Four instructors in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering have been recognized as some of the most effective teachers at Georgia Tech.

Cristi Bell-Huff, Martin Jacobson, James Rains, and James Stubbs have won the Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Class of 1934 Award for 2020. They’re among only 40 educators honored with the award this year, which is based on how students rate their instructors at the end of each term.

The award recognizes teaching for calendar year 2020. It’s based on how students rated instructors on their respect and concern for students, their level of enthusiasm about teaching the course, and their ability to stimulate students’ interest in the course. It was formerly known as the Class of 1940 Course Survey Teaching Effectiveness Award.

Bell-Huff was honored for teaching BMED 3310, Biotransport. Jacobson won for his work on BMED 2310, Intro to Biomedical Engineering Design. Rains and Stubbs were both honored for BMED 4602, Capstone Design.

Meanwhile, six additional faculty members in the Coulter Department made Georgia Tech’s first-ever teaching honor roll — officially, the Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Class of 1934 CIOS Honor Roll for Fall 2020:

• Dana Abouelnasr – BMED 3310, Biotransport
• Gabriel Kwong – BMED 3310, Biotransport
• John Lau – BMED 2310, Intro to Biomedical Engineering Design
• Joseph Le Doux – BMED 2110, Conservation Principles in Biomedical Engineering
• Cassie Mitchell – BMED 8813, Systems Neuropathology & Translational Engineering
• Maysam Nezafati – BMED 2110, Conservation Principles in Biomedical Engineering

The criteria for the honor roll are the same as the effectiveness award: high marks from students. At least 85% of students have to complete the end-of-course surveys, and the instructors in the top half of composite scores make the list.

Starting with the fall, the Center for Teaching and Learning will compile an honor roll after each semester.