Two NC State chemical and biomolecular engineers honored by ASEE

Two professors in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University were honored at the 2013 meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section (ASEE-SE).

Dr. Lisa Bullard, teaching professor and director of undergraduate studies in the department, received the section’s Outstanding Mid-Career Teaching Award, which is awarded to ASEE members who have been full-time instructors or professors for five to 15 years. She is a previous recipient of ASEE’s Ray W. Fahien Award for her contributions to chemical engineering education and is director of ASEE’s chemical engineering division. She received her PhD in chemical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1991.

Dr. Michael Dickey, an assistant professor in the department, received the section’s New Faculty Research Award, which is presented annually to an early-career ASEE member who has demonstrated excellence in teaching and research. Dickey, a previous recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award for young faculty, works on patterning and actuating soft materials for applications including microfluidics, stretchable electronics and self-folding origami. He received his PhD in chemical engineering in 2006 from the University of Texas at Austin.

Bullard and Dickey received their awards March 11 at the ASEE-SE Annual Meeting hosted by Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tenn.

ASEE, founded in 1893, is a nonprofit organization dedicating to furthering education in the fields of engineering and engineering technology. Its Southeastern Section, formed in 1934, has about 1,500 members from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.