August 20, 1998

High School Students Learn About Nuclear Technology at NC State

A group of 25 high school students participated in the two-week Nuclear Science and Technology program conducted this summer by the Department of Nuclear Engineering at North Carolina State University.

Students from across the country attended lectures, visited laboratories and participated in research projects conducted by nuclear engineering faculty, technical staff and graduate students.

Additionally, students learned about the department's PULSTAR reactor, Scaled Pressurized Water Reactor Facility, Neutron Activation Laboratory and Plasma/Fusion Facilities.

"I've always been interested in engineering," says Noriko Satake, a rising senior at Hickory High School in Hickory, North Carolina. "I've learned a lot from the interaction with the professors, and I have enjoyed helping with the research projects and being with other students who are interested in science. This [program] makes me feel like I know something that others don't know."

Supported by CP&L, Duke Power, Virginia Power and the American Nuclear Society, the program ran from June 22 to July 3. The annual camp is open to rising seniors who demonstrate an aptitude for science and engineering and rising juniors who have taken advanced science and math courses.

"I hadn't decided on a major before I came to the program, but now I am focusing toward engineering," says Penny Thomas, a rising junior at Spanish River High School in Boca Raton, Florida. "I've learned a lot in the past week."

Listed by county and state, the students and their high schools are as follows.

CATAWBA

Noriko Satake, Hickory High School

CUMBERLAND

Jason P. Los, Fayetteville Academy; Randall Robinson, South View High School

EDGECOMBE

Rashmi Patel, NC School of Science & Mathematics

GASTON

David A. Burke, South Point High School

GUILFORD

Gregory John Barlow, NC School of Science & Mathematics

HOKE

William Earl Hendrix, Flora McDonald Academy

JOHNSTON

Ashley C. Merrill, NC School of Science & Mathematics

MECKLENBURG

Transher N. Allison, Harding University; Ali Reza Bahmanyar, Myers Park High School

ROCKINGHAM

Freeda Ahmed, Reidsville Senior High School

TRANSYLVANIA

Matt Keene, Brevard High School

WAYNE

Rohan Lewis, NC School of Science & Mathematics; Joseph C. Wagner, NC School of Science & Mathematics

FLORIDA

Teresa Castro, St. Thomas Aquinas School; Whitney L. Taylor, MaClay School; Penny Chung Thomas, Spanish River High School

MARYLAND

Andrew T. Molloy, Frederick High School

NEW YORK

Richard Lichtenstein, Rye Country Day School

OHIO

Timothy Dolch, Hudson High School

OREGON

Michael Ferry, Brookings Harbor High School

SOUTH CAROLINA

Jarrett Dunn, Spartanburg High School

VIRGINIA

Glenn D. Hazelwood, I.C. Norcom High School; Gwendolyn E. Moffett, Saint Gertrude High School; Karl S. Orthner, Midlothian High School

August 18, 1998

Miller Named Associate Dean for Distance Education and Information Technologies

Dr. Thomas K. Miller III, assistant dean for information technology and engineering computing services, has been named associate dean for distance education and information technologies for the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University. The promotion was recently announced by Dr. Nino A. Masnari, dean of the College of Engineering.

"The College of Engineering at NC State has long been a leader in distance education technology, and our distance education enterprise is becoming increasingly important to NC State University and to the state of North Carolina," said Masnari. "It is essential that we have strong, enlightened leadership in developing and maintaining our capability for delivering distance education courses throughout North Carolina and beyond. Dr. Miller will provide the necessary vision and leadership to advance our distance education program."

A professor of electrical engineering who joined the NC State faculty in 1982, Miller has been a leader in the development of distance education technologies. Most recently, he and a team of engineers designed a program to offer real-time interactive classes on the Internet using a Virtual Classroom environment built using Multicast Backbone (MBone) technology and the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) data network. As a result of their efforts, NC State's College of Engineering in 1996 became the first in the state to offer an interactive distance education class in real-time over the Internet.

