Engineering News at NC State http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/ Engineering News at NC State en-us Martin-Vega receives leadership award http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/news_articles/martin-vega09dec.html Dr. Louis A. Martin-Vega, dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University, has received the Industrial and Systems Engineering Alumni Leadership Award from the University of Florida.

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]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EDT College receives Exxon Mobil grants http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/news_articles/exxon2009.html The College of Engineering at North Carolina State University has received $30,000 in grants from Exxon Mobil Corp.

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]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EDT Zhu honored by TMS http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/news_articles/zhu2009.html Dr. Yuntian Zhu has been named the 2010 Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division Distinguished Scientist/Engineer by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). Zhu, a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, will receive the award at the annual meeting of the society in Seattle on Feb. 16.

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]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EDT Nanowires pave way for nanodevices http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/news_articles/nanowires.html Silicon nanowires are attracting significant attention from the electronics industry due to the drive for ever-smaller electronic devices, from cell phones to computers. The operation of these future devices, and a wide array of additional applications, will depend on the mechanical properties of these nanowires. New research from North Carolina State University shows that silicon nanowires are far more resilient than their larger counterparts, a finding that could pave the way for smaller, sturdier nanoelectronics, nanosensors, light-emitting diodes and other applications.

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]]> Thu, 11 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EDT Samatova and Melechko co-mentor Region Six winners in Siemens Competition http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/news_articles/samatova.html Dr. Nagiza Samatova, associate professor of computer science at NC State University, along with Dr. Anatoli Melechko, associate professor of materials science and engineering at NC State University co-mentored two high school students who are Region Six winners of the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology, the nation’s premier high school science competition.

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]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EDT Anton honored by ACM http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/news_articles/anton-acm.html Dr.Anton, professor of computer science at North Carolina State University, has been named a Distinguished Scientist of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

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]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EDT Chemical engineering department among Top 10 in R&D http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/news/news_articles/cbe-top10.html A recent article in Chemistry & Engineering News magazine places the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University sixth among national departments of chemical engineering in spending on research and development (R&D) and sixth in federal support for R&D.

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]]> Mon, 9 Nov 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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