MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science EECS Announcement

Prof. Eric Grimson wins the 2001 Bose Award

May 18, 2001

I am delighted to inform you that Eric Grimson is the winner of the 2001 Bose Award. The Amar Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching was established in 1989 by the MIT School of Engineering to recognize outstanding contributions to undergraduate education by members of its faculty. Eric joins a short, but distinguished, list of Bose Award winners from EECS: Al Drake (1991), Hal Abelson and Gerry Sussman (1992), and Al Oppenheim (1996).

I have not yet seen the citation for Eric, but I assume that the award recognizes his contributions to 6.001. Eric has long been one of MIT's best classroom teachers. Recitation instructors and student alike praise his clear and stimulating lectures. More recently, Eric has collaborated with Tomas Lozano-Perez in developing innovative online material for 6.001. Not only has this work led to an improved educational experience for 6.001 students, but it has pointed the way towards innovation in a number of other EECS subjects.

One reason I take special pleasure in announcing this award is that Eric has managed to make extraordinary contributions to undergraduate education while simultaneously leading an productive research group and doing far more than his share of departmental and Institute service. It is faculty like Eric Grimson that make MIT a great place.

John Guttag
Department Head