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Chemical engineering major Nikolce Gorevski ’07 (Bitola, Macedonia) has received a graduate fellowship from Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society.
Gorevski is one of 37 graduating seniors nationwide to be named a fellow for 2007-08. He will be pursuing a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Princeton University, where he hopes to conduct research in nanobiotechnology, specifically studying the role of mechanics in tissue differentiation.
Tau Beta Pi Fellowships are awarded on the competitive criteria of high scholarship, campus leadership and service, and promise of future contributions to the engineering profession.
Gorevski has been a part of numerous research projects at Lafayette. In his sophomore year, he conducted organic chemistry research with professor William Miles, professor and head of chemistry. As a junior, he worked with James Ferri, assistant professor of chemical engineering, in research to devise a mathematical model to characterize the mechanical behavior of nanostructured materials. He is currently analyzing Byzantine art history with Ida Sinkevic, associate professor of art, and completing an honors thesis with Ferri as his adviser.
He spent a summer at the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces Golm-Potsdam, Germany, near Berlin. As part of a summer research fellowship, he studied the mechanics of nanomaterials and adsorption of surfactants onto interfaces.
Gorevski believes the faculty and his experiences here at Lafayette have greatly contributed to his success.
“My Lafayette experience would not have been anywhere near as rich if not for the immense support I have received from faculty,” he says. “I feel that I was made more eligible for the award on a more fundamental level by receiving an excellent education from all my professors, both engineering and non-engineering.”
He is especially grateful to Ferri.
“I am particularly indebted to Professor James Ferri,” Gorevski says. “As my research advisor for two years, he has given me the opportunity to work with him on state-of-the-art engineering problems and has been invaluable in providing me with direction for after graduation.”
After completing his graduate studies at Princeton, Gorevski plans to pursue a career in research and development in the field of nanobiotechnology. He would also like to eventually return to Macedonia and take on a teaching position at one of the country’s universities.
Gorevski served as a Resident Advisor during his sophomore and junior years, and is currently the Head Resident for Watson, Soles, and Kirby dormitories. He has been involved with College Theater appearing in the productions Cherry Orchard and Museum, and is a member of the International Student Association. He is a past recipient of the William G. McLean Tau Beta Prize and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Donald F. Othmer Award, and received the Charles Duncan Fraser Prize and the Dr. E. L. McMillen-K. K. Malhotra ’49 Prize at this year’s All-College Honors Convocation.
With a total initiated membership of 490,350, Tau Beta Pi is the world’s largest engineering society. Founded at Lehigh University in 1885, it recognizes students of distinguished scholarship and exemplary character. There are now collegiate chapters at 232 U.S. colleges and universities and active alumnus chapters in 18 cities across the country.