Outstanding Young Alumni recognized

Two fast-track young alumni were recognized during the College of Engineering and Science's eighth annual engineering and science banquet. These young people were honored because they have achieved significant career success, contributed significantly to society through professional service activities, or notably advanced the practice of engineering and science.

Belinda B. King
Belinda B. King has enjoyed a busy and rewarding career in the 10 years since her graduation from Clemson with a Ph.D. in mathematical sciences. She began as a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Research in Scientific Computation at North Carolina State University, before moving onto Oregon State University. After spending a year and a half in Germany as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, she joined the of mathematics department at Virginia Tech. Her strong record of graduate and undergraduate education includes directing three Ph.D. and six masters students and over eight undergraduate research projects.
Last summer, she accepted a position at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research as the program manager for Dynamics and Control in the Mathematics and Space Sciences Directorate. This is the leading national program in control among the Air Force, Army, Navy and National Science Foundation (NSF).

Nancy Love
After completing her doctorate in environmental systems engineering at Clemson, Nancy Love ('94 Ph.D. ESE) joined the civil and environmental engineering faculty at Virginia Tech. Her research accomplishments and potential were acknowledged early with a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award for young faculty. She's been promoted to associate professor and been given tenure. Love has been named the inaugural recipient of the Water Environment Research Foundation's (WERF) Paul L. Busch Award, which recognizes superior achievement and creative vision in water quality and water environment research.

She is currently on sabbatical at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland, where she is working with the micro fluidics group, focusing on developing biosensors on a chip for wastewater treatment applications.