ANS student chapter honors Axford, Uddin, Meline

7/18/2016 Susan Mumm, Editor

Written by Susan Mumm, Editor

ANS student chapter honors Axford, Uddin, Meline
NPRE Department Head Jim Stubbins, Becky Meline, and 2015-16 ANS Student Chapter President Kathryn Mummah
NPRE Department Head Jim Stubbins, Becky Meline, and 2015-16 ANS Student Chapter President Kathryn Mummah
The American Nuclear Society at Illinois student chapter has recognized veteran Profs. Roy Axford and Rizwan Uddin as the 2016 Teachers of the Year, and Becky Meline as Staff Member of the Year.

Axford completed his 50th year of teaching in Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering at Illinois this year, and was paid tribute by former and current students and colleagues during the 2016 NPRE/ANS Honors Banquet. Throughout his career, Axford has been recognized with every NPRE departmental, College of Engineering and University of Illinois campus award for his teaching excellence.

Uddin also has been well recognized for his teaching abilities. He has won the NPRE Teacher of the Year Award over 10 times. Nationally, his teaching acumen has been recognized with the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Glenn Murphy Award and the 2016 American Nuclear Society Arthur Holly Compton Award.

Meline, NPRE’s Coordinator of Academic Programs, is the department’s chief liaison to the students and has been recognized many times with the Engineering Council Excellence in Advising Award.


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This story was published July 18, 2016.