Professors are chosen to be inducted every five years.  Automatically included in the Book of Great Teachers are professors with 10 years of service to the University who previously have been honored with the Charles B. Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. Other inductees have at least 15 years of service to the University and were nominated by students, alumni and colleagues.

“The Book of Great Teachers honors the very best of our Purdue educators and underscores our commitment to teaching excellence,” Provost Jay Akridge says. “We are grateful to the faculty members inducted this year -- and in years past -- for their devotion to our students, and we thank them on behalf of the countless lives they have influenced through their wisdom and guidance.”

Everyone inducted into the Book of Great Teachers is listed on a bronze-and-walnut wall display in the west foyer of the Union. The display was first unveiled in 1999. Including the most recently inducted professors, the book includes 429 names.

Eric A. Nauman is Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Basic Medical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering (by Courtesy), and Director of the Honors Programs for the College of Engineering.  He researches cell and tissue mechanics, and human injury prevention and rehabilitation.

Carl W. Wassgren Jr. is Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy (by Courtesy).  His area of expertise is particulate systems, and pharmaceutical manufacturing and characterization.

They will join these Purdue ME professors who are part of the Book of Great Teachers:

Robert W. Fox
Eckhard A. Groll
George A. Hawkins
Frank P. Incropera
James D. Jones
Charles M. Krousgrill Jr.
Issam Mudawar
Charles W. Rezek
Harry L. Solberg
H. Gerald Venemann
G. A. Young
Maurice J. Zucrow