sinead MacNamaraCEE 366
Pablo DebenedettiCHE 246Benedict BrownCOS 126
Donna GabaiCOS 126Katsuyuki WakabayashiMSE 301
Ronnie SircarORF 335Kumar RamanPHY 104
Fall 2004Paul PrucnalELE 203Ken KroenleinMAE 427
Joseph FowlerPHY 103Chrysanthos GounarisCHE 443
Sankaran SundaresanCHE 341Zhe WangCOS 318
Maria KiaweMAT 104
Spring 2004Alexander SmitsMAE 222Dries DariusORF 335
Pablo DebenedettiCHE 246Steve MwenifumboCEE 364
Hugo SimaoORF 201
Robert DonderoCOS 217
Fall 2003Sanjeev KulkarniELE 201Anne StaplesMAE 335
Robert DonderoCOS 217Bryan PatelCHE 345
Ed ZschauELE 491Hafize ErkanORF 309
Gregory van der VinkGEO 399
Spring 2003Daving BillingtonCEE 262Phil LenartCHE 246
Brian KernighanCOS 333Denis ScherbakovCHE 441
Chris RogersMAE 222
George SchererCEE 364
Fall 2002David AckermanELE 351Robert DonderoCOS 217
Robert CavaCHM 207Vangal MuthukumarPHY 103
Dries DariusORF 245
Pradeep BhattaMAE 331
Spring 2002Frank CalapricePHY 104Michael LeungPHY 106
Jeffrey CarbeckCHE 441Alessandra PantanoMAT 202
Ronnie SircarORF 335Lisa WorthingtonCOS 126
Fall 2001Clarence RowleyMAE 433Robert DonderoCOS 217
Kyle VanderlickCHE 245Leonard PeaseCHE 345
Ed ZschauELE 491Koray SimsekORF 311
Spring 2001Ed ZschauELE 491Philo JuangELE 101
Perry CookCOS 325Chris KeimelELE 208
George SchererCEE 364William “Bo” BrinkmanCOS 226
Fall 2000Sanjeev KulkarniELE 201Carl JohnsonMAT 201
Vivek PaiCOS 318Prikshit DeshpandeELE 351
Lifetime AchievementGlenn NortheyMAE 321
Lifetime AchievementGeorgios DeodatisCEE 361
Spring 2000Jennifer JohnsonMAT 202Krishnan SankaranarayananCHE 441
Zhigang SuoMAE 435Max ShteinCHE 246
David WilkinsonPHY 108Chris YangMAE 206
Fall 1999David HoggPHY 105Alan HoMAT 203
Sanjeev KulkarniELE 201Manish SinhaMAE 335
Randolph WangCOS 126Troy SmithMAE 305
Ed ZschauELE 491
Spring 1999David BernsteinCIV 401Yu ChengCHE 342
Zhigang SuoMAE 435Krishnan SankaranarayananCHE 411
Ed ZschauELE 491Christopher WhiteCIV 201
Fall 1998George DeodatisCIV 361Chad JasiunasCHE 246
Janè KondevPHY 103Scott KarlinCOS 217
Glenn NortheyMAE 321Anthony KuCHE 346
H. Mete SonerCIV 374Frank SwentonMAT 104
Sandra TroiannCHE 341Huseyin TopalogluCIV 309
Spring 1998Janè KondevPHY 104Hande YurttanCIV 307
Stephen LyonELE 302
Fall 1997Georgios DeodatisCIV 361Tu LeeCHE 345
Duane MarcyELE 401Frank SwentonMAT 104
Glenn NortheyMAE 321Wilasa Vichit-vadakanCIV 205
Alexander SmitsMAE 322
Ravi VakilMAT 201
Spring 1997Stephen LyonELE 318Yen-Kuang ChenELE 302
Peter JafféCIV 308
Fall 1996Douglas ClarkCOS 471Benjamin GumCOS 341
Georgios DeodatisCIV 361Stephen HardingCHE 442
Peter HeaneyGEO 312Christopher YuELE 201
Glenn NortheyMAE 321
Alexander SmitsMAE 322
