Christine Grant (scientist) explained

Christine Sharon Grant
Workplaces:North Carolina State University
Alma Mater:Brown University
Georgia Tech
Thesis Title:Surfactant enhanced electro-osmotic dewatering of mineral ultrafines
Thesis Url:http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21000046
Thesis Year:1989
Education:B.S., Chemical Engineering, Brown University (1984)M.S., Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, (1986)Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, (1989)

Christine Sharon Grant is an American chemical engineer who is the Associate Dean of Faculty Advancement at North Carolina State University. Her research considers surface and environmental science. She is the 2022 President of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Early life and education

Grant was born in upstate New York.[1] Her father taught music and her mother taught science, and she grew up doing science experiments in her home and garden. Grant took part in the Program to Increase Minority Engineering Graduates (PIMEG) at General Electric, which first introduced her to careers in technology. She earned her bachelor's degree at Brown University, where she was in the second cohort of students to major in chemical engineering.[2] As an undergraduate student, she was President of the Brown University National Society of Black Engineers. She moved to Georgia Tech for her graduate studies. She completed her doctoral research in 1989, during which she studied electro-osmotic dewatering of ultrafine minerals.[3] [4]

Research and career

Grant studies the mechanisms that underpin fouling and decontamination. Her work investigates the chemical and transport processes that occur at the solid-liquid interface, and drive the formation and removal of deposits. Amongst the industrial areas considered by Grant are the removal of organics from glass, the removal of calcium compounds from stainless steel and the deposition of lubricants in disk drive assemblies. She has demonstrated that additives can be used to reduce the degradation and aggregation of lubricants at high temperatures.[5] She joined the faculty at North Carolina State University in 1989. She was one of the first African-American women to be made a full professor of chemical engineering.[6]

Academic service

Grant is committed to improving diversity and equity in chemical engineering. She has been honored for her work as a mentor and educator.[7] She was named the first ever Associate Dean of Faculty Advancement and Special Initiatives at North Carolina State University in 2008 and still serves in this position.[8] In this capacity she started mentoring programs, oversaw initiatives to widen participation and created "Faculty Development Television", a professional development program for members of staff.[9] Grant is the founder of STEM Resilience, an organization that seeks to support marginalized groups in science, technology and engineering.[10]

Grant has held various leadership positions in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE): she was the first African-American woman to be elected Fellow of the society and has served as chair of the Minority Affairs Committee and on the board of directors. She was elected president 2021.

Grant is also a director of the Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR) programs at the National Science Foundation (NSF).[11]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interview with Christine Grant. 2021-02-05. AIChE.
  2. Web site: Alumna Christine Grant named AIChE president for 2022. 2021-02-05. Engineering Brown University. en.
  3. Surfactant enhanced electro-osmotic dewatering of mineral ultrafines. 1989. English. Christine Sharon. Grant. 21000046 .
  4. Web site: Christine Grant. 2021-02-05. College of Engineering - Purdue University. en.
  5. Web site: 2015-08-15. Christine Grant Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering NC State University. 2021-02-05. en.
  6. Web site: 2015-11-20. Christine S. Grant. 2021-02-05. www.aiche.org. en.
  7. Web site: 2016-03-01. Grant honored for leadership by AAAS and AIChE College of Engineering NC State University. 2021-02-05. en.
  8. Web site: Leadership- In College and Nationally – Dr. Christine Grant. 2021-02-27. en-US.
  9. Web site: 2015-05-12. Dr. Christine Grant leads restructuring of College of Engineering Faculty Development Office College of Engineering NC State University. 2021-02-05. en.
  10. Web site: admin. About. 2021-02-05. Stem Resilience. en.
  11. Web site: Christine S Grant NSF - National Science Foundation. 2021-02-27. www.nsf.gov.
  12. Web site: 2015 AAAS Mentor Award honors Christine Grant, North Carolina State University, for Supporting African-American Doctorates in Chemical Engineering American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2021-02-05. www.aaas.org. en.
  13. Web site: 2015-11-23. Grant receives AIChE Pioneers of Diversity Award College of Engineering NC State University. 2021-02-27. en.
  14. Web site: 2019-10-03. Christine Grant. 2021-02-05. www.aiche.org. en.
  15. Web site: 2020-08-05. Stanley C. Israel Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences. 2021-02-27. ChemDiversity. en-US.
  16. Web site: Winifred Burks-Houck Awards and Lecture. 2021-02-27. www.nobcche.org.
  17. Web site: Winifred Burks-Houck Awards and Lecture. 2021-02-05. www.nobcche.org.
  18. Web site: 2015-11-23. Grant receives AIChE Pioneers of Diversity Award College of Engineering NC State University. 2021-02-05. en.
  19. Web site: Joseph N. Cannon Award in Chemical Engineering. 2021-02-27. www.nobcche.org.
  20. Web site: 2012-03-28. Minority Affairs Committee's William W. Grimes Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering. 2021-02-05. www.aiche.org. en.
  21. Web site: 2006 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. 2021-02-27. www.naefrontiers.org.
  22. Web site: Senior Fellows. 2021-02-27. NAE Website.
  23. Web site: National Academy of Engineering Selects Three Engineering Education Fellows. 2021-02-27. www8.nationalacademies.org. en.
  24. DeCuir-Gunby. Jessica T.. Grant. Christine. Gregory. Bradley B.. Exploring Career Trajectories for Women of Color in Engineering: The Experiences of African American and Latina Engineering Professors . 2013. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. English. 19. 3. 209–225 . 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2013005769. 2013JWMSE..19..209D . 1072-8325.

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