Engineering News at NC State http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/ Engineering News at NC State en-us Nothing But Net: The Physics of Free-Throw Shooting http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/news_articles/net.html Pay attention, Shaq: Two North Carolina State University engineers have figured out the best way to shoot a free throw – a frequently underappreciated skill that gets more important as the game clock winds down.

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]]> Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EDT Alumnus makes $1.5 million planned gift for scholarships, fellowships http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/news_articles/smith-gift.html A North Carolina State University engineering alumnus and his wife have made a planned gift of about $1.5 million for scholarships and fellowships in the College of Engineering.

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]]> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EDT Brenner Receives R.J. Reynolds Award http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/news_articles/rjr2009.html Dr. Donald W. Brenner, Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and associate department head of Department of Materials Science and Engineering, is the twenty-fifth recipient of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension. Brenner will receive the award in a ceremony held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, November 3, in 135 Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center at NC State. The award presentation was followed by Brenner’s lecture "The Joy of Molecular Simulation (in an Engineering College)."

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]]> Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EDT Scholarship profile: Jennifer Gowen http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/news_articles/gowen.html Jennifer Gowen wants to travel, but she’s not looking for beach vacations or fancy hotels. Instead, she wants to combine her chemical engineering background with expertise in foreign languages and business so she can manage complicated overseas projects when she graduates. She feels she’ll be ready for the challenge because of the scholarship support she’s received at NC State.

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]]> Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EDT Angel delivers Progress Energy lecture http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/news_articles/angel09.html New energy policies should treat all countries equally, enable industries to plan for the future and not stifle economic growth, Fortune 500 CEO and NC State engineering alumnus Steve Angel told NC State students on Sept. 24.

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]]> Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EDT Alumni share College experiences during student recruiting events http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/news_articles/recruit09.html Nearly 400 high school students and their parents sampled desserts, chatted with NC State engineering students and alumni, and learned about succeeding in one of the nation’s top public engineering schools during five recruiting events the College of Engineering held across North Carolina this fall. The College organized the events — held in Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro, Hickory and Wilmington — to encourage top performing high school students to apply for admission. The events have proven effective, with 80 percent of those attending previous events eventually applying to the College.

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]]> Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EDT BAE faculty receive honors http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/news_articles/bae-honors.html ive faculty members in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State University were honored by professional societies recently

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]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EDT Leading the way http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/magazine/ feature Engineering the North Carolina economy. Reaching out to schoolchildren. Celebrating a quarter-century of Centennial Campus. See all this and more in the Fall 2009 issue of NC State Engineering, the College's biannual magazine.

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]]> Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EDT Club Sub http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/news_articles/boudreaux-asf.html feature North Carolina State University senior Brittany Boudreaux has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). The scholarship was presented to Boudreaux by Apollo 16 astronaut and moonwalker Charlie Duke during a public ceremony on Sept. 23 at the NC State campus.

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]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EDT Angel to deliver Progress Energy address http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/news_articles/angel-s.html feature Fortune 500 CEO Stephen F. Angel will speak at North Carolina State University on Thursday, Sept. 24, as part of "Solving. Evolving. Engineering: The Progress Energy Distinguished Speakers Series." His address will begin at 4:30 p.m. at Stewart Theatre on the NC State main campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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