2022 Longwell Award Winners Announced

May 30, 2022

BATON ROUGE, LA – The College of Engineering recently presented its Award for Instructor Excellence to five faculty members in recognition of those who make significant contributions to the early years of a student’s journey through quality instruction in entry-level engineering courses.

The Award for Instructor Excellence includes a $4,500 one-time cash award and is open to all full-time LSU Engineering instructors or faculty at the rank of assistant professor or higher. This year’s recipients are:

  • Bhuvnesh Bharti – associate professor, Cain Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Karim El Kholy – professional in residence, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Amirhosein Jafari – assistant professor, Bert S. Turner Department of Construction Management
  • Charles Pecquet – instructor, Bert S. Turner Department of Construction Management
  • Ramachandran Vaidyanathan – professor, Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Petroleum engineering alumnus Harry Longwell established the Dean’s Fund for Instructor Excellence to enhance the quality of instruction in entry-level courses in engineering disciplines.

The appointed selection committee used student success rates, departmental support and teaching philosophy as some of the metrics to evaluate this year’s recipients. 

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