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Christina Koch and her fellow crew members prepare to board their Orion spacecraft atop NASA’s Space Launch System rocket as part of a demonstration test in 2025.

Engineer Your Future

Whether it's earning an undergraduate or an advanced degree, discover how you can engineer your future and help make the world a better place at the College of Engineering at NC State.

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Improving the World Through Research

Research with real world impact is central to what we do in the College of Engineering at NC State. We are developing advanced semiconductors; applied artificial intelligence; stronger and lighter materials; sustainable alternative proteins; collaborative robotics; battery and energy storage systems; and better medical devices, among many other research initiatives.

Applied AI in Engineering and Computer Science

At NC State’s College of Engineering, we have a bold vision to build on our strengths and become a preeminent center for Applied AI in engineering and computer science.

Battery and Energy Storage Systems Initiative

NC State University’s College of Engineering launched a new initiative that will lead efforts to advance research in battery and energy storage systems and develop new courses and curricula in support of North Carolina’s growing energy sector.

Robotics at NC State

Robotics at the College of Engineering brings together control, AI, human interaction and systems integration from fundamentals to application.

Commercial Leap Ahead for Wide Bandgap Semiconductors

The regional hub, “Commercial Leap Ahead for Wide Bandgap Semiconductors,” or CLAWS, led by North Carolina State University, brings together the leading regional experts in wide bandgap semiconductors to develop an increase in domestic production and employment.

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Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein at NC State

North Carolina State University was awarded $30 million over five years from the Bezos Earth Fund to lead a center of excellence to create a biomanufacturing hub for dietary proteins that are environmentally friendly, healthy, accessible and affordable.

Engineering the Future

The College of Engineering at NC State University is North Carolina’s flagship engineering school. We lead through research, prepare the next generation of engineers and computer scientists, and partner with industry to deliver solutions that fuel the economy and power your day.

Empowering Engineering Entrepreneurs

NC State’s Engineering Entrepreneurs Program (EEP) provides a transformational entrepreneurship education experience for students through its fully-immersive, multi-disciplinary, real learning environment. The EEP seeks to inspire, empower and challenge students to change the world and radically improve the human condition.

Undergraduate engineering students use the micro tile wall at the IPearl Immerstion theater at Hunt Library.
Undergraduate engineering students use the micro tile wall at the IPearl Immerstion theater at Hunt Library.

“…NC State just represented doers, places where entrepreneurship was valued, places where learning that theoretical side, but also building upon it and contributing back to the world was important. And so it was absolutely the right choice for me.”

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Christina Koch

Electrical Engineering ’01, Physics ’02, M.S. in Electrical Engineering ’02; NASA Astronaut, Artemis II Mission Specialist

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