2013

Jun 24, 2013

NC State launches Nanoengineering Program to help meet global workforce demand

Nanomaterials and nanotechnology are key to innovation in industries from pharmaceuticals to consumer electronics, a point made clear by the White House’s Materials Genome Initiative. To help meet the growing demand for workers who can keep pace with these emerging technologies, North Carolina State University is launching a master’s degree program in nanoengineering. 

Jun 21, 2013

NC State named a top national STEM university

A new ranking released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report establishes NC State as the No. 1 land-grant institution among top national colleges and universities granting the largest percentage of bachelor’s degrees in the STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and mathematics. 

Jun 19, 2013

Splatter, shatter or bounce? A 100-pound ball of Silly Putty drops 141 feet

On Tuesday, June 18, high school students at a North Carolina State University engineering camp saw first-hand how materials react under pressure when they watched a 100-pound ball of Silly Putty drop from the roof of the 11-story, 141-foot-tall D.H. Hill Library onto the campus Brickyard. 

Jun 8, 2013

Life changers

After learning that few options exist for physical rehabilitation in El Remate, a small village in northern Guatemala, NC State biomedical engineering student Eyob Eyualem and his senior design team chose to help. They designed a stationary bicycle with special wooden footplates that can be crafted by local carvers to give injured riders more stability as they pedal. 

Jun 7, 2013

CBE professors receive teaching and learning award

Two NC State chemical and biomolecular engineering professors are members of a team that received the 2013 Maryellen Weimer Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning Award. 

Jun 6, 2013

Engineering alumnus helping military find a powerful solution

Alumnus Kyle Brezina doesn’t hesitate when asked why he came to NC State. “It’s the best engineering school around,” he says. Brezina is currently an engineer on a project that could lead to greater safety for frontline troops in the U.S. military. 

Jun 6, 2013

Giving plans

Engineering alumni make giving back to the College part of their long-term financial planning. 

Jun 6, 2013

Ready for business

The Chancellor's Innovation Fund helps NC State engineers and computer scientists bring their ideas to the marketplace. 

Jun 5, 2013

Hooks dreams

An engineering alumnus endows a scholarship in memory of his father, who captained the 1924 NC State freshman basketball team.