The Outstanding Teaching Assistant (TA) Award was given annually to Rutgers physics TAs who, in the judgment of the physics faculty, had demonstrated outstanding teaching excellence. The award, which included a cash prize, existed from 1989 through 1999. As of 2000, it was replaced by the Richard J. Plano Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award .
| 1989 | Timothy Vaughan | |
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| 1990 | Kai-Hung See | |
| 1991 | Roy S. Jones | |
| 1992 | Li Fan | |
| 1993 | Yuksel Gunal | |
| 1994 | Jeffrey Brusoe | Kang Wei Woo |
| 1995 | Artin Moughalian | |
| 1996 | Kalman Pelhos | |
| 1997 | Panayotis Kevrekidis | Gunnar Palsson |
| 1998 | Balakrishna Subramanian | |
| 1999 | James Coleman |