Three engineering professors are included among the ten educators named 2017 3M National Teaching Fellows. Greg Evans of the University of Toronto, Alan Steele of Carleton University and Gordon Stubley of the University of Waterloo, have been named in this year’s cohort.
Three engineering professors are included among the ten educators named 2017 3M National Teaching Fellows. Greg Evans of the University of Toronto, Alan Steele of Carleton University and Gordon Stubley of the University of Waterloo, have been named in this year’s cohort.
Evans is an environmental engineer whose students are encouraged to think of themselves as global citizens, putting their engineering skills to work for social change. He has supported diversity initiatives for the Aboriginal, Black, and LGBTQ communities, and has also led a substantial expansion of outreach programs to encourage elementary and high school students to pursue higher education in science and engineering.
Steele’s impressive commitment to improving student learning is transforming the way that electronics and electrical engineering are taught. Through project-based pedagogy, he makes complex concepts understandable, brings them to life, and connects them to real-life situations for his students.
Stubley is a teacher who always puts his students first. A mechanical engineering professor, he has had a campus-wide impact on both students and colleagues. He has changed the culture around teaching, acting as a guide committed to making teaching count and to helping his colleagues and his students succeed.
The 3M National Teaching Fellowship is Canada’s most prestigious recognition of excellence in educational leadership at the university and college level. The inclusion of three engineering professors on this year’s list—the most ever included in the Fellowship’s 31-year history—signals the growing profile of engineering education.
Read more about Evans, Steele and Stubley’s work on the 3M Fellows website.
