Michael Detamore, BioE Track Director and Faculty Affiliate, was singled out and rewarded for his teaching excellence during the first week of the fall semester.
The Kemper fellowships recognize outstanding teachers and advisers at KU as determined by a seven-member selection committee. Faculty must be nominated for the honor. Now in its 13th year, the award program is supported by $650,000 in gifts from the William T. Kemper Foundation (Commerce Bank, trustee) and $650,000 in matching funds from KU Endowment. In all, 20 professors will be honored and $100,000 distributed this year as part of the Kemper tradition.
Michael Detamore, assistant professor of chemical and petroleum engineering Michael Detamore describes himself as “always … a teacher at heart.” He traces the beginnings of his academic career to tutoring of elementary school friends as well as to his mother and grandmother, both teachers. His love for teaching is reflected in his students’ appreciation for him: “If there was a ‘University of Detamore,’ I would definitely enroll. Other professors should observe Dr. Detamore’s teaching methods as a model of how to improve their own.” Detamore was instrumental in developing KU’s new graduate degree program in bioengineering. Laurence Weatherley, professor and chair of chemical and petroleum engineering, said, “I am amazed at Michael’s rapid development, consistent improvement and visible productivity.”
