Please read the guidelines below and make sure that your nominee meets all eligibility requirements before proceeding. Please also ensure you will be able to provide all of the necessary materials for this award category.
The Teaching Faculty Award honors a teaching-focused faculty member who has significantly bolstered their students' understanding of structural steel as a sustainable, economic, and resilient building material. This award is for individuals whose primary responsibility at the university is teaching (e.g. professor of practice, lecturer, instructor, adjunct professor, etc.) within departments of Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Architecture, Construction Engineering, or Construction Management. The honoree will have demonstrated excellence in classroom performance and effective connection of students to the steel industry.
The individual should have up to 10 years of teaching experience in structural steel design and/or a materials course in which steel is featured (not including parental or personal leave).
You will need to submit the following items as part of the application process (maximum of 25 pages):
- A nomination letter from the current department chair or dean (additional letters of support optional)
- A brief biography that includes a summary of education, work experience, positions held, service, and professional society activity.
- Teaching portfolio (compiled by the nominee)
- Statement of Teaching Philosophy
- List of courses taught
- Sample syllabi for structural steel-related course(s)
- Summary and select comments from student evaluations
- Sample course notes/slides for a lecture or studio program
- Evidence of outreach and advising of students (e.g., AISC Student Club faculty advising, Steel Bridge team advising, connection of students to industry, etc.)
- Any other relevant items demonstrating the translation of academic learning outcomes to the practical application of structural steel design in future engineers, architects, and construction managers