Education:
 

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University	1972
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, w/Food Science co-major, North Carolina State University	1975
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, w/Food Science minor, North Carolina State University	1979

Experience:

Director, North Carolina State University Engineering Programs at UNC Wilmington, 1997 - present.
Assistant and Associate Professor of Biological Systems Engineering and Food Science and Technology, Virginia Tech, 1984 - 1997.
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science and Technology, Texas A&M University, 1979 - 1984.
Research Engineer, Department of Food Science, North Carolina State University, 1974 - 1979.

Professional Activities:

Registered professional engineer, North Carolina

Member of:

National Society of Professional Engineers/Professional Engineers of North Carolina

Southeastern Chapter Mathcounts Coordinator

ASME International

Coastal Carolina Section, Chair & Treasurer

American Society of Engineering Education

Board of Governors, Region "O" Council for the Advancement of Minorities in Engineering

Honors and Awards:

2004 Joe A. Rhoads, PE National Mentor of the Year award, National Society of Professional Engineers

2009 Distinguished Service Award, Southeastern Chapter, Professional Engineers of North Carolina