The Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering celebrates teaching excellence with the Jerry S. Rawls Distinguished Undergraduate Educator Awards
It is with immense pleasure that we announce the recipients of the 2025-2026 Jerry S. Rawls Distinguished Undergraduate Educator Awards within the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering. These individuals have demonstrated their dedication on making sure that students "leave Texas Tech University with a developing thought process based up on strong critical thinking, scientific reasoning skills, and the ability to solve the problems humanity will face in the years to come. The recipients were selected by the WCOE Teaching and Service Awards Committee.
The 2025-2026 award recipients are as follows:
Dr. Sunho Lim – Department of Computer Science
Associate Professor
Dr. Chijuan Hu – Department of Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor of Practice
Dr. Don Pathirage – Department of Computer Science
Instructor
Consistent with our belief and commitment to “From Here, It’s Possible”, the Whitacre College of Engineering continues to produce Red Raiders who are leaving their mark on our world. This is achieved not only by innovation, but through the excellence in teaching within each department of the college. We continue to be motivated to elevate student learning by offering personalized instruction by some of the finest faculty and instructors in the nation.
Congratulations to all the award recipients for their outstanding achievements!