February 20, 2001

NC State Engineers Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Dr. Davis	Dr. Hodgson

Dr. Robert F. Davis, Kobe Steel, Ltd. Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Distinguished University Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Dr. Thom J. Hodgson, James T. Ryan Professor of Industrial Engineering and Director of the Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering Institute, of NC State University have been elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Election to NAE is one of engineering’s highest professional honors. According to NAE, this membership honors those who have made "important contributions to engineering theory and practice, including significant contributions to the literature of engineering theory and practice," and individuals who have demonstrated "unusual accomplishment in the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology."

Davis, who joined the NC State faculty in 1972, was cited for "contributions in the development of silicon carbide and group III-nitrides as practical electronic materials for devices." He is recognized worldwide as a leader in semiconductor materials research. His professional interests include growth and characterization of semiconductors, ceramic thin films and ceramic coatings as well as kinetics and mechanisms of creep in ceramic materials. Davis worked as a research scientist at Corning Glass Works prior to joining the NC State faculty. He received his B.S. from NC State in 1964, his M.S. from Pennsylvania State University in 1966 and his Ph.D. from the University of California—Berkeley in 1970, all in ceramic engineering.

Hodgson was cited by NAE for "contributions to the advancement of industrial, manufacturing and operational systems in industry, academia and government." His research interests include scheduling, production and inventory control; manufacturing systems; and applied and military operations research. Hodgson was a professor at the University of Florida for thirteen years prior to joining the NC State faculty in 1983. He received his B.S.E. in science engineering, his M.B.A. in quantitative methods and his Ph.D. in industrial engineering and operations research from the University of Michigan in 1961, 1965 and 1970, respectively.

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