Dr. Timothy Jacobs, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected for the 2009-2010 Montague-Center For Teaching Excellence Scholar Program.

Dr. Timothy Jacobs

The program recognizes one tenure-track assistant professor from each college who has already demonstrated a commitment to, and potential for, excellence in undergraduate teaching. Jacobs was chosen from the Dwight Look College of Engineering.

Jacobs came to Texas A&M in 2006 after earning bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He teaches courses in thermodynamics and internal combustion engines. His reseach interests are in internal combustion engines; in-cylinder combustion and emission formation processes; fundamental experimental diagnostics and investigations; advanced and novel combustion processes (low-temperature combustion, homogenous charge compression ignition, premixed compression ignition); alternative fuels (natural/compressed/landfill gases, bio-based fuels, hydrogen); and aftertreatment systems (lean NOx traps, selective catalytic reducers, diesel oxidation catalysts).

Also selected to represent the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences was Dr. R. Karthi Karthikeyan, assistant professor in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, which is a joint department between the engineering and agriculture colleges. Karthikeyan teaches courses in hydrology and biochemical engineering, and his research is in the fate, transport and removal of contaminants in soil and water.

The Montague-CTE Scholar program, named for founding donor Kenneth Montague ’37, honors early-career excellence in undergraduate teaching at Texas A&M. This award includes a $6,500 grant for each recipient to encourage further development of undergraduate teaching excellence. Scholars will be honored at a luncheon on Nov. 3 in Koldus 110.

For more information about the program, visit http://cte.tamu.edu/content.aspx?page=48 or call (979) 845-8392.

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