Jim Pfaendtner

Dean of Engineering, Faculty, Mental health advocate, @JPhysChem senior editor, PS5 enthusiast, fantasy/sci-fi.

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@PaulRobustelli Please make sure he knows not to use B3LYP for his calculations

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@Andrew_S_Rosen I didn't even notice unusual 😂

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This is your perennial reminder that maybe, just maybe, we don't need 282 million permutations for evaluating a pool of ~300 PhD applicants.

[NC State Engineering @NCStateEngr]

Today we welcome the Class of 2028! It’s a time to make new friends, meet Dean Jim Pfaendtner (@JimPfaendtner) and meet an alumnus, Gil West. Welcome to #NCStateEngr!

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@RLPlikesscience Congrats!

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@nanophononics So many trajectories and mdp files

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It’s all fun and games until you have to deal with 100TB of tape archive at your old institution.

All of my sponsored research DMPs call for archiving data from pubs for 5 years and I no longer have grant money to pay for data earlier than 2019.

Should I:

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@tiwarylab

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You know you found a good watering hole when they hold the first round of trivia for you 🥲

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@bottomdestroyr @DurhamBulls Same 😭

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@velianlab @UW Congrats!

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@AisuluAitbekova @atwater_group @cargnellogroup @jaramillogroup Congrats, Aisulu!

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Dean 101: The realization that I can respond to most requests and problems with, "that sounds really hard, but love will find a way" is 🔥🔥🔥

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Congrats, Veena!

[NC State ECE @ncstateece]

Veena Misra has been named the permanent head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at NC State University. Misra, who was selected after a nationally competitive search, has served as interim department head since July 1, succeeding Dan Stancil.

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Outstanding cap to my SoCal visit last week!

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Dean Jim Pfaendtner’s recent visit to Barbie’s Dream House was sublime. 🩷 Thanks to alumni Paul Chen and Audrey Watanabe for the tour of the Handler Team Center and showing off some of the magic of toy making!

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@tiwarylab @DediWang97 @YunruiQ @XuhuiHuangChem 🤤 this looks awesome

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@arthijayaraman Maybe at FOMMS or AIChE this year 🙏

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@arthijayaraman Sad I’m going to miss you! I’m out of town starting tonight.

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Let’s gooooooooooo. Congrats to the women’s and men’s 🏀 teams! Twin final 4️⃣

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Let's go Pack!