UBC Engineering grad students receive Killam teaching awards

Two teaching assistants in UBC Engineering have been honoured with Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards.

The following graduate students made contributions that “[resulted] in a high level of respect from undergraduate students and academic or course supervisors”:

• Loay Al-Salehi (Mechanical Engineering)
• Jan Hammer (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Recipients of the award are selected based on several criteria, including whether they have demonstrated a broad knowledge of their field, incorporated new teaching skills and worked in a collegial manner with students, faculty supervisors and colleagues.  

For a full list of this year's recipients, please visit the website of the Office of the Provost & Vice-President Academic.