A Kinston native, Miller is a member of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers at NC State, the IEEE Computer Society, the Communications Society and the American Society of Engineering Education. He lives in Raleigh with his wife, Trish, and their two children.

August 11, 1998

Spontak Meets President of Germany

Dr. Richard Spontak (left), associate professor of chemical engineering and materials science and engineering, attended a meeting in Bohn, Germany, sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. During the trip, he and his daughter Danielle (second from left) met Dr. Roman Herzog, president of the Federal Republic of Germany (far right) at his residence. Dr. Reimar Luest (third from left), president of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, also attended the meeting. Spontak received the prestigious 1998 Alexander von Humboldt research fellowship.

August 11, 1998

High School Students Learn About Engineering at NC State

North Carolina State University College of Engineering recently held its summer Student Introduction to Engineering (SITE) program for high school students. Over 200 students from North Carolina and six other states attended demonstrations, lectures and laboratory experiments and participated in hands-on laboratory exercises as part of the SITE program.

Held in two one-week sessions during June and July, the program offered rising juniors and seniors a chance to explore interests in chemical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, materials science, mechanical and aerospace engineering, and nuclear engineering.

Following, listed by county or state, are the students who participated in the program, with their high schools listed when available.

ALAMANCE

BURLINGTON - Philip Curtis Osborne, Walter M. Williams High School; Ross Newlin Pringle, Williams High School

ALEXANDER

TAYLORSVILLE - James Alexander Godwin, Alexander Central High School

BERTIE

WINDSOR - Perry Everett Miller, Bertie High School

BLADEN

ELIZABETHTOWN - Dustin Dominic Baptiste, East Bladen High School

BUNCOMBE

ASHEVILLE - Derek Alexander Edwards, A.C. Reynolds High School; Sarah Elizabeth Isaacs, A.C. Reynolds High School

CANTON - Mark Harley King, Pisgah High School

CABBARRUS

CONCORD - Paul Henry Barbee, Northwest Cabarrus High School; Michael Hansun Wei, Northwest Cabarrus High School

CATAWBA

CATAWBA - Joshua Colen Moose, Newton-Conover High School

HICKORY - Jennifer Alison Rowe, Hickory High School

NEWTON - Melissa Marie Isaac, Newton-Conover High School

CHEROKEE

ANDREWS - Tommy Joshua Rodeck, Andrews High School

CLEVELAND

SHELBY - Carrie Lynn Black, Crest High School

CRAVEN

NEW BERN - Travis Lynn Blalock, New Bern High School; Casey Glenn DeMunck, West Craven High School; Raymond E. Dunn III, Arendell Parrott Academy; Tyson Dean Puckett, Oak Hill Academy

CUMBERLAND

FAYETTEVILLE - Stefanie Elizabeth Anderson, Seventy First High School; Jennifer Lynn Hagin, Fayetteville Christian School; Jason P. Los, Fayetteville Academy; Melissa Suzanne Travis, Terry Sanford High School; Peter Christopher Watts, Fayetteville Academy

HOPE MILLS - Randall Wright Robinson II, South View High School

DARE

KITTY HAWK - Jeffrey Andrew Keeney, Manteo High School

DAVIDSON

DENTON - Katrina Michelle Swaney, South Davidson High School

DAVIE

MOCKSVILLE - Michael Benjamin Gusefski, Davie High School

DUPLIN

KENANSVILLE - John Dail Garner, James Kenan High School

DURHAM

DURHAM - Shyra Eleisa Lewis, Northern High School; David Wallace Sizemore, Riverside High School

FRANKLIN

FRANKLINTON - Brandon T. Hall, Franklinton High School

FORSYTH

WINSTON-SALEM - Ronald Cleve Funderburk, East Forsyth High School; Adrian Adam Harpold, Mt. Tabor High School

CLEMMONS - Erin McLain Cody, West Forsyth High School; David N. Powell, West Forsyth High School; Curtis Grogan Rawls, West Forsyth High School; Steven K. White, North Davidson High School

