Fall / Winter 2023 NC State Engineering Magazine
Inside Stories
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
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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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