Wood & Paper Science's Jameel Honored with Teaching Award

Posted on October 5, 2009 by kmfaber2

News Release – September 28, 2009

Dr. Hasan Jameel NC State Dept of Wood and Paper Science Dr. Hasan Jameel, Ellis Signe Olssen Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Department of Wood & Paper Science at North Carolina State University, has been selected by the College of Natural Resources to receive the Board of Governor's College Award for Excellence in Teaching. Along with a cash award and recognition at a campus-wide event in the Spring, Jameel will be a nominee for the University Board of Governor's Award.

The Board of Governors Awards for Excellence in Teaching were created in 1994 to underscore the importance of teaching and to encourage, recognize, and reward outstanding teaching. Nominees for the award must be tenured professors who have spent at least seven years at the nominating institutions and who have “demonstrated excellent or exceptional teaching ability over a sustained period of time.”

Jameel joined the NC State Department of Wood & Paper Science in 1987 following a career with International Paper. He has received numerous honors and awards for his work, including recognition as NCSU Outstanding Teacher (1990 and 2005), NCSU Alumni Distinguished Professor (1999), and NCSU Outstanding Advisor (2006). In 2005 Dr. Jameel received the Johan C.F.C. Richter Prize from the TAPPI Pulp Manufacture Division. Other TAPPI honors include the David Wetherhorn Award (1994), TAPPI Outstanding Instructor (1995) and the Wayne Carr Best Paper Award (2002).

He has been a TAPPI Member since 1987 and has been involved with several Divisions and Local Sections. Dr. Jameel is also a Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science, TAPPI and a member of AIChE. He holds three patents and has authored two books and more than 100 conference papers.

Jameel’s professional specialties include pulping and bleaching, process optimization and simulation, and bio-energy and gasification. He earned his Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University and his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from Princeton.

Popular with students in the paper science & engineering program and noted for his enthusiasm for his subject matter, this is Jameel's third Board of Governor's College Award of Excellence in Teaching, earning it previously in both 2003-2004 and in 2008-2009.

More information about Dr. Hasan Jameel

NC State to Co-Sponsor "The Green Business Forum"

Posted on October 2, 2009 by kmfaber2

News Release – October 2, 2009

The Green Business Forum Sign North Carolina State University, along with the Southern Growth Policies Board, The Energy Foundation, NC Greenpower and SAFER Alliance, will sponsor this year's The Green Business Forum.

This one-day program will focus on the economic opportunity of the south's researchers, entrepreneurs, manufacturers and service providers to power the region's green economy today and into the future.

At the event, participants will learn where the south's research and technology strengths lie and where new breakthroughs will emerge; meet the entrepreneurs who are building new green businesses and jobs; and discuss strategies for the south to fully harness the potential of the green economy.

The event will be held Friday, October 23, at the NC Biotechnology Center in Durham. For more information, please visit: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/feop/renewable/index.html
Registration Deadline – October 16, 2009

Event planning and logistics provided by the NC State University Forestry and Environmental Outreach Program

Natural Resources Dean Robert Brown Receives Wildlife Society Fellow Award

Posted on October 1, 2009 by kmfaber2

News Release – October 1, 2009

Robert Brown acceptsf plaquereconizing his recognition as a TWS Fellow from Tom Franklin, President of The Wildlife Society Dr. Robert D. Brown, dean of the NC State University College of Natural Resources was recognized as a Fellow of The Wildlife Society (TWS) at the Society's 2009 annual meeting in Monterey, CA. The career award recognized Dr. Brown’s contributions to science and to The Wildlife Society.

After receiving a B.S. and Ph.D in animal nutrition, Dr. Brown served on the faculty of Texas A&I University in Kingsville and then as a research scientist for the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at that institution. Dr. Brown’s research focused on the development of antler growth in deer as a model for osteoporosis in elderly humans and on comparative wildlife nutrition and physiology. He has published over 120 articles and has edited three books on such species as White-tailed, Axis and Sika deer, Nilgai antelope, Javalina, and Bobwhite quail, as well as on higher education and conservation policy.

In addition to his research and classroom teaching, Dr. Brown has served as Head of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries at Mississippi State University and the Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Department at Texas A&M University. There he also served as Director of the Institute of Renewable Natural Resources (IRNR) and Coordinator of the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.

Dr. Brown served The Wildlife Society as Southwest Section Representative, then national Vice President, President-Elect, President and Past President. He chaired numerous TWS committees including a successful $ 3 million fund-raising campaign. He has also been President of the National Association of University Fisheries and Wildlife Programs, Chair of their Section on Fish and Wildlife and their Board on Natural Resources, and Chair of the External Review Panel of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. He has served on the Board of the Texas Nature Conservancy and in an advisory capacity to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

In 2006, Dr. Robert Brown was appointed Dean of the College of Natural Resources at North Carolina State University, where he also serves on the Board of the North Carolina Forestry Association, the North Carolina Forestry Council, and the Center for Paper Business and Industry Science at Georgia Tech

NC State Expert Gives Fall Foliage Forecast

Posted on October 1, 2009 by kmfaber2

NC State News Release: October 1, 2009

Media Contacts:
Dr. Robert Bardon, 919/515-5575 or robert_bardon@ncsu.edu
Caroline Barnhill, News Services, 919/515-6251 or caroline_barnhill@ncsu.edu

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Fall Leaves at the Linn Road Viaduct Despite drought conditions in parts of the state for most of the year, there should be plenty of colorful foliage worth seeing across North Carolina this fall, according to a North Carolina State University expert. Dr. Robert Bardon, associate professor of forestry and extension forestry specialist at NC State, says that in areas of the state that have experienced drought, people should expect to see colors early, and that the leaves will change color faster.

“People should be hoping for weather conditions that are warmer during the day and cooler at nighttime – since they create the most vibrant fall colors,” Bardon says. “However, if we have a wet fall, we can expect less vibrant colors this season.”

During the spring and summer, leaves manufacture most of the food necessary for a tree’s growth. The food-making process occurs in cells that contain the pigment chlorophyll, which gives the leaves their green color. The leaves also contain other pigments that are masked most of the year by the greater amount of chlorophyll.

In the fall, partly because of the changes in the period of daylight and changes in temperature, the leaves stop their food-making process. As the chlorophyll breaks down, the green color disappears and yellow colors surface. Other chemical changes create additional pigments that vary from yellow to red to blue.

Some of the understory trees – small trees, shrubs and vines that grow under the taller trees – across the state have already begun the chlorophyll breakdown process. Leaves at higher elevations in North Carolina, such as Mt. Mitchell, are the first to change, usually around the end of September or beginning of October, Bardon says. Then the trees in the lower elevations, moving south and east across the state, begin to change.

“North Carolina is very fortunate to have multiple opportunities to experience fall foliage, given the diversity of parks across the state, ranging from national parks, to state and local parks,” says Dr. Stacy Tomas, assistant professor and tourism extension specialist in parks, recreation and tourism management. “With the shrinking economy, everyone is feeling the pinch in their wallets. Heading out to a park to enjoy the fall foliage and taking in a picnic and a hike is a fun, affordable, family-friendly mini-vacation we can all enjoy.”