CEE honored faculty, from left, Todd I. Long, Laurie A. Garrow, Ameet Pinto, Eric Marks, Hermann Fritz and Sofía Pérez-Guzmán.
Six instructors from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering have been honored for their exceptional classroom skills by the students of Georgia Tech.
Each year, the Georgia Tech Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) honors instructors with exceptional response rates and scores on the Course Instructor Opinion Survey (CIOS). In particular, the awards recognize those who receive top scores in three scale items: instructor’s respect and concern for students, enthusiasm about teaching, and ability to stimulate interest in the subject matter.
Faculty members Ameet Pinto and Todd Long were awarded the Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Annual CIOS Award. Pinto and Long are among just 40 winners selected from across the Institute based upon courses taught in 2025. Each award winner receives a $1,000 stipend provided by the Class of 1940 and Jack and Frances Mundy endowments. Pinto was recognized for teaching CEE 6331: Biological Processes and Long was recognized for teaching CEE 6605: Transport Admin & Policy.
Four instructors were awarded the 2025 Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Semester Honor Roll:
- Professor Hermann Fritz
- Professor of the Practice Eric Marks
- Professor Laurie Garrow
- Assistant Professor Sofía Pérez-Guzmán
Adair Garrett
The Honor Roll recognition is based on the same criteria used for the award. To be eligible, instructors must have a 70 percent response rate and place in the top 25 percent of the composite CIOS scores for each class size group. Each honored faculty member receives a certificate from the Center for Teaching and Learning recognizing their accomplishment.
Additionally, CTL recognized Teaching Assistants (TAs) at the annual TA and Future Faculty Awards Day Ceremony on March 10.
Out of a field of over 70 candidates nominated from 29 schools, 15 Institute-Wide TAs of the Year were selected from four categories: Graduate Instructors, Graduate and Undergraduate TAs, and On-line Head TAs.
Fifth-year Ph.D. student Adair Garrett was selected as one of three Graduate Instructors of the Year for teaching CEE 6651: Infrastructure Systems.
"This recognition is a testament to how much students appreciate our faculty and the quality of the instructional experience they provide," said Karen and John Huff School Chair and Professor Don Webster.