{"id":107309,"date":"2025-03-05T10:08:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T16:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/?p=107309"},"modified":"2025-03-05T10:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T16:08:17","slug":"ece-graduate-student-talha-sultan-wins-campus-capstone-teaching-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/blog\/ece-graduate-student-talha-sultan-wins-campus-capstone-teaching-award\/","title":{"rendered":"ECE graduate student Talha Sultan wins campus Capstone Teaching Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Talha Sultan, an electrical and computer engineering PhD student working in the lab of Associate Professor Andreas Velten<\/a>, is the recipient of a Capstone Teaching Award sponsored by the Graduate School, the College of Letters & Science, and the Morgridge Center. Sultan is one of 31 teaching assistants selected from 2,300 across the university for a TA award. The Capstone Award recognizes dissertators at the end of their graduate program with an outstanding teaching record over the course of their UW\u2013Madison tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sultan specializes in signal processing and machine learning. His research in computational imaging integrates emerging sensing technologies, optics, and inverse techniques to develop novel systems capable of \u201cseeing around corners.\u201d His work advances the imaging capabilities of these systems, which have applications in robotics, medical diagnostics, security, and autonomous navigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a committed educator, Sultan has taught ECE 203: Signals, Information, and Computation and ECE 330: Signals and Systems, where he strives to make complex mathematical and engineering concepts accessible. His teaching philosophy focuses on fostering independent, life-long learners by equipping students with effective learning strategies. \u201cI use principles from the science of learning to guide my interactions with students, understanding where they are before leading them to their \u2018aha\u2019 moments,\u201d he explains. He continuously refines his teaching through student feedback and evidence-based practices to improve learning outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the classroom, Sultan is committed to fostering engineering education to be more accessible and equitable. He believes that empowering students with effective learning strategies ensures that success in engineering is driven by curiosity, effort, and structured guidance rather than prior experience or socioeconomic background. He creates an inclusive learning environment where students feel encouraged to ask questions, tackle difficult material, and build confidence as engineers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A version of this press release was originally posted by the UW-Madison Graduate School.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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