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Celebrating the 2024/25 Outstanding Instructors

February 25, 2025

This week, five School of Engineering faculty members were named recipients of the UBC Okanagan 2024/25 Outstanding Instructor Award.

This recognizes exemplary instructors for their teaching over the past three years, with emphasis on the most recent academic year, based on an assessment of their teaching conducted by the Faculty/School in which they are appointed.

Congratulations to the following individuals (click on their names for bios):

Lukas Bichler

Professor, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering and Scientific Director, UBC Okanagan CleanTech Hub

Laura Patterson

Professor of Teaching and Chair, Communications Program

Malcolm Metcalfe

Lecturer

Hadi Mohammadi

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Mehran Shirazi

Lecturer

“On behalf of the School of Engineering, huge congratulations to Lukas, Laura, Malcolm, Hadi and Mehran. Well done, all! Your work inspires and models the way for our School,” said SoE Director Dr. Will Hughes.

Read more about the award and the full list of UBCO recipients on the Office of the Provost and Vice-President’s news page.

Posted in Faculty, Faculty Profile, News | Tagged awards, Hadi Mohammadi, Laura Patterson, Lukas Bichler, Malcolm Metcalfe, Mehran Shirazi, Outstanding Instructor Award, Teaching

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