Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Professor Mark Mear won a student-nominated Texas Exes Teaching award for having “a positive influence on the educational experience of university students.”
Over the past year, Mear has taught courses in statics, structural analysis, continuum mechanics and solid mechanics. In instructor evaluations for these classes, about 90 percent of students who completed evaluations rated Mear as a very good or excellent instructor. In two courses, 100 percent of students rated him as very good or excellent.
“This year’s winners are exceptional in their field and continue to impart knowledge while challenging students to independent inquiry and creative thought,” according to the Texas Exes.
Mear researches the mechanical behavior of materials and fracture mechanics. He is affiliated with the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences and The Center for Mechanics of Solids, Structures & Materials. Mear is the Engineering Foundation Centennial Teaching Fellow in Engineering No. 1.
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