Newsletter of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University
Two College of Architecture professors are among the 54 Texas A&M University recipients of the 2009 Student-Led Awards for Teaching Excellence (SLATE) presented by The Texas A&M University System.
In this, the second year for SLATE, the A&M System is awarding a total of $507,000 to 144 faculty systemwide. The awards are based on students' responses from the uniform faculty evaluation, and, according to System Chancellor Michael D. McKinney, the “honor is expressly designed to allow students to recognize those teachers who go above and beyond the typical expectations to deliver a first-rate education.”
College of Architecture faculty receiving the award are Eric Dumbaugh, assistant professor of urban planning, and David Woodcock, professor of architecture.
A member of the Texas A&M faculty since 2006, Dumbaugh is coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Transportation Planning. With a background in both planning and engineering, his scholarship is focused on how roadway and community design influence safety, mobility and community livability. He has published in numerous journals, including the Journal of the American Planning Association and the Journal of Planning Literature.
In 2007, Dumbaugh received the Transportation Research Board’s Award for Outstanding Paper in Geometric Design. In Spring 2009, Planning Magazine lauded his research showing that there are fewer auto accidents in urban neighborhoods with traditional features than in average suburban neighborhoods.
David Woodcock, a member of the Texas A&M faculty since 1962, is founding director of the college’s Center for Heritage Conservation. His work has focused primarily on historic preservation, preservation technology, adaptive use, building conservation and interdisciplinary learning.
For almost four decades, Woodcock has trained students and professionals in the use of appropriate imaging and documentation processes, developing and disseminating information on historic and cultural resources, and applying the findings to the benefit of research, professional education and practice.
A fellow in the American Institute of Architects, the Society of Antiquaries of London and the Association for the Preservation Technologies International, Woodcock is also a distinguished professor in the Association for Collegiate Schools of Architecture and a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was also recently appointed chairman of the American Institute of Architects’ Committee on Historic Resources and currently serves as chair of the Texas A&M University Design Review Board.
- Posted: July 16, 2009 -
