Eischen and Jones receive Blessis Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award

Drs. Jeffrey W. Eischen and Jacob Jones are the winners of this year’s George H. Blessis Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award, given by the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University.

Eischen is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and director of undergraduate student affairs. Jones is a professor of Materials Science and Engineering, director and principal investigator of the Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network, and director of the Analytical Instrumentation Facility.

The award, given during the College’s spring faculty meeting on April 26, recognizes faculty members who consistently and willingly give their time and effort to advising, counseling and mentoring students and assisting student groups. It is also a continuing memorial to George H. Blessis, a faculty member whose interest in undergraduate education and advising serves as an example today.

Candidates are nominated by their department and are selected by the College of Engineering Teaching and Advising Awards Committee. The awardee receives $1,000 and a certificate and the recipient’s name is engraved on a permanent plaque displayed in Page Hall, the administrative building for the College of Engineering.

Eischen, who also received the Blessis award in 2012, has served on the NC State faculty for 30 years. He is a recipient of the Thank a Teacher award (2016) and an awardee of the ASME District F Student Section Advisor Award 2010-11 national award. He received his B.S. in civil engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles and M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.

Jones has been a part of the NC State faculty for three years. He received the Best Paper Award in Materials Applications Category in the journal Microscopy and Microanalysis (2016), was named a University Faculty Scholar (2015-20) and in 2015 was elected a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University.

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