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Jul 26, 2011

Conrad to receive 2012 ASM Gold Medal

Dr. Hans Conrad, professor emeritus in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University, will receive the 2012 ASM Gold Medal Award from ASM International, a leading society for materials scientists and engineers. 

Jul 19, 2011

Velev named ACS Fellow

Dr. Orlin D. Velev, INVISTA Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS). 

Jul 7, 2011

Martin-Vega named chair of ASEE colloquium

Dr. Louis A. Martin-Vega, dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been appointed chair of the Public Policy Colloquium (PPC) of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Engineering Deans Council for the 2011-13 term. 

Jul 5, 2011

Bone loss prevention experiment on the last space shuttle flight

Researchers in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering will be at the Kennedy Space Center for the last space shuttle launch of the NASA program as Atlantis departs for its final mission into Earth’s orbit. 

Jun 24, 2011

Remembering atomic age pioneer Raymond Murray, who helped establish nuclear engineering at NC State

Dr. Raymond L. Murray, professor emeritus of nuclear engineering at North Carolina State University and a pioneer of the atomic age, died on June 22. 

Jun 24, 2011

Splat! 80-pound Silly Putty ball to drop from roof of NC State library

High school students at a North Carolina State University engineering camp will see how materials react under pressure when they watch a giant ball of Silly Putty drop from the roof of the 10-story D.H. Hill Library onto the campus Brickyard. 

Jun 23, 2011

Lavelle receives IIE Wellington Award

Dr. Jerome Lavelle, associate dean for undergraduate academic affairs in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University, received the Engineering Economy Division Wellington Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers on May 24. 

Jun 7, 2011

Gift from alumnus creates two engineering professorships at NC State

S. Frank Culberson, a chemical engineering alumnus, and his wife, Doris, have pledged $1 million over five years to establish two professorships in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University. 

May 31, 2011

Bullard elected ASEE Chemical Engineering Division Director

Dr. Lisa Bullard, teaching professor and director of undergraduate studies for the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been elected as a chemical engineering (ChE) division director by the American Society for Engineering Education.