GASTON

BELMONT - David Alexander Burke, South Point High School

GASTONIA - Adam Anderson Cole, Ashbrook High School; Kevin Scott Wheeler, Hunter Hues High School

GRAHAM

ROBBINSVILLE - Tommy Junaluska Chekelelee, Robbinsville High School; Jessica Amanda Orr, Robbinsville High School

GRANVILLE

BUTNER - Thomas H. Mangalam, South Granville High School

GUILFORD

GREENSBORO - Gregory John Barlow, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics; Joseph Thomas Hall, Ben L. Smith High School; John Alexander Rosser, Page High School; Phillip R. Tennant, Northwest Guilford High School; Ryan Gardner Schmidt, Page High School

HALIFAX

ROANOKE RAPIDS - Ryan Steven Berggren, Halifax Academy

HARNETT

LILLINGTON - David R. Currin, Harnett Central High School; Andy T. Schlesing, Harnett Central High School

OLIVIA - Antoine Jamaal Bell, Western Harnett High School

HENDERSON

ETOWAN - Jeremy D. Adams, West Henderson High School

FLAT ROCK - Marc Anthony Reynolds, East Henderson High School

HENDERSONVILLE - Thomas E. Loescher, Hendersonville High School; Thomas Anthony Refenes, West Henderson High School; Charles Henry Yarley III, West Henderson High School

HOKE

RAEFORD - William Earl Hendrix, Flora Macdonald Academy

LENOIR

KINSTON - Wheeler Carol Burns, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

LINCOLN

LINCOLNTON - Kelly Teresa Cutshall, Lincolnton High School

MECKLENBURG

CHARLOTTE - Ali Reza Bahmanyar, Myers Park High School; Brian Leonard Beggs, Charlotte Catholic High School; Cedric Marcus Cooper, Independance High School; Matthew Addison Hopper, Providence Day School; Christina Andrea Jackson, Independence High School; Kenneth Darryl Pierce, Butler High School; Michael J. Plaza, Charlotte Latin School; Justin P. Pompey, Harding University High School; Jonathan David Stern, Myers Park High School; Joseph Youssef Wassef, Independence High School

DAVIDSON - Spencer Livingston Hoke, North Mecklenburg High School

MATTHEWS - Nicholas Paul Maslow, Myers Park High School; John David Nichols, Charlotte Latin School; Lee Rivers Odom, Piedmont High School; Megan Lynne Putnam, D. W. Butler High School

MOORE

EAGLE SPRINGS - Glenn Ray Auman, East Montgomery High School

SOUTHERN PINES - Lee Kerby Smithson, The O'Neal School

NASH

WHITAKERS - Jimmy A. Frisella Jr., Northern Nash Senior High

HANOVER

WILMINGTON - James Z. Godwin III, Hoggard High School; William Frank Kidney, E.A. Laney High School; David C. Mapile, John T. Hoggard High School; Lewis Hardy Spry, John T. Hoggard High School

ONSLOW

JACKSONVILLE - Shawn Lecorde Brookshire, Jacksonville High School; Jeffrey Thomas Omans Jr., White Oak High School; Randi Diane Morton, White Oak High School; Francine Dolores Gatewood, Jacksonville High School

ORANGE

CHAPEL HILL - Anders Paul Fjellstedt, East Chapel Hill High School

HILLSBOROUGH - Bradford Linwood Jarmon, Orange High School

PASQUOTANK

ELIZABETH CITY - Joseph A. Davison, Northeastern High School

PERQUIMANS

HERTFORD - Joseph Hardison Manning, Perquimans County High School

PERSON

ROXBORO - John Kyle Pergerson, Person High School

PITT

GREENVILLE - Kevin Luke Mace, J.H. Rose High School; T. J. Karr, D. H. Conley High School; Adam Yacine Whitley-Sebti, J.H. Rose High School

