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The College welcomes three new department heads
Dr. Nancy Allbritton, Dr. Justin Schwartz and Dr. Daniel Stancil joined the NC State faculty in August.
Dr. Nancy Allbritton has been selected
to serve as head of the joint UNC-NC State Department of Biomedical Engineering.
She replaces Dr. Troy Nagle, who was the founding chair of the department.
Allbritton has served as the Paul Debreczeny Distinguished Professor
at UNC-Chapel Hill since 2007. She received her Ph.D. in medical physics/medical
engineering from MIT and her M.D. from Johns Hopkins University. 
Dr. Justin Schwartz has been named head of the Department
of Materials Science and Engineering. He replaces Dr. Michael Rigsbee,
who had led the department since 1998. Schwartz will also hold the Kobe
Steel Distinguished Professorship at NC State. He comes to NC State from
Florida State University, where he held the Jack E. Crow Professorship.
He received his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from MIT.
Dr. Daniel Stancil is the new head of the Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He replaces Dr. Robert Kolbas,
who had served as interim department head since 2008. Stancil will also
hold the Alcoa Distinguished Professorship at NC State. He comes to NC
State from Carnegie Mellon University, where he served on the faculty
and also held appointments as associate department head and associate
dean. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from MIT.