PACK POINTS
Series of successes
During the Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 semesters the College and the North Carolina Dept. of Commerce hosted a series of four seminars designed to motivate and enhance collaboration among researchers and industry.
The series was based on manufacturing research and development across a number of industry areas. Each seminar was a conversation between attendees and faculty on how the College and industry can work better together to address the state’s economic-development challenges and opportunities. In addition to presentations by top researchers, the seminars offered participants direct access to engineering faculty.
The first seminar, held in November, focused on advanced materials and manufacturing and was attended by industry representatives as well as several members of the NC General Assembly. The second seminar, which focused on aerospace and manufacturing, was held in February.
The two seminars held in April and May focused on energy, green manufacturing and biomanufacturing.
The seminars were organized in part by NC State’s Industrial
Extension Service (IES), which is part of the College. IES helps companies stay abreast
of the latest technologies and best practices in both engineering and business
management to increase productivity, efficiency, quality and, as a result,
profits. 