Swartzel receives 2006 Holladay Medal
Dr. Kenneth R. Swartzel received the 2006 Holladay Medal and framed certificate from N.C. State University Chancellor James L. Oblinger (left) and NCSU Board of Trustees member Cassius S. Williams (right).
The N.C. State University Board of Trustees has awarded the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence to four faculty members in recognition of their outstanding careers at N.C. State. Dr. Kenneth R. Swartzel, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Food Science and Biological and Agricultural Engineering is among the 2006 group receiving the Holladay Medal, the highest honor bestowed on a faculty member by the trustees and the university.
The medals were presented during the university's Honors Baccalaureate and Celebration of Academic Excellence May 11 at the McKimmon Center. The other honorees are Dr. Robert L. Clark, professor of economics and business management; Dr. Carl C. Koch, professor and associate department head of materials science and engineering; and Dr. Arthur Padilla, associate professor of business management.
Swartzel has served N.C. State for 30 years. His discoveries coupling kinetic theory and engineering principles have globally revolutionized the processed egg and other food industries. He has produced 110 scientific publications and 20 U.S. and 28 foreign patents. He has directed eight master's, 16 doctoral and 14 postdoctoral students. Licensed patent royalties to the university have exceeded $20 million. He has lectured in 14 countries on four continents.
Swartzel has been recognized with nine international research awards and named fellow of both the Institute of Food Technologists and The Society for Engineering in Agricultural, Food and Biological Systems. He served 11 years as head of N.C. State's Department of Food Science and directed the UNC General Administration's North Carolina Technology Development Initiative. In 2004 he became the founding director of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges/Kellogg Food Systems Leadership Institute and more recently began coordinating bioprocessing programs for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He has been recognized with the N.C. State Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award.
Swartzel holds 1970 bachelor's, 1974 master's and 1979 Ph.D. degrees from N.C. State University.
The Holladay Medal is named for the university's first president.
- NCSU News Services
The medals were presented during the university's Honors Baccalaureate and Celebration of Academic Excellence May 11 at the McKimmon Center. The other honorees are Dr. Robert L. Clark, professor of economics and business management; Dr. Carl C. Koch, professor and associate department head of materials science and engineering; and Dr. Arthur Padilla, associate professor of business management.
Swartzel has served N.C. State for 30 years. His discoveries coupling kinetic theory and engineering principles have globally revolutionized the processed egg and other food industries. He has produced 110 scientific publications and 20 U.S. and 28 foreign patents. He has directed eight master's, 16 doctoral and 14 postdoctoral students. Licensed patent royalties to the university have exceeded $20 million. He has lectured in 14 countries on four continents.
Swartzel has been recognized with nine international research awards and named fellow of both the Institute of Food Technologists and The Society for Engineering in Agricultural, Food and Biological Systems. He served 11 years as head of N.C. State's Department of Food Science and directed the UNC General Administration's North Carolina Technology Development Initiative. In 2004 he became the founding director of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges/Kellogg Food Systems Leadership Institute and more recently began coordinating bioprocessing programs for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He has been recognized with the N.C. State Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award.
Swartzel holds 1970 bachelor's, 1974 master's and 1979 Ph.D. degrees from N.C. State University.
The Holladay Medal is named for the university's first president.
- NCSU News Services