ROBESON

LUMBERTON - Jason Murphy Townsend, Lumberton Senior High

ROCKINGHAM

MAYODAN - Joshua Lee Jessup, McMichael High School

REIDSVILLE - Freeda Ahmed, Reidsville Senior High School

ROWAN

CHINA GROVE - David Fletcher Hord IV, South Rowan High School

GOLD HILL - Carmen Renae Culp, Mt. Pleasant High School

SALISBURY - Douglas Rice Isenberg, West Rowan High School; Misty Michelle Lippard, West Rowan High School

SAMPSON

CLINTON - Jeremy Michael Gobien, Fayetteville Academy

SCOTLAND

LAURINBURG - Freda LeVette Singletary, Scotland High School

STANLY

ALBEMARLE - Adam Taylor Carter, Albemarle Senior High School; Ryan Shaun Dennis, West Stanly High School

LOCUST - Brian Aaron Barbee, West Stanly High

STOKES

WALNUT COVE - Corey Ray Goolsby, South Stokes High School

SURRY

ELKIN - Ryan Jasper Holbrook, East Wilkes High School

MT. AIRY - Steven Christopher Perkins, Mt. Airy Senior High School; William Lawrence Koch, Mt. Airy High School

UNION

MONROE - Jason Anthony Huneycutt, Piedmont High School

WAKE

CARY - Craig W. Allen, William G. Enloe High School; Jared M. Bond, Cary High School; Cyrus L. Luhr, Cary High School

KNIGHTDALE - Adam C. Moore, Ravenscroft School

MORRISVILLE - Adrienne Marie Sheats, Ravenscroft School

RALIEGH - Benjamin William Ramsey, Garner Senior High School; Mishawn Nicole Norrell, Millbrook High School; James Andrew Mauro, Athens Drive High School; Jessica Mildred Lanford, William G. Enloe High School; Allen D. Wright, Millbrook High School; Stefan Sequin Estrada-Simpson, Leesville Road High School; Thomas Barker Dameron, Ravenscroft School; Eric A. Blanchone, Athens Drive High School; Susan Elizabeth Irlbeck, Enloe High School; John David Cengel, Enloe High School; Nicholas Brock Schwane, North Raleigh Christian Academy; Justin Christopher Flake, Broughton High School; William P.K. Chang, Enloe High School; Nathan P. Buescher, Broughton High School; Benjamin Thomas Adcock III, Sanderson High School; Caroline Elizabeth Testa, Enloe High School; Rebecca Adra Swann, William G. Enloe High School;

WAKE FOREST - Gregory J. Golden, Wake Forest - Rolesville High School

WASHINGTON

PLYMOUTH - Marlon L. Norman, Plymouth High School

WATAUGA

BOONE - Kimberly Suzanne Broderick, Watauga High School

WAYNE

GOLDSBORO - Glen Eugene Smith, Eastern Wayne High School; Gary Travis Sutton, Eastern Wayne High School; Lee Roland Webber, Eastern Wayne High School; Nicholas Anthony Vega, Eastern Wayne High School; William Curtis Stackhouse, Eastern Wayne High School; Rohan George Lewis, North Carolina School of Science and Math

SEVEN SPRINGS - Joshua Drew McCollum, Eastern Wayne High School

WILKES

NORTH WILKESBORO - Jonathan Wayne Ham, West Wilkes High School; Robert Charles Turner, Wilkes Central High School

