Sundar Madihally Selected as 2005 Halliburton Excellent Young Teacher

Supported by a grant from the Halliburton Foundation, each year the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology selects the top faculty member in each of four categories.   This year Assistant Professor Sundar Madihally was selected as the “Excellent Young Teacher”. 

                    School Head, Rhinehart says, “Sundar is extraordinarily energetic, and has substantially contributed to many of the critically important (research, undergraduate laboratory development, course development) and associated priorities of the School (web page, undergraduate research, hallway posters, undergraduate student activities).  I believe that Sundar’s creativity, drive, partnership, and effervescence will lead to his becoming recognized as an exceptional faculty member.”

 Sundar co-advises the nationally outstanding OSU AIChE student chapter, which ranked in the national top 10% for each of the past 6 years.   He co-advises student teams in the ChemE Car Competition (sweeping 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd in the 2005 regional competition).  He manages several Wentz Project recipients and other undergraduates in research, and prepares them for success in paper presentation contests.  Two years past Ali Moshfeghian placed 2^nd in the nation, and this spring Dan Cutbirth placed 3^rd in the regional competition, both in the AIChE Student Paper Presentation Contest.  Other undergraduate student papers included one each for ChE majors Stella Onyeri, Sam Barnett, Cassie Mitchell, and Ben Lawrence. These were either presented at the regional AIChE or National ASEE meeting, and several have been submitted or accepted for publication.

  Sundar developed a new graduate course in biomedical engineering, he integrated CFD software in the reaction engineering course, and he developed new experiments for the unit operations lab.

                    Rhinehart adds, “Sundar is self-motivated, and his directions match the school priorities.  He is highly energetic, creative, and adds value to the School in many areas - especially in areas related to student development.  Outcomes of his activity and initiatives have come to fruition, just within his first three years at OSU, and his energy and program building foretell many future successes and achievements.”