Spring 1996Stephen LyonELE 302Jawahar KrishnanCHE 342
Michael OrchardELE 302Robert ThomasCOS 126
James SmithCIV 306
Andrew WolfeELE 302
Fall 1995Douglas ClarkCOS 471Scott ShefferMAE 335
Christodoulos FloudasCHE 442Robert ThomasCOS 302
Special Recognition AwardGlenn NortheyMachine Shop
Spring 1995David BernsteinCIV 417John QuintanillaCIV 201
Sharad MalikELE 206
Fall 1994None
Spring 2994Douglas ClarkCOS 471Martin CarlisleCOS 217
Bruce KothmannMAE 206
Chi-Hwa WangCHE 441
Fall 1993Ahmet CakmakCIV 205Thomas EngMAE 421
Sharad MalikELE 275Gregory GodfreyCIV 411
Lyman PAge, Jr.PHY 103Jeffrey KellerMAE 433
Paul LinMAE 433
James TantonMAT 203
Spring 1993Georgios DeodatisCIV 386Mark AllenMAE 324
Sanjeev KulkarniELE 487Masato EdahiroCOS 471
Kai LiCOS 471Gordon StollCOS 471
Daniel NosenchuckMAE 336
Lifetime AchievementJames SturmELE 384
Special Recognition AwardLarry DavalaMachine Shop
Special Recognition AwardGlenn NortheyMachine Shop
Fall 1992Henri DarmonMAT 203Mark AllenMAE 335
Sau-Hai LamMAE 335Stefanos DamianakisCOS 126
Sharad MalikELE 275Christopher MarrisonMAE 221
Lifetime AchievementRichard DeVeauxCIV 406
Spring 1992Georgios DeodatisCIV 366Timothy cottrellCHE 346
Frederick DryerMAE 221Carol GellCHE 441
Roy JacksonCHE 342Willis T. GillelandCHE 346
James SturmELE 384Andrew TronMAE 206
Fall 1991David BillingtonCIV 102Mark AllenMAE 423
Estella GavostoMAT 104Kevin DiamondMAE 221
Patrick HanrahanCOS 426Chris WilliamsCOS 426
Sanjeev KulkarniELE 495
Lyman Page, Jr.PHY 103
Spring 1991Richard DeVeauxCIV 245Kiandokht BeyzaviELE 384
David DobkinCOS 333Maria FernandezCOS 333
Robert SedgewickCOS 226
James SturmELE 384
Fall 1990Richard DeVeauxCIV 406Christine HaissigMAE 436
Patrick HanrahanCOS 426James KellyPHY 105
Yannis KevrekidisCHE 441Michael ReedELE 482
Aaron LemonickPHY 103Juan SemidayELE 283
Bede LiuELE 482Charlton ShenCHE 345
Alexander SmitsMAE 222Michael StuckyMAE 221
Spring 1990Jon BakkenPHY 104Brian PfennigCHM 204
Richard DeVeauxCIV 245Peter SchwartzELE 286
Yannis KevrekidisCHE 444
James SturmELE 384
Fall 1989Richard DeVeauxCIV 404Timothy CottrellCHE 345
Patrick HanrahanCOS 426Michael CoxCOS 217
Yannis KevrekidisCHE 441
Peter MeyersPHY 103
P. James PeeblesPHY 305
Paul RonneyMAE 427
Spring 1989Richard DeVeauxCIV 245Brian AlleyneELE 418
Kenneth GoldenMAT 204Timothy CottrellCHE 246
David HansonCOS 441Simone HochgrebMAE 324
Roy JacksonCHE 246Louis SerranoELE 390
James SturmELE 384
Fall 1988Jon BakkenPHY 103
Robert Prud’hommeCHE 245
Steve SlabyCIV 213 & 209
Sergio VerduELE 485
Spring 1988Jon BakkenPHY 104
David BillingtonCIV 262
Peter RamadgeELE 390
Steve SlabyCIV 210 & 314
James SturmELE 384