WILKESBORO - Thomas Gray Chadwick, Wilkes Central High School

WILSON

ELM CITY - Amber Renee Leyshon, Ralph L. Fike High School

YADKIN

YADKINVILLE - Richard J. Cranfill, Starmount High School

ALABAMA

HOOVER - John Andrew Westbrook, Alabama School of Fine Arts

FLORIDA

JACKSONVILLE - Hampton Archer Crimm, Bolles High School

MARYLAND

SEVERNA PARK - Jeff Mentzer, Mount St. Joseph High School

PRINCE FREDERICK - Brian Robert Salta, Calvert High School

BOWIE - Dan Allan Lundahl Dutrow, Bowie High School

POTOMAC - Michael Damien Valentine, Walt Whitman High School

NEW YORK

BINGHAMTON - Katleen A. O'Loughlin, Binghamton High School

SOUTH CAROLINA

COPE - Stanley Robert Breland II, Edisto High School

KINARDS - Teresa Marie Loignon, Newberry High School

HILTON HEAD - Samuel Bryan Shartzer, South Aiken High School

INMAN - Ryan Nelson Gilreath, Boiling Springs High School

MYRTLE BEACH - George Bryan Nicholson III, Myrtle Beach High School

SUMTER - Charlotte Whitten Deakin, Wilson Hall High School

TEXAS

CYPRESS - Stephanie Hwan Lu, Cy-Fair High School

VIRGINIA

ALEXANDRIA - James Michael Crane, West Potomac High School

GOODVIEW - Adam Shane Bradley, William Byrd High School

RICHMOND - Paul Eric Mullins, Douglas Freeman High School; Keith Daniel Stanley, Chesterfield County Mathematics and Science High School at Clover Hill; Gwendolyn Elizabeth Moffet, Saint Gertrude High School; Garret O'Mally Louthan, Douglas Freeman High School

CHARLOTTESVILLE - Matthew L. DeViese, Western Albemarle High School

MIDLOTHIAN - Paige Davis Lewicki, Trinity Episcopal High School; Robert J. McNeal, Clover Hill High School; Adam Chandler Newman, Trinity Episcopal School

DUMFRIES - Sarah Ann Pantke, C. D. Hylton High School

STUART - Andrew Stuart Blackwell, Patrick County High School

August 5, 1998

Roberts to Participate in National Academy Symposium

Dr. William L. Roberts, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been invited to participate in the fourth annual Frontiers of Engineering symposium sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering. Roberts was chosen from more than 240 candidates nominated for participation in the September event that brings together the nation's top young engineers to discuss developments in engineering.

August 5, 1998

Spring Awards

Among the numerous awards and honors bestowed upon College of Engineering faculty and staff during the spring 1998 semester are the following selected items:

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

• R. Wayne Skaggs - O. Max Gardner Award, 1997.

Chemical Engineering

• Joseph DeSimone won the 1997 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award.
• Richard Mark Felder, Chester F. Carlson Award for Contributions to Engineering Education, ASEE, 1998; Board of Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
• Christine Grant, Lloyd M. Ferguson Young Scientist Award: National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, 1997
• Keith E. Gubbins, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, was named the H. Clark Distinguished University Professor of Chemical Engineering; James Fair Lecturer, University of Oklahoma.
• Carol Hall received the 1998 Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award.
• David F. Ollis, 1997 NC State University Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor
• George W. Roberts, Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1997; AIChE National Student Chapter Advisor of the Year Award 1997; NSF/Lucent Technologies Research Fellowship.
• Richard Spontak, Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, 1998

Civil Engineering

• Morton A. Barlaz, Samuel Arnold Greeley Award, ASCE, 1997
• Allen Chao, 1997 Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering Best Academic Paper Award
• H. Christopher Frey, NSF CAREER Award, 1998
• Yasuyuki Horie was named Fellow of the American Physical Society.
• David W. Johnson, Kimley Horn Faculty Award, 1997.
• Y. Richard Kim, Walter J. Emmons Best Paper Award by the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, 1997; the 1997 Alcoa Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award.
• William J. Rasdorf, the George H. Blessis Teaching and Advising Award.
• Akhtarhusein A. Tayebali, Outstanding Teacher for 1997-98; Kimley-Horn Faculty Award.
• Paul Zia was named Honorary Member by American Concrete Institute.

