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Gregory McKenna to Receive the Charles Goodyear Medal

Awards and Honors

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Apr 28, 2026

Vice Chancellor Walton Honored as 2026 Vanderbilt Distinguished Alumna

Krista Walton, vice chancellor for research and innovation, was one of three Vanderbilt alumni recognized by the School of Engineering, from which Walton earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 2005.
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Apr 21, 2026

2026 COE Awards Recognize Outstanding Staff and Faculty

More than 60 staff and faculty members across the College of Engineering were honored at the 2026 COE Awards event on April 9.
The Alexander Quarles Holladay medal for excellence.

Apr 21, 2026

Two Engineering Faculty Members Win Holladay Medal

Two engineering faculty members received the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by NC State and the university’s Board of Trustees.
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Mar 26, 2026

Two College of Engineering Faculty Members Named AAAS Fellows

Election as a AAAS Fellow is a lifetime honor, and all Fellows are expected to maintain the highest standards of professional ethics and scientific integrity.
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Mar 13, 2026

Wentao Tang Receives NSF CAREER Award

Tang, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, will receive a prestigious National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) award of over $500,000 to perform revolutionary research in process…
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Mar 11, 2026

Dariush Heiranian Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

The five-year award provides $548,900 sin funding for his project, “Atomistic-Scale Investigation of How Chemical and Physical Heterogeneities Govern Ion-Selective Transport in Metal-Organic Framework Membranes.”
Daniel Briceno, the February Division of Academic and Student Affairs Howling Success, holds up his black and red Howling Success pennant in front of a work table and wall bearing several tools.

Mar 2, 2026

Howling Success: Daniel Briceno

Our first Howling Success of 2026 is a first-generation college student who has found a home at NC State through work with TRIO Programs and several other campus endeavors.
Early spring at Wolf Plaza.

Feb 2, 2026

Six COE faculty members recognized as University Faculty Scholars

Almost a third of the 2025-26 cohort of NC State’s University Faculty Scholars are faculty members in the College of Engineering. This recognition honors faculty members for their academic achievements and contributions to NC State and beyond through their teaching, scholarship and service.
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Jan 26, 2026

Gregory McKenna to Receive the Charles Goodyear Medal

The Charles Goodyear Medal is the most prestigious award presented by the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society to honor scientists and engineers who have made an outstanding invention, innovation or development which resulted in significant change or contribution to the nature of the rubber industry.