William Oakes, professor of engineering education and director of Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS), and Charles Krousgrill, professor of mechanical engineering, are among 10 Purdue faculty recognized with 150th Anniversary Professor Awards for their work as high-impact master teachers.

Oakes has a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Purdue and is a national and international leader in service learning. As director of EPICS, a service-learning design program that allows students to partner with local and global community organizations, Oakes has overseen the expansion of the program nationally and internationally to what is now a global consortium of 46 universities.

Krousgrill (BS ’75) joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty and has taught in the College of Engineering for 38 years. He is a pioneer in mechanics education, focusing on undergraduate education. Krousgrill is a founding fellow of Purdue’s Teaching Academy and pioneer of the Freeform Classroom that since 2009 has allowed students in challenging engineering courses to access hundreds of instructional videos and animations while encouraging interaction with each other and faculty online.