Engineering a better future

Jul 29, 2016

Engineering a better future

From day camps to week-long stays, summer programs at NC State introduce 3rd through 12th grade students to engineering through hands-on, creative investigations and design activities, and problem-solving.

Jul 22, 2016

Mintz named Interim Executive Director of IES

Phil Mintz has been named Interim Executive Director of Industry Expansion Solutions (IES), the statewide extension service of the College of Engineering, and succeeds Dr. Terri Helmlinger Ratcliff, who announced her retirement last month. The change is effective immediately.

Jul 21, 2016

Civil Engineering alumna Barbara Mulkey to lead Shelton Leadership Center

The General H. Hugh Shelton Leadership Center, housed at NC State University, announces Barbara H. Mulkey, PE, has been selected as its new Director following a nationwide search.

Jul 21, 2016

Integration of novel materials with silicon chips makes new ‘smart’ devices possible

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the U.S. Army Research Office have developed a way to integrate novel functional materials onto a computer chip, allowing the creation of new smart devices and systems.

Jul 19, 2016

Engineering Place’s Parry recognized for work in P12 engineering education

Elizabeth Parry, a partnership coordinator and instructor in First Year Engineering with The Engineering Place, was recognized earlier this month during the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) conference for her work improving outcomes at a Raleigh elementary school.

Jul 19, 2016

Two engineering alumni re-elected to NC State BOT

The NC State Board of Trustees has re-elected its officers to another one-year term.

Department of Energy funding will include an upgrade to the PULSTAR reactor operated by the Department of Nuclear Engineering in Burlington Nuclear Engineering Lab.

Jul 18, 2016

College leads in funding for nuclear energy research

The College of Engineering at North Carolina State University will receive more than $7.1 million from the Department of Energy to further research on nuclear energy.

UNC Pembroke Chancellor Dr. Robin Gary Cummings, left, and NC State Chancellor Dr. Randy Woodson, right, shake hands after signing an agreement that creates a physics/engineering dual degree program between the two schools.

Jul 13, 2016

NC State and UNC Pembroke establish dual degree program

North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke have established a joint undergraduate degree program that will allow students to spend three years at UNC Pembroke and two years at NC State and graduate with bachelor’s degrees from both institutions.

Jul 12, 2016

Professorships created in Electrical and Computer Engineering as investment

Cirrus Logic, a preCirrus Logic, Inc., a premier supplier of low power audio and voice integrated circuits (ICs) for the world's consumer electronics and emerging smart home applications, has created the Cirrus Logic Distinguished Professorship and the Cirrus Logic Term Professorship with a total investment of $708,106 for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).

July 2016