Inside Stories

From the dean

100 years celebrated, and 100 more to go

College climbs in undergraduate rankings

Q&A: Questions for Maria Mayorga

Comedy duo Rhett and Link bring the mythicality to commencement

Pack Points

Asheville-based mechatronics engineering program produces well-rounded engineers and a close community

Maya Clinton is the first Black woman to graduate from her program, but not the last

Meet the embedded counselors on Centennial Campus

K-12 students from eastern NC explore AI in new camp

Fulbright scholars head to Rwanda

MAE postdoc wins first-place prize in annual research image contest

NC State researchers study enhanced water treatment methods to remove PFAS

Faculty Highlights

Battestilli, Johnson and Liu receive Outstanding Teacher Awards

Gopalarathnam receives Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Award

Güvenç, Abolhasani receive 2023 Alcoa Foundation Awards

Dickey receives NC State Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor Award

Gupta, Ivy and Kelly receive 2023 Blessis Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Awards

Grant elected Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education

Features

The new dean
Jim Pfaendtner brings a passion for engineering education to NC State.

DOE grant brings renewed energy to NC State COE in more ways than one
Nothing energizes the engineering community like fusion.

Engineer your experience
Through the Engineer Your Experience (EYE) Program, undergraduate engineering students can make opportunities their realities.

Celebrating 40 years of excellence
Since their inception, the Minority Engineering Programs (MEP) have focused on developing and delivering support services that assist in recruiting, retaining and graduating minority students.

To the next 100
It is our alumni, faculty and staff members, students and friends who have helped make the NC State College of Engineering what it is today.

Growing at Wolfspeed
NC State-born company continues to pay off for North Carolina.

Scholarship, professorship honor late Wolfspeed founder
When Cree, Inc. was started, each of the six founders had a role. John Palmour’s was to work on advanced devices.

Philanthropy

Bilbro Faculty Senior Award honors student resilience

Brown family makes transformational gift

Chemical engineering alumna is the 18th fittest woman in the world

Engineering Mentorship Circles are back for 2024

Lasting legacies

From the board

Foundation year in review

NC State Engineering Magazine
Vol. XVII, Issue II

Dean
Jim Pfaendtner

Advisory Board
▪ Peter Fedkiw, Interim Associate Dean for Research and Infrastructure
▪ Deborah B. Young (CE ’77), President, Board of Directors, NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc.
▪ Griffin Lamb, Assistant Dean for for Philanthropy and Executive Director, NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc.

Editor
Brent Lancaster

Senior Associate Editor
Danielle Herman

Art Director
Candice Kimble Wallace

Illustrations
Will Briggs ▪ Jalen Harvey ▪ Candice Kimble Wallace

Contributors
Javon Adams ▪ Angelitha Daniel ▪ Allison DeBusk ▪ Ken Tate ▪ Nicole Zelniker

Images
Caroline Baldauff ▪ Jack Boden ▪ Hannah Braswell ▪ Maya Clinton ▪ Shaun Deardorff ▪ Charlie Dickens ▪ Rob Glass ▪ Jack Halasz ▪ Charles Hall ▪ Marc Hall ▪ Jordan Hjelmquist ▪ Amy Isvik ▪ Becky Kirkland ▪ Robert Kobrin ▪ Abby Lampe ▪ Meriem Laroussi ▪ Morgan Malick ▪ Samuel McInnis ▪ NC State Formula SAE ▪ Shelby Neal ▪ Jim Pfaendtner ▪ Matt Pless ▪ David Ramsey ▪ Carla Savage ▪ Riddhiman Sherlekar ▪ Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries ▪ Ken Tate ▪ Taylor Wanbaugh ▪ Maggie Wilbanks ▪ Wolfspeed, Inc. ▪ Shuang Wu

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