Dickey named Alcoa Professor

Dr. Michael Dickey has been named the Alcoa Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University.

Dickey has been a member of the NC State faculty since 2008.

His research areas include new ways to actuate and pattern soft materials including polymers, liquid metals and gels. His work is focused on the study of materials with remarkable properties in order to enable new applications, such as energy harvesting devices, sensors, soft and stretchable electronics and self-folding sheets, in a simple, inexpensive and scalable manner.

The Dickey Research Group studies interdisciplinary problems that involve thin-films, interfaces, soft materials, and micro- and nanofabrication. The group’s research has applications in a number of areas including stretchable electronics, smart materials, soft/biomimetic electronics and energy harvesting.

He has coauthored more than 70 publications, has more than 6,600 citations and has an h-index of 42.

Among his many honors are a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the Sigma Xi Faculty Award and the Outstanding Teacher Award – Member of the Academy of Outstanding Teachers at NC State University. He was honored as a University Faculty Scholar and received the ASEE Southeastern Section New Faculty Research Award.

Dickey earned a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1999, an M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003 and 2006, respectively.