Date: May 2, 2007
Contact: Sara Borchik, 334.844.9159, borchse@auburn.edu

Kitey receives award for outstanding dissertation

Rajesh Kitey, an Auburn graduate with a doctorate in mechanical engineering, has been selected as a recipient of this year's Carolyn Taylor Carr Outstanding Dissertation Award by the Auburn chapter of the Sigma-Xi Honors Society for her dissertation, "Microstructure effects on fracture behavior of particulate composites: Investigation of toughening mechanisms using optical and boundary element method." Kitey is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The award was presented May 1 during the annual Sigma Xi awards reception.