2005 News Archives

NC Solar Center Announces New Executive Director 12/16/05
-from NC Solar Center

NC State Engineers Develop New Way to Tailor Polymer Coatings   — From Ships to Contact Lenses, Chemical Engineers Create New Technique for Selecting Best Polymer Coating for the Job 12/15/05

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Cyber Defense Experts Available to Speak on Computer Hacking and Security 12/13/05

Mimicking Mosquitoes: NC State Researchers Devising Painless Blood-Drawing Method 12/9/05
-from NC State News Services

Mosquitoes Inspire Painless Blood Collection Method 12/7/05

Automated Enforcement of Speed Improves Safety 12/7/05
-from ITRE

NC State Alumni Association Honors 18 as Distinguished Alumni 11/29/05
-from NC State News Services

Steer Selected as Lampe Professor at NC State 11/28/05

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Seniors to Exhibit Design Projects 11/28/05

The College of Engineering at NC State Names Outstanding Alumni 11/17/05

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Freshman Engineering Design Day Showcases Variety of Design Projects 11/16/05

Hang Up and Drive   — Simulation Study Shows Cell Phone Use and Driving Don’t Mix 11/14/05

Engineers’ Council Pledges Support for Future Students 11/14/05

Engineering on the Move 11/14/05

Biomedical Engineer Shrinks Laboratory to a Chip 11/11/05

ThePrivacyPlace.org Wants Help with Internet Privacy Survey 11/10/05

Game On: Teachers to Design Computer Games to Use as Learning Tool 11/9/05
-from NC State News Services

Brill Named Director of Center for Transportation and the Environment 11/1/05

Ceremony Celebrates Naming of Building in Honor of Former Chancellor Monteith 10/25/05

Alumnus Fitts Gives $10 Million to Industrial Engineering Department 10/7/05

New System Tracks NC State's Wolfline Bus Locations Online 10/11/05
-from NC State News Services

Driverless Vehicle Carries NC State Students and Alumni to Top 20 10/10/05
-from NC State News Services

Driverless Vehicle Carries NC State Students and Alumni to Top 20 10/7/05

‘Fire in the Belly’ is Focus of NC State's Entrepreneurs’ Lecture 10/7/05
-from NC State News Services

NC Space Grant Consortium Gets Funding Boost from NASA, State 10/7/05
-from NC State News Services

Dedication of the Larry K. Monteith Engineering Research Center Set for October 5 10/5/05
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Young to Collaborate on Multi-disciplinary HI-FIVES Program 10/5/05

College of Engineering Announces Campaign Cochairmen 9/30/05

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Entrepreneurs’ Lecture Series to Feature RF Micro Devices Founders 9/29/05

‘Defective’ Nanostructures Make Breaking Water to Extract Hydrogen Easier 9/28/05
-from NC State News Services

NC State Announces First Named Department   — IE Department Named for Edward P. Fitts 9/23/05

NC State University Announces $1 Billion Fund-Raising Campaign 9/23/05
-from NC State News Services

Entrepreneurs’ Lecture, “Fire in the Belly,” Set for
October 10 9/23/05

NC State Announces First Named Department 9/23/05
-from NC State News Services

Engineering Alumni Create System to Keep Track
of Wolfline Online
  — New Technology Is the First in North Carolina to Track Public Transportation on the Web 9/15/05

Pop Culture Embraces Engineering Alumnus’ “Hip” New Device 9/7/05

Lanier to Deliver College of Engineering Keynote Address 9/01/05

Reception to be Held for Winners of IEEE Design Competition 8/24/05

Dr. Nino Masnari to Step Down as College of Engineering Dean 8/19/05
-from NC State News Services

NC State Ranks Second in Nation in Engineering BS Degrees, Third Overall 8/18/05

Center for Transportation and the Environment Funded in Federal Transportation Bill 8/18/05
-from ITRE

NC State Biomedical Engineers Conduct Unique Stem Cell Research 8/16/05

Idaho National Laboratory Director Speaks at NC State
 — Grossenbacher Lecture in the Department of Nuclear Engineering Set for August 25 8/16/05

Engineering Building II First Floor to Open in Time for Fall Classes 8/9/05

Unusual Commitment Leads to Early Completion of Engineering II 8/5/05
-from Bulletin Online

Advanced Bridge Materials’ Efficacy Tested at NC State University 8/3/05
-from NC State News Services

Tribal School Students Attend Engineering Camp 7/15/05

NC State Ranks Number One Best Buy in Engineering Online Degrees 7/1/05

Boswell Appointed Director of Information Technology 6/29/05

Full-Scale Testing at NC State’s Constructed Facilities Laboratory Demonstrates Advantages of Advanced Bridge Materials 6/29/05

NC State Engineers Work with Egyptian Scientists to Create New Generation of Textiles 6/9/05

NC State's BTEC Will Help Create Jobs For North Carolina 6/3/05
- from NC State News Services

NC State's BTEC Groundbreaking Held June 2  6/3/05
- from Bulletin Online

Reception Honors NC State Engineers Elected to National Academy of Engineering 5/10/05

NC State Engineering Foundation Holds Annual Endowed Scholarship and Fellowship Dinner 5/5/05

College of Engineering Presents Senior Awards, Installs Officers at Engineers’ Council Banquet 5/5/05

Computer Scientist Writes for Public Radio Program Series on Languages 5/1/05

College of Engineering at NC State Receives $5.4 Million Golden LEAF Grant 4/28/05

Undergraduate Research Symposium Set for April 28 4/26/05

Alumnus England to Deliver Entrepreneurs’ Lecture
April 26 4/26/05

NC State Celebrates New Engineering Building on Centennial Campus 4/21/05

NC State Engineers Create Wrinkles for Research 4/15/05

NSF Features Bottomley's Creative Teaching Style
  — Through Hands-On Learning, College of Engineering's Laura Bottomley Brings Science to Life for Elementary Students 4/13/05
- from National Science Foundation

Golden LEAF Awards $5.4 Million to Engineering at NC State University 4/8/05

ITRE to Solve Outer Banks' Transportation Problems 4/7/05
-from ITRE

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Engineering Holds Open House April 2 3/31/05

Engineering Building Renamed in Honor of Former Chancellor Monteith 3/28/05
- The EGRC will become the Larry K. Monteith Engineering Research Center (MRC)

Industrial Engineers Contribute to Groundbreaking Surgery on Cat Born With Only Two Feet 3/28/05
- from NC State News Services

List Named Head of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at NC State University 3/15/05

NC State Engineers Develop Simulation Model for Designing Pattern Recognition Surfaces for Selective Adsorption 3/9/05

Middle and High School Students Can Discover Engineering at NC State This Summer 2/28/05

NC State Engineers Elected to National Academy of Engineering 2/17/05

NC State Engineers Design Device to Reduce Pain in Heart Surgery Patients 2/17/05

Tolson Selected as Langley Professor at NC State 2/17/05

NC State Hosts Successful 2005 Engineering Career Fair 2/9/05

Researchers Construct Tiny, Floating 'Eyeballs,' 'Billiard Balls' on Microchip  1/13/05
- from NC State News Services

NC State to Get Research Center of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering 1/10/05

Lampe Family Endows Professorship in College of Engineering 1/5/05