Computer Science

• Walter Rance Cleaveland II, 1997 Elected Member of IFIP Working Group 2.2
• Edward W. Davis - Outstanding Teacher Award
• Robert E. Funderlic - the George H. Blessis Teaching and Advising Award.
• James C. Lester, NSF CAREER Award, 1997; Best Paper Award, Eighth World Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, Kobe, Japan, 1997
• Carolyn S. Miller, Alumni Distinguished Professor, NC State, 1998; Student Chapter of ACM Teacher Most Helpful Outside of Class, 1998.
• George N. Rouskas, 1997 NSF CAREER Award
• Munindar Singh, IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor, 1997-2000; Outstanding Reviewer of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Dharma Agrawal was named Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
• B. Jayant Baliga, O. Max Gardner Award, 1998, and Distinguished University Professor.
• Salah Bedair received the Alumni Association Graduate Professorship Award.
• Paul D. Franzon, Teacher of the Year Award, IEEE Student Chapter, NC State, 1997.
• Clay S. Gloster, Jr., Provost's African-American Professional Development Award, 1998; ACAAGS African-American Advocacy Award, 1998; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1997, 1998.
• Bill Holton, Bob Burger, and Larry Sumney received the IEEE Frederick Phillips Award.
• Hamid Krim, Lead-Guest Editor, special edition, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 1999
• Michael Littlejohn received a Holladay Medal of Excellence Award.
• Wentai Liu, NCSU College of Engineering Citation for Service and Contribution, 1997; Keynote Speaker, Eighth VLSI/CAD Symposium, 1997.
• Veena Misra, Silver Quill Award, APRDL, Motorola, 1997.
• H. Troy Nagle, Elected Fellow of American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, 1998; IEEE Richard Emberson Award, 1998.
• J.B. O'Neal, Jr., NC State Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor, 1997; Academy of Outstanding Teachers, 1997.
• Carlton M. Osburn, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1998.
• Hatice Ozturk received the departmental best teaching award.
• Sarah Rajala, Michigan Technological University, Academy of Outstanding Electrical Engineers, 1997.

Industrial Engineering

• Denis Roger Cormier, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Chapter 66 President, 1998; Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Executive Board member, Raleigh Chapter, 1998.
• Yahya Fathi, C.A. Anderson Award as the Outstanding I.E. Faculty Member, NC State University, 1998.
• Shu-Cherng Fang, NC State Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award.
• Thom J. Hodgson, C.A. Anderson Outstanding Teacher Award, NC State University, 1997.
• Michael Kay and Russ King, advisors to students who won first place in the 1998 Outstanding Dissertation Awar, IIE.
• Yuan-Shin Lee, Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), 1997; NSF Faculty Early CAREER Development Award, 1997; The 1998 Norman Dudley Award; The Taylor & Francis Editorial Journals, U.K., 1998.
• Carolyn Sommerich, the Rising Star in Safety Award.
• James R. Wilson, IIE Transactions "Best Paper Award for 1996" from the Institute of Industrial Engineers; Appointed Area Editor for Stochastic Systems: Modeling and Analysis, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, 1997; National Board of Directors Winter Simulation Conference.

Industrial Extension Service

• Linda Taylor was named Young Engineer of the Year.
• Gene Fornaro - Outstanding Extension Award
• James W. Leach - Outstanding Extension Award.

Materials Science and Engineering

• Klaus J. Bachmann, Alcoa Foundation Distinguished Engineering Award, 1997.
• C. Maurice Balik; Chairman-Elect and Program Chairman of the NC ACS Polymer Group, 1998-99; Secretary of NC State Chapter of Sigma Xi, 1997-98; Treasurer of the NC State Chapter of Sigma Xi, 1998-99
• Jagdish Narayan, ASM International Gold Medal, 1999
• Phillip Russell, Governor's exchange program between NC and Kochi, Japan.
• Zlatko Sitar received the MRS 1997 Best Paper Award.
• R. Spontak, Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, 1998

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

• Ndaona Chokani and four students, experiment on KC 135 "vomit comet" plane that operates at zero gravity, NASA Johnson Space Center.
• Thomas A. Dow - the 1997 Alcoa Foundation Distinguished Engineering Research Award.
• Thomas H. Hodgson, elected Life Member of NC Chapter of Acoustical Society of America, 1997.
• Richard R. Johnson, Outstanding Teacher of the Year, NC State University, 1998; 2nd Election to Academy of Outstanding Teachers.
• Richard David Gould, Air Force Office Scientific Research Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1997.
• John S. Strenkowski, 1998 ASME Blackall Machine, Tool, and Gage Award.
• Larry H. Royster, American Industrial Hygiene Association Borden Award, 1997.

