索科罗,N.M. – ag亚游集团App下载 announced the top faculty awards for the 2020-2021 school year at the Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 8, at the City of 罗 体育 Complex.

More than 220 members of the Class of 2021 and 2020 participated in the event. 的 Class of 2021 includes 446 graduates – 330 bachelor’s recipients, 105 master’s recipients 和11 Ph.D.’s.  Hundreds of family and friends filled the venue for an event that culminated with the appearance of students dressed like Storm Troopers shooting confetti 在毕业生中.

最高教师奖获得者是博士. Nelia邓巴杰出研究奖; Dr. 科尔伯特, Distinguished Teaching Award; and Dr. 尊敬的布鲁斯·哈里森 服务奖.

Dr. Nelia邓巴

2021年杰出研究奖得主是Dr. Nelia邓巴，主任 地质矿产局. 杰出研究的获得者 Award is chosen by a committee of Tech faculty and researchers from a list of candidates 由同事提名.

Dr. Dunbar first came to ag亚游集团App下载 as a graduate student in 1983. 她赢得了 她的硕士和博士学位.D. 在ag亚游集团App下载学习地质和地球化学. 自 then, she’s participated in more than 20 field campaigns in Antarctica, and research 这是她提名的基础. 她曾担任新墨西哥州州长 State Geologist and the Director of the Bureau since 2016.

Her nomination was supported by colleagues at the University of New Mexico, the University 亚利桑那州和英国莱斯特大学.

Dr. Dunbar has earned an international reputation for her work in dating studying volcanic ash in ice cores from Antarctica using her electron microprobe lab here in 罗. In addition to work on ice cores, she has used her instrumentation and analytical skills to date study all sorts of rocks, minerals, and even human fossil remains.

Dr. Jay Quade of the University of Arizona wrote, “I regard Nelia as one of the best 国内的火山岩石学家. 她的卓越源自于她从事过这样的工作 全球有很多不同的火山岩. “

Dr. Karl Karlstrom of the University of New Mexico wrote “Equally impressive to me personally is the collaborative and service context of Nelia’s research accomplishments Her dedication to ag亚游集团App下载, the New Mexico Geological Society and New Mexico 国家地质学家几十年来一直坚定不移. 她坚持精益求精 all realms of geoscience research, teaching and service.”

Dr. John Smellie of the University of Leicester, wrote that “I was immediately impressed by two particular aspects of her character – 1) her ability to get on with and mediate between disparate groups of mostly male and often warring geologists, and 2) her considerable 营地管理能力.”

斯梅利还赞扬了史密斯博士. Dunbar for creating the largest and highest-quality dataset of tephra volcanic ash analyses for Antarctica that have significantly enhanced our ability to correlate ice cores and the history of volcanic eruptions globally.

Each of the letter writers offered unqualified praised for Dr. 邓巴的广度 她的研究深度. 的y cited her high h-factor of 37 and her citations, which 人数超过4500人.

Dr. 科尔伯特

2021年杰出教学奖得主是Dr. 科尔伯特的数学 部门. Dr. Kerr was nominated by 9 students, who offered detailed praise for his teaching skills, his knack for engaging students, and for his sense of humor.

一个学生写道，“博士. Kerr has such a contagious spirit and excitement about his field that keeps students engaged and really interested in applied mathematics.” 

Dr. Kerr earned his bachelor’s degree at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. 然后他来到美国并获得了硕士和博士学位.D. 在老道明大学 在弗吉尼亚学习计算和应用数学. 他在新墨西哥待了一年 Tech as a visiting professor, and then officially joined the faculty in 1995.

另一位写道:“有史以来最好的教授. 他让数学变得有趣，我从不感到害怕 在上班时间. He truly cares about his students and you can tell that 他希望你成功!”

Dr. Kerr has published more than a dozen research papers over the years, along with colleagues at Sandia National Laboratory which has also accounted for more than $500,000 资助ag亚游集团App下载. 但这个奖是为了表彰他的教学才能.

One more student wrote, “Bert always goes the extra mile to make sure students are 成功地学习材料. 他为每节课制作额外的讲课材料 并创建大量的复习表. 他总是可以很清楚地回答问题 乐于教学. 他也很有趣，用幽默来制造 当然学生们很投入. His adaptation to the online course delivery has been impeccable.”

Finally, one of our more literary and concise students wrote, “He be dank.”

Dr. Kerr is also the first faculty member to ever win this award twice.

Dr. 布鲁斯·哈里森

的 recipient of the 2021 Distinguished 服务奖 is Dr. 布鲁斯·哈里森 地球与环境科学系.  Dr. 哈里森获得了这个奖项的提名 for his long-term advocacy for transfer students, especially from minority-serving 以及国际机构. 自1994年加入该学院以来，他获得了 more than $2 million in grants to support these initiatives. 

Dr. Harrison earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree in agricultural science at Lincoln College of Canterbury in his native New Zealand. 他来到新墨西哥州 1986年拿到博士学位.D. 在新墨西哥大学攻读地质学. 后做 他是以色列耶路撒冷的博士后. 哈里森回到新墨西哥教书 1994年在ag亚游集团App下载任职.

In the nomination letters, his colleagues praised him for advocating relentlessly 代表转到理工学院的学生. 他一直认为NMT录取 and NMT faculty must work together to improve students’ transitions to Tech.

更重要的是，. Harrison has been the much-needed boots on the ground in traveling to these schools and establishing relationships with both prospective Techies and 管理员.

值得注意的是. Harrison has championed are the creation of a center for Hydrologic Innovation and also a center of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science.  Dr. Harrison is a member of the team that is working with NMT alumnus Dr. 劳尔Deju 建立水文学研究中心. 这些新项目创造了合作 with national research laboratories and other departments at NMT.

Dr. Harrison has been a co-author of more than 45 papers, and more than 40 conference 演讲. He has had a dozen master’s students in geology and another 15 students 在教师科学硕士项目.

简而言之，博士. Harrison has shown countless times, both in his academic pursuits and his service to the institution, that he is a loyal and dedicated champion for students 以及ag亚游集团App下载.

 

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