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January 2, 2003 UNM PROFESSOR RODERICK SELECTED AS IEEE GRADE OF FELLOW Professor Norman F. Roderick, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering at the University of New Mexico, has been named American Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEEE) Grade of Fellow. He is among 260 IEEE Senior Members to be named Fellow Grade effective Jan. 1. Roderick was named for his contributions to the modeling and understanding of high energy density plasmas. The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any IEEE field of interest. A brief citation is issued to new fellows describing their accomplishments and the total number selected in any one year does not exceed one-tenth percent of the total voting Institute membership. “It is a real honor to be selected to be a member of such a distinguished group of engineers and scientists,” Roderick said. Roderick received his bachelor’s in engineering science from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1962, and his master’s and Ph. D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan in 1964 and 1971, respectively. At UNM, Roderick started teaching for the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering  as an adjunct professor in 1978 while assigned to the Air Force Weapons Laboratory. He joined UNM on a full time basis in 1982 after he retired from the Air Force. Prior to UNM, he was involved in research and development in aerospace engineering, plasma physics, and high energy density physics while in the Air Force. He also taught in the Aeronautics Department at the USAF Academy from 1971 to 1975. His present research interests are in theoretical and computational plasma physics related to producing and understanding high energy density plasmas, and the application of plasmas for space power and propulsion. ###

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