Nuclear Engineering

• Joseph Michael Doster, University Outstanding Teacher, 1997
• Robin P. Gardner, Chairman, Advisory Group Meeting on "Emerging New Applications of Nuclear Control Systems in Industry" for the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria, May 5-8 1998
• Paul J. Turnisky, Nominated for National Academy of Engineering, 1997 (pending action)
• Petra Vaganov, the visiting scholar from Russia, and Yim have completed a book together.
• Kuruvilla Verghese and a graduate student won a highly competitive contract award from DOE.

Textile Engineering

• John Rust, Board of Governors Teaching Award.
• Tim Clapp obtained a patent on a monitoring device.

Other Honors

• Vicki Walton, civil engineering, won the NC State University Award for Excellence for 1997.
• Awards for Excellence from the College of Engineering went to Gwendolyn Bell - Engineering Foundation; Rose Hardison - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Robert Edwards - Industrial Extension Service.
• Jennifer Weston - Council for the Advancement and Support of Education grand award and award of excellence for news writing.

Other Notes

• In the Chemical Engineering research area, the Kenan Center for Utilization of C02 in Manufacturing was initiated with 16 corporate members, federal, and industrial funding.
• In Electrical and Computer Engineering, The department has approved a five-year BS program and will participate with a Mechelectronics Program with Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The program is located in Asheville.
• In Mechanical Engineering, the department engaged in experimental program in intercollegiate auto racing and participated in six intercollegiate races under the direction of Joe David. A steel building was completed for the department and is located across Method Road.
• In Nuclear Engineering, the reactor has been in existence for 25 years, and the contract has been renewed for 20 more years.
• In Textile Engineering, the department approved a new five-year BS Textile Engineering degree program.

July 28, 1998

Representative David Price Tours Engineering Laboratory

Students explained their research projects to Rep. David Price (far right) and Chancellor Larry Montieth (left) during a lab tour in Research II on Centennial Campus.

U.S. Representative David Price recently met with university and College of Engineering faculty and administrators. Price also toured a Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering laboratory located in Research II on Centennial Campus. Students and faculty from the department showcased several research projects, including the mini Baja car, remotely piloted planes, superstrong materials fabrication, and an undergraduate research project performed on NASA--s simulated zero gravity airplane. Following the tour, university officials presented Price with a framed picture of the Centennial Campus.

July 21, 1998

International Symposium on Nuclear Power Plants to be Held in Raleigh

The Seventh International Symposium on Current Issues Related to Nuclear Power Plant Structures, Equipment and Piping will be held in Raleigh Dec. 2-4. Sponsored by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Electric Power Research Institute and the NC State University Center for Nuclear Power Plant Structures, Equipment and Piping, the symposium will include sessions on seismic equipment qualification, earthquake seismic design, life cycle aging and management, operation and maintenance and risk informed decision making. Keynote speakers for the symposium are Nils Diaz, a commissioner of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Ryo Ikegame, a statesman of the Japanese nuclear power industry. For more information, contact Bonnie Diaz at (919) 515-5277 or send e-mail to bdiaz@eos.ncsu.edu.

July 15, 1998

NC State Engineer Chairs International Conference

More than 450 university, industry and national laboratory researchers from 29 countries converged on Raleigh in June to attend the 25th Anniversary Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on Plasma Science. The conference was hosted by NC State University and chaired by Dr. John Gilligan, professor of nuclear engineering and associate dean for research and graduate programs in the College of Engineering.

