On Thursday, April 20^th, the Department of Statistics will gather to celebrate the outstanding career and retirement of University Professor Emeritus Derrick Rollins. 

Please join us for small bites, cake and refreshments in 3105 Snedecor Hall from 3:30 – 5:00pm. 

We will be honoring Derrick’s 30+ year career at Iowa State University in a joint appointment with the Department of Statistics and the Department of Chemical Engineering.  Derrick received his B.S degree in chemical engineering from the University of Kansas in 1979 which led him to work at E.I. DuPont Chemical Company in Kansas, Missouri and Ohio before returning to college at The Ohio State University in the fall of 1985 and obtaining an MS degree in chemical engineering in 1987, an MS degree in statistics in 1989 and a PhD in chemical engineering in 1990. 

During his career at Iowa State University, Derrick has received many research grants and awards including the National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellows Award in 1994, which was considered the highest honor the federal government gives young scientists and engineers.  His research areas include glucose monitoring, modeling and control to help people with diabetes control blood sugar better; development of supporting technology for ventricular assist devices (VAD); nonlinear dynamic modeling in human aging, bin grain dryers, and for improving cancer protocols in Biomedical Engineering; Bio- and Material- Informatics and data mining; and development of processes for non-destructive testing procedures. 

We look forward to celebrating Derrick’s wonderful career and thank him for contributing so much to Iowa State and the Department of Statistics  

Please direct any questions pertaining to the event to kiesling@iastate.edu.