About the Award:
The annual IMPACT Student Choice Awards recognize an MSE undergraduate instructor, and a teaching assistant as selected by the student body. Named after the Department alumni + industry magazine, IMPACT, the award makes reference to both materials testing and the influential effect of professional dedication and excellence.
Award candidates must be an MSE faculty member / graduate student and have taught at least one (1) MSE undergraduate course for MSE students in the previous calendar year.
The winners will be announced at the 2025 Buckyball (Jan 24).
Award voting rules:
- Only MSE undergraduate students may vote—each student may only vote ONCE
- All voter names and information will be kept confidential—voter data is only being collected to ensure voting integrity (one vote per eligible voter)
- Candidates may not win Instructor / Teaching Assistant of the Year for two consecutive years
- Deadline : Wednesday, Jan 15th, 2025 at 11:59 pm
How do I vote?
Past Winners:
Impact Student Choice Awards — 2024 Winners
Instructor of the Year: Prof. Steve Thorpe
Teaching Assistant of the Year: Tianyi Lyu
Impact Student Choice Awards — 2023 Winners
Instructor of the Year: Prof. Liyang Dai-Hattrick
Teaching Assistant of the Year: JiaHui Zhang
Impact Student Choice Awards — 2022 Winners
Instructor of the Year: Prof. Scott Ramsay
Teaching Assistant of the Year: Tianyi Lyu
Impact Student Choice Awards — 2021 Winners
Instructor of the Year: Prof. Gisele Azimi
Teaching Assistant of the Year: Diana Vucevic
Impact Student Choice Awards — 2020 Winners
Instructor of the Year: Prof. Steven Thorpe
Teaching Assistant of the Year: Long (Kok) Ng
Impact Student Choice Awards — 2019 Winners
Instructor of the Year: Prof . Kinnor Chattopadhyay
Teaching Assistant of the Year: Jak Li