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Gubbins selected for 2012 FOMMS Medal

Dr. Keith Gubbins looks over the work of one of his graduate students in the CHiPs office on Centennial Campus. (Photo: Roger Winstead)
Dr. Keith Gubbins looks over the work of one of his graduate students in the CHiPs office on Centennial Campus. (Photo: Roger Winstead)

Dr. Keith E. Gubbins, the W.H. Clark Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been selected to receive the 2012
Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation (FOMMS) Medal.

Gubbins is the second recipient of the FOMMS Medal, which was first awarded in 2009. He is being recognized for his profound and lasting contributions to the development of computational methods and their application to the field of molecular-based modeling and simulation.
Gubbins will deliver a lecture and receive his medal during the FOMMS 2012 Conference in Mt. Hood, Oregon.

Gubbins is internationally known for his research in the areas of confined materials, molecular simulation, adsorption and surface properties. He has accumulated over 18,000 citations, co-authored at least five books and published more than 450 papers.

Among his many honors and awards, Gubbins has received the Alpha Chi Sigma Research Award in 1986 and the William H. Walker Award for Excellence in Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature in 2001, both from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). He also received an Alumni Outstanding Research Award in 2004 and the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension in 2008.

Gubbins was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 1989 and elected as an AIChE Fellow in 2003. AIChE later honored Gubbins in 2008, along with fellow chemical and biomolecular engineering professors Dr. Carol Hall and Dr. Joseph DeSimone, by selecting them as three of the “One Hundred Engineers of the Modern
Era.”

FOMMS, an international conference held every three years, showcases the applications and theory of computational quantum chemistry, molecular science, and engineering simulation. The FOMMS Medal is awarded every three years.

Gubbins earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry and his doctoral degree in chemical engineering from the University of London in 1958 and 1962, respectively. He joined the faculty at NC State in 1998.