During the four-day event 460 poster and oral papers were presented by specialists in plasma science. Dr. Duncan Moore, associate director for technology for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, presented an invited lecture emphasizing the need to use technology to solve complex societal problems.

In addition, the discovery of charged particle flows in interstellar space was announced by Anthony Peratt, scientific adviser to the U.S. Department of Energy and plasma researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The discovery comes after decades of speculation over whether electricity exists on the scale of hundreds of thousands of light years in the space between stars.

Other conference highlights included the demonstration of a new generation plasma flat-panel display that will replace conventional CRT tubes for television and computer applications.

Plasma is ionized gas that makes up about 99 percent of the mass of the universe, mostly in the form of stars and interstellar gases. Lightning and neon signs are common earthly forms of plasma. However, the conference attendees were more interested in plasma applications such as intense microwave generation, lighting and electronic materials fabrication.

The conference was sponsored by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Society.

July 15, 1998

NC State Engineer Wins International Award

The American Society for Metals (ASM) International announced recently that Dr. Jagdish "Jay" Narayan, of Raleigh, Distinguished Research Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at NC State University, is the recipient of the 1999 ASM Gold Medal. The award recognizes Narayan for his pioneering contributions in the area of laser processing of novel and advanced materials.

The Gold Medal is the highest honor for scholarly achievements awarded to ASM International members. ASM is the largest materials society with approximately 55,000 members worldwide.

Narayan's research focuses on laser and plasma processing of materials, atomic-scale characterization and modeling of defects and interfaces, high-temperature superconductors, diamond and diamond-like materials, thin films and superhard materials.

Narayan joined the NC State faculty in 1984 after working as a senior scientist and group leader for Oak Ridge National Laboratory for 12 years. He received his master's degree in 1970 and his doctoral degree in 1971 from the University of California, Berkeley, and his bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, all in materials science and engineering. He has published more than 650 technical papers, edited 8 books and holds 15 patents.

July 1, 1998

The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) has announced that Richard M. Felder, Hoechst-Celanese Professor of Chemical Engineering has won the Chester F. Carlson Award for Innovations in Engineering Education. Carl Zorowski, R.J. Reynolds professor of mechanical engineering emeritus, has been promoted to Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education. Zorowski will be honored at the Annual Awards banquet during the ASEE Annual Conference, on July 1, 1998 in Seattle, Washington.

July 1, 1998

Professor Nagui Rouphail, civil engineering, has been invited to become the Associate Editor of Transportation Science.

July 1, 1998

Angelo Scholarship Awarded To Miranda Anne Williams

Miranda Anne Williams of Kernersville, N.C., has been selected to receive an Ernest James and Ethel Hudgins Angelo Memorial Scholarship at North Carolina State University. Williams is the second recipient of an Angelo scholarship.

Dr. E. James Angelo Jr. and his brother, William E. Angelo, established the scholarship in memory of their late parents. Recipients must be from Forsyth County, N.C., and demonstrate an interest in the environment and pursue an engineering degree that will give them the opportunity to work to protect the environment.

Williams is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Freddie Odell Williams of Kernersville, N.C., and a graduate of Robert B. Glen High School in Kernersville. The class valedictorian, she has received numerous academic achievement awards, including the Montegue Award, Math Achievement Award, U.S. Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award and the 4.0 Average Award.

Angelo scholarships are valued at $7,500 and provide full tuition, fees, room and board for one-year and are renewable. They are the single largest merit scholarships awarded at NC State.

June 24, 1998

Elmaghraby to Give Address in Istanbul

Dr. Salah E. Elmaghraby, University Professor, has been invited to give the Keynote Address in the Project Management and Scheduling Workshop in Istanbul, July 7-9, 1998. This is a bi-annual meeting of a Special Interest Group in several professional societies from the US and Europe.

Anyone interested in learning more about the workshop may consult the following address:

http://ieiris.ef.boun.edu.tr/PMS98/