Nine faculty members from the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) have been named to the Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Class of 1934 CIOS Honor Roll by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). The ECE faculty members receiving this honor are Asif Khan, Bernard Kippelen, Frank Li, Benjamin Yang, Muhannad Bakir, Nivedita Bhattacharya, Matthieu Bloch, Omer Inan, and Sung Kyu Lim. This honor roll recognizes Georgia Tech’s top teachers for fall 2020.  

This Class of 1934 distinction is one of several recognitions made annually by CTL to instructors and recognizes faculty members with exceptional response rates and scores on the Course-Instructor Opinion Surveys (CIOS). A high response rate (85 percent or greater) is required for consideration, and the composite scores for three CIOS items are used to rank instructors. Recognition is given to instructors who teach both small classes and large classes. Small classes are defined as having at least 15 students and being no larger than 39 students, and large classes are defined as 40 students or larger. 

“Having nine faculty members receive this honor from the Center for Teaching and Learning is truly remarkable,” said Magnus Egerstedt, Steve W. Chaddick School Chair and Professor in ECE. “I’d like to encourage all of these faculty members to keep up the excellent work. We are very proud of you and your achievements.” 

ECE faculty members who received this honor are listed below. They are divided into who taught small classes and who taught large classes. 

Small classes

Asif Khan is being recognized for his outstanding teaching in ECE 8863 Quantum Computing Devices and Hardware. He is an assistant professor and has been with ECE since 2017.

Bernard Kippelen is being recognized for his outstanding teaching in ECE 3025 Electromagnetics. He is the Joseph M. Pettit Professor and has been with ECE since 2003.

Frank Li is being recognized for his outstanding teaching in ECE 8803 Empirical Computer Security. He is an assistant professor and has been with ECE since 2020.

Benjamin Yang is being recognized for his outstanding teaching in ECE 3025 Electromagnetics.  A frequent instructor of ECE courses since 2016, Yang is a senior research engineer in the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s (GTRI) Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory and has been with GTRI since 2015.

Large classes

Muhannad Bakir is being recognized for his outstanding teaching in ECE 6450 Introduction to Microelectronics Technology. He is the Dan Fielder Professor and has been on the ECE faculty since 2009.

Nivedita Bhattacharya is being recognized for her outstanding teaching in ECE 2020 Fundamentals of Digital System Design. She is a lecturer and has been on the ECE faculty since 2020.

Matthieu Bloch is being recognized for his outstanding teaching in ECE 6254 Statistical Machine Learning. He is an associate professor and has been on the ECE faculty since 2009. 

Omer Inan is being recognized for his outstanding teaching in ECE 4781 Biomedical Instrumentation. He is an associate professor and has been on the ECE faculty since 2013. 

Sung Kyu Lim is being recognized for his outstanding teaching in ECE 2020 Fundamentals of Digital System Design. He is a professor and has been on the ECE faculty since 2001.