Award-winning teachers
We’re committed to providing a teaching environment of the highest quality, and to ensure excellence in student learning experiences and outcomes.
Teaching Excellence Awards
2017
- University of Auckland Early Career Teaching Excellence Award: Dr Hazim Namik
- Early Career Teaching Excellence Award
- Dr Lokesh Padhye
- Dr Subeh Chowdhury
- Sustained Teaching Excellence
- Associate Professor Andrew Taberner
- Peter Bier
2016
- Early Career Teaching Excellence Award
- Dr Hazim Namik
- Dr Rashina Hoda
2015
- Early Career Teaching Excellence Award: Dr Nasser Giacaman
2014
- AUEA Teaching Excellence Award: Associate Professor Bryony James
- Early Career Teaching Award: Dr Nasser Giacaman
2013
- National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award: Associate Professor Bryony James
- AUEA Teaching Excellence Award: Peter Bier
- Early Career Excellence in Teaching Award
- Roopak Sinha
- Dr Michelle Dickinson
- Excellence in Postgraduate Supervision: Professor Debes Bhattacharyya
Teaching Portfolio Development Awards
2017
- Dr Kelly Burrowes
- Associate Professor Andrew Taberner
- Dr Nasser Giacaman
- Dr Lokesh Padhye
2016
- Peter Bier
- Professor Patrick Hu
- Dr Duleepa Thrimawithana
- Dr James Lim
- Dr Hazim Namik
- Dr Gary Raftery
- Dr Karl Stol
2015
- Dr Saeid Baroutian
- Peter Bier
- Dr Subeh Chowdhury
- Dr Rashina Hoda
- Dr Hazim Namik
- Dr Gary Raftery
- Dr Akshya Swain
Top Teacher Awards
The Top Teacher Awards are determined solely on the basis of student votes. The voting forms recommend that students “nominate teachers who have presented the subject matter in a well-ordered and structured manner with clarity and relevance; those who have best helped you to grasp the ideas and principles, who have given you clear insights, knowledge, and problem-solving ability to master the subject”.
All BE, BTech, BSc undergraduate and postgraduate students studying undergraduate Engineering courses are entitled to vote.
Students' Choice Top Teachers 2017
- Associate Professor Andrew Taberner
- Professor Bryony James
- Dr David Cumin
- Dr Kelly Burrowes
- Kevin Jia
- Dr Liam Wotherspoon
- Dr Bryan Ruddy
- Professor Gerard Rowe
- Dr Robert Sheehan
- Dr Hazim Namik
- Dr Bernard Guillemin
- Dr Kelly Blincoe
- Dr Paul Denny
- William Lee
- Dr Keri Moyle
- Associate Professor Ewan Tempero
Students' Choice Top Teachers 2016
- Dr Jon Pearce
- Professor Bryony James
- Associate Professor Andrew Taberner
- Dr Medhi Shahbazpour
- Dr Hazim Namik
- Dr James Lim
- Dr Karl Stol
- Dr David Dempsey
- Peter Bier
- Dr Paul Denny
- Dr John O'Sullivan
- Dr Stuart Norris
- Dr Andrea Raith
2015 Top Teacher award winners
- Professor Neil Broom
- Mr Paul Denny
- Dr Michelle Dickinson
- Dr Nasser Giacaman
- Professor Bryony James
- Kevin Jia
- Dr Christof Lutteroth
- Dr Hazim Namik
- Colin Nicholas
- Dr Jon Pearce
- Associate Professor Andrew Taberner
- Associate Professor Ashvin Thambyah
2014 Top Teacher award winners
- Peter Bier
- Dr C Y Chin
- Associate Professor Charles Clifton
- Dr Seosamh Costello
- Mr Paul Denny
- Dr Heide Friedrich
- Professor Margaret Hyland
- Professor Jason Ingham
- Associate Professor Bryony James
- Dr Keri Moyle
- Colin Nicholas
- John O'Sullivan
- Dr Jon Pearce
- Dr Robert Sheehan
- Associate Professor Andrew Taberner
Prestigious awards
Many of our staff have won national and international awards.
2018
Professor Rosalind Archer
Engineering New Zealand Fellow
2015
Professor Margaret Hyland
Pickering Medal, Royal Society of New Zealand
Dr Michelle Dickinson
Callaghan Medal, Royal Society of New Zealand
Professor Grant Covic
Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Professor Nic Smith, Dean of Engineering
Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Dr Andrew McDaid
AUEA Emerging Researcher Award
2014
Professor Allan Williamson
Distinguished Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand (IPENZ)
Professor Keith Robinson
Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand (IPENZ)
Professor Brent Young
Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand (IPENZ)
Professor Pierre Quenneville
Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand (IPENZ)
Professor Jason Ingham
Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand (IPENZ)
Dr Claire Davies
AUEA Emerging Researcher Award
2013
Distinguished Professor Emeritus John Boys
2013 Prime Minister Science Prize and Kiwinet Researcher Entrepreneur Award
Professor Grant Covic
2013 Prime Minister Science Prize and Kiwinet Researcher Entrepreneur Award
Professor Neil Broom MacDiarmid
Medal - Royal Society of New Zealand
Dr Raj Das
AUEA Emerging Researcher Award
Associate Professor Bryony James
National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award