2015

Feb 2, 2015

What Google Fiber may mean for North Carolina, NC State and R&D

On Jan. 27, Google announced that it would be expanding its fiber-optic network, Google Fiber, into four new metropolitan areas: Raleigh-Durham, Charlotte, Atlanta and Nashville. So what? 

Jan 21, 2015

Airbus donation provides practical teaching tool

Students, alumni and visitors to North Carolina State University will be afforded a closer look at the materials used in modern aviation, thanks to a gift from Airbus Americas to the university’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE). 

Jan 20, 2015

Narayan, Allbritton named NAI Fellows

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named Dr. Jagdish Narayan, John C. C. Fan Distinguished Chair in Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University, and Dr. Nancy Allbritton, professor and chair of the Joint NC State/UNC Department of Biomedical Engineering, as 2014 NAI Fellows. 

Jan 20, 2015

Wearable sensor clears path to long-term EKG, EMG monitoring

Researchers from NC State University have developed a new, wearable sensor that uses silver nanowires to monitor electrophysiological signals, such as electrocardiography (EKG) or electromyography (EMG). 

Jan 12, 2015

College remembers Dr. Michael Rigsbee, professor and former department head

Dr. J. Michael Rigsbee, professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University, died Jan. 8. 

Jan 7, 2015

Joint NC State/UNC Asheville’s Mechatronics Engineering Program celebrates its 100th graduate

Joint NC State/UNC Asheville’s growing Mechatronics Engineering Program will pass a milestone at the December 2014 commencement when Jennifer Cory becomes the program’s 100th graduate. 

Jan 7, 2015

New approach may lead to inhalable vaccines for influenza, pneumonia

Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have uncovered a novel approach to creating inhalable vaccines using nanoparticles that shows promise for targeting lung-specific diseases. 

Jan 6, 2015

‘Flying Carpet’ technique uses graphene to deliver one-two punch of anticancer drugs

An international team has developed a drug delivery technique that utilizes graphene strips as “flying carpets” to deliver two anticancer drugs sequentially to cancer cells.