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Nov 26, 2024

Prof. Spontak to Receive the 2025 Acta Materialia Inc. Holloman Award for Materials and Society

Professor Richard Spontak has been selected to receive the 2025 Acta Materialia Inc. Holloman Award for Materials and Society! This award recognizes demonstrated leadership in promoting the understanding of the relations and the interactions between materials technology and societal needs or for contributions to materials technology that have had a major impact on society. Prof.…

Jul 31, 2024

Prof. Spontak Awarded the Medal for Excellence by IOM3

Prof. Richard Spontak has been awarded the Medal for Excellence by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). The “Contribution of Knowledge” award is for his leadership role in NUSINC, an international research collaborative with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NU), SINTEF Industry (SI), and NC State (NC).  In 2022, the team published the paper “An Integrated…

Apr 3, 2024

Prof. Spontak Awarded Honorary Doctorate at NTNU

Professor Richard Spontak, a distinguished NC State University professor with joint appointments in the departments of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) was awarded an honorary doctorate during the Doctoral Awards Ceremony on March 8, 2024, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology(NTNU). The ceremony recognized Spontak’s exceptional contributions to chemical process engineering and…