Newsletter of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University
Three faculty members from the College of Architecture have earned teaching awards for their work during the fall 2009 semester.
Ming-Han Li, Vinod Srinivasan and Xuemei Zhu received the Texas A&M University System's Teaching Excellence Award, based on rankings from evaluations created and administered by students.
Mike McKinney, chancellor of the A&M System, began the program in 2008 to honor and financially reward students' picks of the A&M System’s top teachers. All faculty members who teach at least a 3-hour course are eligible.
“It’s important that we provide a way for our teachers to be recognized for their excellence in the classroom,” said McKinney. “Especially when it’s the students, the ones directly affected by teaching, who have taken the time to nominate those who have affected their lives so positively.”
Li's evaluation ranked among the top 5 percent of evaluations, while Srinivasan's and Zhu's were among the top 15 percent. Li received $5000, and Srinivasan and Zhu received $2500.
An associate professor of landscape architecture, Li joined the Aggie faculty in 2003.
He is interested in stormwater management, bioretention, soil erosion control, streambank soil bioengineering, and sustainable landscape construction technology.
Srinivasan is an assistant professor of visualization who joined the Texas A&M faculty in 2004.
His primary research is in the area of serious video games, specifically applications of games in education. His other research interests include applications of interactive visualization in simulation and design and 3-D modeling.
He teaches game design and development, graphics programming and 3-D modeling.
Zhu is an assistant professor of architecture who joined the Aggie faculty in 2008.
She is interested in healthy community design, nonmotorized transportation, public health, healthcare facility design and general environment-behavior research as well as its application, with a focus on health, disparity, and sustainability.
- Posted: March 15, 2010 -
