Khaligh wins Clark School junior faculty teaching award

Associate Professor Alireza Khaligh (ECE/ISR) is the 2016 recipient of the A. James Clark School of Engineering’s E. Robert Kent Teaching Award for Junior Faculty.

He joins Associate Professor Derek Paley (AE/ISR), Associate Professor Ian White (BioE), Associate Professor Pamela Abshire (ECE/ISR) Professor Elisabeth Smela (ME), Professor Min Wu (ECE/UMIACS), Associate Professor Guangming Zhang (ME/ISR), and the late George Harhalakis as ISR faculty members who have won this award since its inception in 1986.

The Clark School gives this award to a junior faculty member for excellence in teaching. Khaligh was recognized for his dedication to excellence in power engineering education, teaching, mentorship, service, and leadership. He will be presented with the award at the college’s winter commencement in December.

Khaligh also won the Clark School’s Junior Faculty Outstanding Research Award this year.

Published December 1, 2016