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E. Robert Kent Outstanding Teaching Award for Junior Faculty |
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This award is given to a junior faculty member for excellence in teaching. Meet Our 2007 Recipient
* Dr. Kofinas was formerly with Materials & Nuclear Engineering. |
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Dr. Thomas Murphy is recognized by his colleagues as a rising leader in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and in the Clark School. He has taught a variety of material in introductory-, mid- and graduate-level courses, with an emphasis on circuit theory and optical communications systems, his areas of research. In addition to his teaching duties, he mentors undergraduates in the MERIT and ASPIRE programs as well as high school students at Eleanor Roosevelt High School. Colleagues are impressed by his creativity as a challenging yet fair teacher. His students recognize Dr. Murphy’s passion for education, his versatility as an instructor and the supportive environment he creates in the classroom. One student remarked that his teaching techniques make difficult material more approachable. A colleague classified students' evaluations of Dr. Murphy's teaching as "stratospheric."