2012

Aug 22, 2012

PAMS announces full funding of endowed professorship

The College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences has completed the funding of an endowed professorship in honor of Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher. The R.A. Fisher Distinguished Professorship will support a full professor in the Department of Statistics at NC State. PAMS Associate Dean for Advancement Anita Stallings announced the completion of the campaign last month at…

Aug 20, 2012

Physics Prof. Steve Reynolds to give music recital – Aug. 24

Most people on campus know Steve Reynolds for his award-winning research and teaching in the Department of Physics. What they may not know is that he is also an accomplished violinist. Reynolds, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor of Physics, will be putting his musical talents on display this Friday, August 24. The one-hour recital begins at…

Jul 23, 2012

Ghiladi wins NSF CAREER Award

Reza Ghiladi, assistant professor of chemistry at NC State University, has received an Early Career Development Award, more commonly known as a CAREER Award, from the National Science Foundation. The award is one of the highest honors given by NSF to early-career university faculty in science and engineering, and is intended to advance the development of…

Jul 2, 2012

Lazzati wins NSF CAREER Award to study cosmic dust

Davide Lazzati, assistant professor of physics at NC State University, has received an Early Career Development Award, more commonly known as a CAREER Award, from the National Science Foundation. The award is one of the highest honors given by NSF to early-career university faculty in science and engineering, and is intended to advance the development of…

Jun 28, 2012

Williams wins NSF CAREER Award

Gavin Williams, assistant professor of chemistry at NC State University, has received an Early Career Development Award, more commonly known as a CAREER Award, from the National Science Foundation. The award is one of the highest honors given by NSF to early-career university faculty in science and engineering, and is intended to advance the development of…

Jun 20, 2012

Students learn about uncertainty quantification at SAMSI workshop

NC State students David Moreau, Alice Toms and Andre Waschka recently completed the Undergraduate Workshop at the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI). The week-long program was held at SAMSI’s facility in Research Triangle Park and at NC State. The workshop was an introduction to the field of uncertainty quantification (UQ) to students from the mathematical…

May 21, 2012

Not your parents’ Chemistry 315

EDITOR’S NOTE: Students in NC State’s quantitative analysis course (Chemistry 315) returned from their 2011-2012 holiday break to discover quite a gift: a dramatic overhaul of the laboratory space and instrumentation had been completed. This was a monumental effort that required the efforts of a large number of faculty, staff and students across the Department of…

Apr 27, 2012

New leadership for The Science House

Jason Painter has been named director of The Science House, effective May 1, 2012. Painter brings to the position more than 15 years of experience as a leader in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. Painter began his career in Pitt County as a high school science teacher. He then went on to serve…

Mar 22, 2012

Meyer Graduate Travel Fund established in Mathematics

A generous gift by alumna Anjela Govan (Ph.D. 2008 – Mathematics) and her husband, Vincent, has allowed the College of Physical and Mathematical Science to establish the Meyer Graduate Travel Fund Endowment. The endowment provides funds for graduate students in the Department of Mathematics to travel to conferences, seminars, workshops and other educational opportunities. While…

Mar 22, 2012

Reynolds receives award for excellence in teaching

  Dr. Stephen P. Reynolds, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor of Physics in the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, has been honored with an Award for Excellence in Teaching from the University of North Carolina Board of Governors. One educator from each UNC system campus wins the award, which comes with a prize of $7,500…