Fred Mannering, the Charles Pankow Professor of Civil Engineering, has been named among the six recipients of the 2013 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards in Memory of Charles B. Murphy. The University's highest undergraduate teaching honor, the Murphy Award is accompanied by a $10,000 cash award and induction into Purdue's Teaching Academy, which provides leadership for the improvement of undergraduate, graduate and outreach teaching. Murphy was a history professor at Purdue between 1927 and 1970.

Professor Mannering was profiled as a Murphy Award winner in a Purdue Today article:
"Muphy Awards: Fred Manering"

Another article in the Lafayette Journal & Courier features Prof. Mannering being surprised in class with the announcement of the award.