September 4, 2026

Purdue College of Engineering Outstanding Teachers list includes 32 from ECE

For the spring 2026 semester, instructors whose evaluation scores ranked at or above the 75th percentile were recognized in four course-size categories: small, medium, large and very large. The recognition highlights Purdue Engineering educators who earned particularly strong marks from their students.
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Purdue University’s College of Engineering recognized faculty, lecturers and staff members for their outstanding dedication to teaching in an Aug. 24 Purdue Exponent advertisement.

The recognition was based on results from the Center for Instructional Excellence teacher evaluation surveys. Instructors were evaluated using six questions measuring teaching effectiveness on a five-point scale. Only undergraduate and graduate engineering courses with at least 10 students and a response rate of 50% or higher were considered.

For the spring 2026 semester, instructors whose evaluation scores ranked at or above the 75th percentile were recognized in four course-size categories: small, medium, large and very large. The recognition highlights Purdue Engineering educators who earned particularly strong marks from their students.

There are 32 individuals from the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering on the list:

Muhammad Alam

Saurabh Bagchi

Ryan Beasley

Alexandra Boltasseva

Christopher Brinton

Stanley Chan

James Davis

Jason Elliott

Stephen France

Sumeet Gupta

Leah Jamieson

Kwang Taik Kim

Haitong Li

Lingxi Li

Aravind Machiry

Benjamin Manning

Jason Mckinney

Michael Melloch

Niraj Menon

Qiang Qiu

Amy Reibman

Timothy Rogers

Thomas Roth

Vishal Shrivastav

Lu Su

Shreyas Sundaram

Matthew Swabey

Vishrant Tripathi

Can Wu

Stanislaw Zak

Carla Zoltowski

Michael Zoltowski

Source: College of Engineering recognizes top-rated teachers