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Dr. Leung named President-elect of Sigma Iota Rho – Eta Chapter

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NEWS RELEASE – April 22, 2009

The NC State College of Natural Resources is proud to announce that Dr. Yu-Fai Leung has been named president-elect of the Eta Chapter of Sigma Iota Rho, the NC State Chapter of the National Honor Society for International Studies.

Dr Leung is an associate professor in the NC State Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management who works primarily in the areas of recreation ecology and impact assessment and in park planning and management.   

For more information about Dr Leung visit http://cnr.ncsu.edu/prtm/faculty/Leung.html 

For more information on the Eta Chapter of Sigma Iota Rho visit http://mis.chass.ncsu.edu/sigmaiotarho.htm

Dr. Orlando Rojas Named 2009 Finland Distinguished Professor

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NEWS RELEASE

Media Contact:  Tilla Fearn, NC State College of Natural Resources, (919) 513-4644

March 20, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Dr. Orlando Rojas in Wood & Paper Science has been named a Finland Distinguished Professor by the Finland Distinguished Professor Program (FiDiPro). FiDiPro enables distinguished researchers, both foreign and expatriates, to work and team up with the "best of the best" in Finnish academic research. The goal of the FiDiPro is to raise the level of scientific knowledge in Finland by supporting research institutes and creating international cooperation. Dr Rojas' Finnish host will be Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Forest Products Technology, Professor Janne Laine.

Dr. Rojas specializes in the study of lignocellulosic materials.

FiDiPro project: Value-added materials and functional structures from lignocellulosics
The general goal of this project is to use abundant renewable forest resources and by-products (cellulose and lignin) as precursors for the production of high performance materials and structures (and their functionalized versions) and also as substrates for a biologically inspired synthesis of catalysts for clean energy. The future economic viability of the forest cluster companies could be greatly enhanced by extending plant-based materials for new, high-value, high-volume products that can be effectively recycled.