Engineering faculty, staff receive Green Brick Awards

A faculty member and a staff member in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University have been honored with NC State’s Green Brick Awards for outstanding contributions to sustainability.

Award winners Dr. Stephen Terry and Anna Mangum were honored for helping NC State “meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” The Green Brick Awards, sponsored by Coca-Cola, were created by the Campus Environmental Sustainability Team in 2004. They were originally called the Earthwise Awards.

Terry, assistant extension professor in mechanical and aerospace engineering, won the Green Brick Award for faculty. His work with students has been instrumental in establishing NC State as one of the leading universities in the region for sustainable engineering.

Terry is the assistant director of the Industrial Assessment Center, which has served 450 industrial facilities, made more than 3,000 energy conservation recommendations, and implemented savings of more than $22 million a year. He has partnered with facilities operations to apply his expertise on campus, resulting in savings of $635,000.

Terry is also the advisor to the Triangle student chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers. Through his courses and mentoring, he has educated more than 525 students in energy efficient systems. He also serves as director of the Student Energy Internship Program, placing students in real-world projects.

Mangum, environmental health and safety specialist at IES Engineering and Technology Group, received the Green Brick Award for staff for her work in coordinating the E3 program in the Industrial Extension Service, which is an arm of the College of Engineering. The program supports the efforts of manufacturers to be sustainable in economy, energy and the environment.

Under Mangum’s leadership, NC State’s E3 program has engaged 10 communities from the mountains to the coast, assisted 21 manufacturers with more than 86 assessments, trained more than 180 workers and identified $10.2 million in savings opportunities. Due to Mangum’s efforts, the program received the National Association of Development Organizations Innovation Award.