Awards and Honors

Dean Jim Pfaendtner, left, presents Francis de los Reyes with the 2024 RJ Reynolds Award.

Nov 19, 2024

40th RJ Reynolds Award Recipient Francis de los Reyes Conducts Research at the Interfaces

Francis de los Reyes, Glenn E. and Phyllis J. Futrell Distinguished Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, was honored with the 2024 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension on Nov. 11.

The 2024 DEA recipients, from left: Lane Ross Miller, Tracy B. Doaks and Tony McLean Brown.

Nov 6, 2024

Brown, Doaks and Miller receive 2024 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award

Three College of Engineering graduates — Tony McLean Brown, Tracy B. Doaks and Lane Ross Miller — received the Distinguished Engineering Alumni (DEA) Award during a dinner and ceremony on campus on Oct. 30, 2024, as part of Red and White Week.

NC State alumna and astronaut Christina Koch

Nov 1, 2024

Christina Koch to be honored with North Carolina Award for Science

The North Carolina Award is given annually by the state to up to six individuals who have made significant contributions to the state and nation in the fields of fine art, literature, public service and science. Koch, who is being recognized for science, will receive the award from North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper at a ceremony on Nov. 14.

Ahmed El-Shafei stands to left of a machine in the Pilot Plant.

Oct 30, 2024

TECS professor is NC State’s Innovator of the Year

Professor Ahmed El-Shafei’s patented dyeing technology takes a meaningful step towards a greener textile industry.

Oct 24, 2024

Park selected to receive DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research Award

Fourth year Ph.D. student, Zachary Park, has been selected to receive the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award for his proposed research project, “Investigating the Interfacial Chemistry of Liquid Metals in Batteries,” to be conducted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.

Francis de los Reyes III, Glenn E. and Phyllis J. Futrell Distinguished Professor wears green lab gloves and white lab jacket and protective goggles while holding a sample in a container.

Oct 21, 2024

Francis de los Reyes III awarded Camp Applied Research Award by WEF

This award recognizes a WEF member who demonstrates a unique application of basic research or fundamental principles through the design or development of a wastewater collection or treatment system.

Oct 9, 2024

Fall 2024 Carla Savage Award winners announced

The awards are named after the incomparable department icon Carla Savage and are an intra-departmental initiative to recognize outstanding achievement and special people within the department.

Charlie Townsend, right, accepts award from Raleigh mayor Mary Ann Baldwin.

Sep 30, 2024

NC State alum wins New Professional Engineer of the Year award

Charlie Townsend '15, '21 is the land development team leader for VHB, where he leads projects that are shaping the landscape of Raleigh’s residential, industrial and commercial sectors — or as he puts it, the places where people live, work and play.

New and previous recipients of the Watauga Medal sing the NC State alma mater during the 2024 award ceremony.

Sep 19, 2024

Goodnight, Hooks and Stallings honored with 2024 Watauga Medals

The Board of Trustees has bestowed NC State’s highest nonacademic honor on Ann Goodnight, Jake Hooks and Charlie Stallings for their dedication to advancing the university through their volunteer leadership, advocacy and financial generosity.