Dickey receives 2011 Sigma Xi Young Researcher Award

Dr. Michael Dickey, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University, has received the 2011 Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award from NC State’s chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. This award honors young scientists and engineers who have excelled in their areas of research.

Dickey received the award at Sigma Xi’s Annual General Meeting, Initiation Ceremony, and Awards Recognition event on April 21.

The NC State Chapter of Sigma Xi is a part of an international honor society of science and engineering. It honors excellence in scientific investigation and encourages interdisciplinary research at colleges and universities, industry research centers and government laboratories.

Dickey’s research group investigates new materials and methods for micro- and nanofabrication and studies soft materials and thin film phenomena. This work has applications in stretchable electronics, energy harvesting systems (including solar cells) and programmable materials.

Dickey has earned numerous mentions and awards for his research, including a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2010.

He received his MS and PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, the latter of which was awarded in 2006. Dickey also held a post-doctoral fellowship in chemistry at Harvard University from 2006 to 2008.