January 18, 2006

Rajala Appointed Chairperson of NC Mining Commission

Dr. Rajala (Photo: Roger Winstead)

Dr. Sarah A. Rajala, associate dean for research and graduate programs in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been appointed chairperson of the North Carolina Mining Commission by Governor Mike Easley. The appointment is effective immediately.

Rajala, who joined the NC State Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1979, is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). She has received numerous awards including the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, Outstanding Engineering Educator of the Southeastern Section of the IEEE and election to the Academy of Outstanding Electrical Engineers and Council of Alumnae at Michigan Technological University. She earned her Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Rice University in 1979.

The North Carolina Mining Commission was established in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to act as a guiding body for the enhancement of the mining resources of the State.

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