Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Denton
Denton receives NSF Career Award
Dr. Brian Denton, assistant professor in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at NC State, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), effective Jan. 1, 2009. The award, known as the NSF Career Award, is one of the highest honors given by NSF to young faculty in science and engineering.
NSF will provide $400,000 in funding over a five-year period to support Denton’s research project entitled, “Optimization of Screening and Treatment Delivery Systems for Chronic Diseases.”
The project involves the development of new operations research models and methods to advance the science of health care delivery for life-threatening chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The goal is to advance the understanding of chronic care delivery, which could improve the quality of life for an increasingly large proportion of the U.S. population. The results of the research have the potential of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of national screening and treatment policies.
Denton received his Ph.D. in management science from McMaster University in 2001 and joined the College of Engineering faculty in August 2007.
Dr. Gubbins
Gubbins receives R.J. Reynolds award
Dr. Keith E. Gubbins, the W.H. Clark Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University, is the 24th recipient of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension.
The Nov. 5 awards presentation on Centennial Campus was followed by Gubbins’ lecture, “Molecular Modeling of Matter: Impact and Prospects in Engineering.”
The R. J. Reynolds award was established in 1981 by the College of Engineering to honor members of the engineering faculty who excel in several areas of activity that relate to the University’s three-fold mission of teaching, research and extension. The annual award is supported by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company through the North Carolina Engineering Foundation Inc. Winners receive a $25,000 prize distributed over five years.
Gubbins received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1958 and his Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 1962, both from the University of London. He joined the faculty at NC State in 1998.