Autar Kaw is a professor of mechanical engineering at the

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. In 2012, he won the U.S Professor of the Year award from the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching and the

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. Kaw's main scholarly interests are in education research methods, open courseware development, flipped and adaptive learning, and the state and future of higher education.

Education

In 1981, Kaw completed BE Honors in Mechanical Engineering from the

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(BITS) in India. He joined

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for MS and Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics.

Career

In 1987, he joined the University of South Florida. Since 2002, the

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, a United States government agency, funded the development and implementation of an open courseware in Numerical Methods under the leadership of Kaw. The open courseware receives 1.8 million view on YouTube annually. He is the author of various books. He is a Fellow of the

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. He is a member of American Society of Engineering Education and National Academy of Inventors He is one of the two founding members of the USF College of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Engineering Educators. In 2018, he visited UTP, Malaysia as a

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candidate. He conducted several educational workshops on topics including

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, flipped learning, improving student classroom performance, and the

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Awards

References

External links

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Autar Kaw - Personal Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaw, Autar Living people University of South Florida faculty 1960 births Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani alumni Clemson University alumni Indian emigrants to the United States