May 12, 2005

College of Engineering Spring 2005 Awards Announced

The following awards were announced at the May 11, 2005, spring faculty meeting for the College of Engineering.

Academic Affairs

• Dr. Laura Bottomley, Centennial Campus Middle School Partnership Award, NC State University
• Dr. Kenneth Diehl, the Joe A. Rhoades PE Mentor of the Year Award, National Society of Professional Engineers
• Elizabeth Parry, Centennial Campus Middle School Partnership Award, NC State University

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

• Dr. David Beasley, inducted into the Arkansas Academy of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
• Dr. Roger Rohrbach, Gertrude Cox Lifetime Achievement Award, NC State University
• Dr. Jim Young, inducted into the University of Kentucky Hall of Distinction

Biomedical Engineering

• Dr. Frank Abrams, the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence, 2004-05, NC State University

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

• Dr. Lisa Bullard, 2005 Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award, NC State University Alumni Association
• Dr. Lisa Bullard, Outstanding Teacher Award, 2004-05, NC State University
• Dr. Lisa Bullard, the George H. Blessis Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award, 2005, NC State University College of Engineering
• Dr. Joe DeSimone, elected to the National Academy of Engineering
• Dr. Joe DeSimone, Award for Creative Invention, American Chemical Society
• Dr. Joe DeSimone, 2005 Phi Lamda Upsilon/Glaxo Smith Kline Distinguished Lectureship at NC State University
• Dr. Joe DeSimone, DARPA Defense Council Research Award
• Dr. Jan Genzer, John H. Dillon Medal from the American Physical Society, sponsored by Elsevier Science, publishers of Polymer
• Dr. Christine Grant, one of the first to be named Boeing Company Engineering Education Senior Fellow, National Academy of Engineering
• Dr. Carol Hall, elected to the National Academy of Engineering
• Dr. Carol Hall, Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension, the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
• Dr. Jason Haugh, 2005 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
• Dr. Dave Ollis, Director’s Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars, National Science Foundation
• Dr. Margaret Sliwinska-Bartkowiak, named “State Professor” by Polish President Alexsander Kwasniewski
• Dr. Rich Spontak, Tooksbury Fellowship, University of Melbourne
• Dr. Rich Spontak, Alumni Outstanding Research Award, NC State University

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

• Dr. Morton Barlaz, Distinguished Individual Achievement Award, Solid Waste Association
• Dr. Chris Frey, president-elect 2005-06, Society of Risk Analysis
• Dr. Sami Rizkalla, Fellow, International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC)
• Dr. Paul Zia, Distinguished Educator Award, the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute

Computer Science

• Dr. Annie Antón, named to editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
• Dr. Rada Chirkova, Faculty Early Career Development Award, National Science Foundation NC State University, redesignated a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education for 2005-08, National Security Agency (NSA)
• Dr. Peng Ning, Faculty Early Career Development Award, National Science Foundation
• Dr. Harry Perros, appointed to the National Lambda Rail Network Research Council
• Dr. George Rouskas, Engineering Research Achievement Award, the Alcoa Foundation
• Dr. Robert St. Amant, Best Applied Paper Prize, the Sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM)
• Dr. Michael Young, Outstanding Teacher Award, 2004-05, NC State University

Dean’s Office

• Dr. Nino Masnari, selected to serve on the Council of Deans of the Aeronautics Advisory Committee, NASA Advisory Council Dr. Nino Masnari, appointed vice chair of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Engineering Deans’ Council, ASEE

Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Dr. Mo-Yuen Chow, the Joseph M. Biedenbach Outstanding Engineering Educator Award, Region 3, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Dr. Mo-Yuen Chow, elected chair of IECON-2005 conference of the Industrial Electronics Society The Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (CRIM) EvBots were named among Top Technology Research Advances for 2004, by the editors of Technology Research News.
• Dr. Thomas Conte, Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Dr. Thomas Conte, Young Alumni Achievement Award, University of Illinois
• Dr. Kevin Gard, awarded the William J. Pratt Assistant Professorship in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Dr. Alex Huang, named Alcoa Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Dr. John Muth, selected to participate in the 10th annual Frontiers of Engineering symposium, National Academy of Engineering
• Dr. Hatice Ozturk, Outstanding Teacher Award, 2004-05, NC State University
• Dr. Robert Trew, elected president of IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society

Industrial Engineering

• Dr. Richard Bernhard, NCSU Libraries Faculty Award, NC State University Libraries
• Dr. Xiuli Chao, chosen to receive the Dr. David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
• Dr. Salah Elmaghraby, Fellow, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
• Dr. Shu-Cherng Fang, will receive the Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professorship for the period 2005-06, NC State University
• Dr. Ola Harrysson, the Robert A. Dougherty Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
• Dr. Thom Hodgson, the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence, 2004-05, NC State University
• Dr. David Kaber, Sigma Xi Research Award, NCSU Chapter of Sigma Xi
• Dr. Henry Nuttle, elected Fellow, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
• Dr. Clarence Smith, elected Fellow, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
• Dr. Clarence Smith, the 2005 NCSU Faculty Advising Award, NC State University

Materials Science and Engineering

• Dr. Gerd Duscher (corecipient with Wolfgang Windl, professor of materials science and engineering, The Ohio State University), the Nano Technology Industrial Impact Award 2004, Nano Science and Technology Institute
• Dr. Alexei Gruverman, Ikeda Award, Ikeda Memorial Foundation
• Dr. Carl Koch has been invited to make a presentation on nanomaterials and materials science and engineering before members of Congress May 12, Washington, D.C.
• Dr. Hans Stadelmaier, selected to receive the 2006 ASM Albert Easton White Distinguished Teacher Award, ASM International
• Dr. Zlatko Sitar, Distinguished Engineering Research Award, Alcoa Foundation

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

• Dr. Gregory Buckner, Carnot Award for outstanding teacher in mechanical engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Dr. Fred DeJarnette, the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence, 2004-05
• Dr. Tom Dow, appointed as the Dean F. Duncan Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Dr. Nancy Ma, Membership Officer of the Microgravity and Space Processes Technical Committee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Dr. Gracious Ngaile, Faculty Early Career Development Award, National Science Foundation
• Dr. William Roberts, member, Executive Committee, Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute
• Dr. Stefan Seelecke, editor-in-chief, Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics
• Dr. Mohammed Zikry, Fulbright Fellow, will conduct research at Cairo University in Egypt and the Louis Pasteur Institute at Strasbourg University in Strasbourg, France

Nuclear Engineering

• Dr. Michael Doster, George H. Blessis Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award, College of Engineering, NC State University
• Scott Lassell, Outstanding Extension Service Award, NC State University

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