Awards and Honors

Mar 29, 2023  |  Awards and Honors

Noor Mohammad and Sherafghan Iftikhar Receive 2023 Vivian T. Stannett Graduate Awards for Outstanding Early Publication

The 2023 winners of the Vivian T. Stannett Graduate Award for Outstanding Early Publication are exceptional graduate students, Noor Mohammad and Sherafghan Iftikhar. Noor Mohammad, whose dissertation research is supervised by Prof. Qingshan Wei, is being honored for his 2022 […]

Mar 20, 2023  |  Awards and Honors

Veenasri Vallem and Zachary Campbell are 2022 Ferrell Award Recipients

Recent Ph.D. graduates Drs. Veenasri Vallem and Zachary Campbell have been selected as the winner and honorable mention recipient, respectively, of the 2022 James K. Ferrell Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate Award.  Although all of the award nominees were exceptional and deserving […]

Mar 16, 2023  |  Awards and Honors

Katie Traynelis Wins AIChE Southern Regional Conference Technical Presentation Competition

Katie Traynelis, a junior in chemical engineering, won first place in the Technical Presentation Competition at the 2023 AIChE Southern Regional Student Conference in Gainesville, Florida, in early March.  Katie, who is from Sevierville, Tennessee, is working with Profs. Albert […]

Mar 16, 2023  |  Students

AIChE Student Chapter at the 2023 AIChE Southern Regional Student Conference

This article was written with Dr. Kim Roberts, the AIChE student chapter advisor. In early March, 26 members of the AIChE student chapter attended the 2023 AIChE Southern Regional Student Conference. The Conference was hosted by the University of Florida […]

Mar 11, 2023  |  Awards and Honors

Jan Genzer Selected to Receive the 2023 SPSJ International Award

Professor Jan Genzer has been selected to receive the 2023 International Award from the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ). The SPSJ, a non-profit organization, is mainly composed of polymer scientists, engineers and managers in academia, industries and governmental institutions.  […]

Feb 27, 2023  |  Alumni

Benny Freeman Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

NC State chemical engineering graduate and former faculty member Professor Benny D. Freeman (B.S. ‘83) has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Benny holds the William J. (Bill) Murray, Jr. Endowed Chair in Engineering in the McKetta […]