Awards and Honors
Global Engagement inducts new academy members
The Office of Global Engagement inducted 47 members into the Academy of Excellence in Global Engagement, a recognition that honors the achievements of faculty and staff who have made outstanding contributions to international research, education and service at NC State. […]
Genzer receives 2019 R.J. Reynolds Award
Dr. Jan Genzer, S. Frank and Doris Culberson Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) at North Carolina State University, is the thirty-fifth recipient of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension. Genzer gave his award titled, “A Voyage from Flatland to the Flatterland, and the Highlands in Soft Matter,” at the Larry K. Monteith Engineering Research Center on NC State’s Centennial Campus on Oct. 29.
Faculty highlights
Recent awards and honors extended to College of Engineering faculty members.
Zhu to receive outstanding achievement award
Professor Yong Zhu has been selected to receive the 2019 ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award by the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) and Pi Tau Sigma.
Dickey named Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. Elizabeth Dickey has been named Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at North Carolina State University. Dickey has been a member of the NC State faculty since 2011.
Martens receives NSF CAREER Award
Dr. Chris Martens, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University, has received a Faculty Early Career Development award, also known as the CAREER Award, from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Frey receives Excellence in Air Pollution Control Award
Dr. H. Christopher Frey received the 2019 Frank A. Chambers Excellence in Air Pollution Control Award from the Air & Waste Management Association on June 27.
Huang named recipient of presidential award for young scientists and engineers
Dr. Hsiao-Ying Shadow Huang, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been named a recipient of the 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
NC State names new appointees to Board of Trustees
Alumni Jimmy Clark and Ann Goodnight are reappointed for four-year terms.
Gubbins receives Outstanding Global Engagement Award
The Office of Global Engagement hosted the 2019 Global Engagement Exposition on April 23, celebrating the international excellence of NC State faculty, staff and students. Keith Gubbins, W.H. Clark Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, received an Outstanding Global Engagement Award.