May 10, 2005

Reception Honors NC State Engineers Elected to National Academy of Engineering

North Carolina State University and the College of Engineering hosted a reception May 9 in honor of two faculty members elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) this spring. Dr. Carol K. Hall, Alcoa Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State, and Dr. Joseph M. DeSimone, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State, received the honor, which is one of the highest professional distinctions in engineering.

In addition to the reception, the Memorial Bell Tower was illuminated with red light during the evening of May 9 in honor of the accomplishments of Hall and DeSimone.

North Carolina State University currently has 11 National Academy of Engineering members on the faculty.Membership in the NAE recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering research, practice, or education.”

For more information about Hall and DeSimone’s election to the NAE, go to http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/awards/NAE2.html.

— weston —

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