Accolades: Week of March 5, 2001

Jonathan Dordick, the Howard P. Isermann Professor of Chemical Engineering and chair of the department, recently accepted a position to serve on the editorial board of Metabolic Engineering. The journal, published by Academic Press, is the first of its kind devoted to the field of metabolic engineering. 2/26/01

James Tien, professor and chair of decision sciences and engineering systems, has been elected as vice president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Publications, Products and Services. Tien is responsible for the publishing activities of the IEEE, the world's largest technical professional society. As vice president, he also serves as chair of the IEEE Publications, Products and Services Board, and as a member of the IEEE board of directors and executive committee. 2/26/01

Sydney Ross, emeritus professor of chemistry, will receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from the Heriot-Watt University of Edinburgh, Scotland, at its next commencement. The citation is for his distinguished career in science and for his outstanding role in developing the James Clerk Maxwell Foundation. Ross taught at Rensselaer for 32 years, during which time he published extensively and supervised 35 Ph.D. dissertations. In 1977, he created the James Clerk Maxwell Foundation in memory of the great Scottish scientist. The foundation has its headquarters in Clerk Maxwell's birthplace in Edinburgh, where a museum dedicated to Clerk Maxwell has been established. Ross also has a lecture series named in his honor by his former students at Rensselaer. 2/26/01

Barbara Ruel, director of women in engineering programs, delivered a talk Feb. 7 at the annual conference "Facts, Choices and Challenges: Nontraditional Opportunities in Career and Technical Education" sponsored by the New York State Project for Nontraditional Training and Employment. The conference attracted more than 150 educators, administrators, and counselors from New York state high schools and two-year colleges. Ruel spoke about Rensselaer's efforts to recruit and retain women in engineering degree programs. 2/26/01

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