Engineering News at NC State

Drs. DeSimone (left), Gubbins, and Hall have been selected as three of the "One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era" by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (Photos: DeSimone: submitted; Hall: DeLaRosa Photography; Gubbins: submitted)

NC State engineering professors Joseph DeSimone, Keith Gubbins and Carol Hall have been selected as three of the "One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era" by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

AIChE selected the professors in NC State's Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from among 1,000 engineers considered for the honor. The list helps mark the 100 th Anniversary of AIChE and will be featured in the October 2008 issue of Chemical Engineering Progress .

DeSimone, William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at NC State and Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Chemistry at UNC-Chapel Hill, received his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1990 from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His research focus areas include polymer synthesis and liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide processing. He is the 2008 winner of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, sometimes called the "Oscar for inventors."

Gubbins, W.H. Clark Distinguished University Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, received his Ph. D. in chemical engineering from the University of London in 1962. His research interests include nanoporous materials and chemical reactions in nano-scale systems. Gubbins received the William H. Walker Award from AIChE in 2000 and the NC State Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award in 2003.

Hall, Camille Dreyfus Distinguished University Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, received her Ph.D. in physics from Stony Brook University in 1972. Her research areas include molecular thermodynamics, computer simulation, polymers and protein folding. She is the first woman to hold the prestigious Camille Dreyfus Professorship at NC State. She was also one of the first women to be selected to a chemical engineering faculty in the United States.

The list will be highlighted during AIChE's Annual Meeting in November and on the organization's website.

September 9, 2008

Three NC State professors honored on list of "One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era"