Professor Karen Marais selected for 2014 Elmer F. Bruhn Best Teacher Award

Event Date: April 30, 2014
Congratulations to Prof. Karen Marais who has been selected as the recipient for the 2014 Elmer F. Bruhn Teaching Award

Congratulations to Professor Karen Marais who has been selected to receive our school's prestigious Elmer F. Bruhn Award for 2014. By receiving this award, Professor Marais will be our school’s nominee for our college’s 2015 Potter Teaching Award.

The Bruhn teaching award is presented annually to an Outstanding Teacher in the Purdue University School of Aeronautics & Astronautics. The selection is through a vote by AAE's sophomores, juniors, and seniors for excellence in teaching and made possible by the interest and generosity of friends and alumni of the school. Our school is extremely grateful to have great teachers like Professor Marais who cares so much about our students’ learning and doing so much to make learning fun, exciting, and rewarding for our students.

A number of our other outstanding faculty members were also nominated to receive this year’s Bruhn Award. In order of the votes received, the next four after Professor Marais are as follows: 

Professor Greg Blaisdell

Professor Kathleen Howell

Professor Mike Sangid

Professor Mike Grant

Congratulations to all for this recognition of their dedication to teaching and their efforts to provide the best possible education for our students.

Previous recipients of the elmer F. Bruhn Award: