George C. Hoffmann Award for F aculty Excellence Wayne Waheland, Ph.D. '77 PRoFEssoR wAYNE wAKELAND has been a faculty member in the System Science Program since 1978, and is no stranger to awards. He has received teaching awards from the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science and, four times, from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and student evaluations of Professor \Takeland are consistently high. Professor'W'akeland is recognized for revising curriculum to strengthen support for University Studies and the School of the Environment, and to enhance program contributions to the PSU mission. Professor \Wakeland developed 12 unique graduate courses at PSU, four collaboratively with faculry in other departments; five of these courses continue to be offered regularly. He employs the latest simulation technologies, and new online and hybrid teaching methods, including learner-directed activit ies to complement lectures. He routinely teaches more than his obligated teaching load, out ofenthusiasm for the subject matteq to meet curricular needs, and to foster campus coilaboration. Since 2003, Professor \flakeland has established a solid publication record with B3 peer-reviewed papers, an average ofnearly six papers per year. Of these papers,24lie in the applications area of organizational processes, 16 in biomedical dynamics, 16 in sustainabiliry 16 in health policy, and 11 regarding simulation and optimization methods. Professor \Takelandt scholarship has been generously supported by external research funding. Since 2003, he has serued as principal invesrigaror or co-principal investigator on l0 granrs From government agencies, including National Institutes of Health and NASA, private foundations, and corporate sources totaling $1.6 million. His scholarship was also supported by $58,000 in internal fundir.rg. Given Professor \fakeland's extraordinary contributions in instruction and service, his contributions in the area ofscholarship are even more remarkable. The Hoffmann Award is given annualiy to a faculry member in recognition of distinguished contributions to the lJniversity in the arear of instruction. univerriry iervice. and scholarship which are done in the spirit of humanism, civiliry and collegialiry with particular dedication to students and loyalry to the Universityvalues especially cherished by the late George C. Hoffmann, a distinguished dean and professor ofhistory at Portland State University. i
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