May 2017

May 22, 2017

Seniors showcase projects, seek to impress celebrity judge at Engineering Design Day

As part of a semester-long research project, senior engineering students at North Carolina State University displayed their research, prototypes and data at the annual Engineering Design Day in Talley Student Union on May 3. 

May 18, 2017

Pig model to help research on human knee growth, injury treatment

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have published research on how the knees of pigs compare to human knees at various stages of maturity – a finding that will advance research by this group and others on injury treatment in young people. 

May 15, 2017

College recognizes outstanding seniors

The College of Engineering at North Carolina State University recognized outstanding seniors in four categories during a ceremony on May 10. 

May 11, 2017

Three College of Engineering students place at Annual Graduate Research Symposium

Three graduate students in the College of Engineering at NC State were recognized as best presenters at the University’s 12th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium on March 22. 

May 11, 2017

Collaboration Encourages Solar Energy Growth

Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, in collaboration with the NC Clean Energy Technology Center at NC State University, have each earned a Bronze level designation into the SolSmart program, a U.S. Department of Energy initiative that provides official recognition and expert technical assistance to help communities expand solar energy development. 

May 10, 2017

Departmental graduation ceremonies live

Can’t make it to one of the departmental graduation ceremonies? Some of the departments within the College of Engineering offer live streaming. Check out the list below: 

May 9, 2017

Computer science and engineering shine in new class of Park Scholars

The College of Engineering at North Carolina State University is well represented among the university’s new class of Park Scholars. 

May 8, 2017

NC State engineering senior first to receive Newman Fellowship

In the Institute for Emerging Issues commons area of the James B. Hunt Jr. Library, children can often be found running back and forth in front of a wall of interactive digital screens. Those screens are a hit with younger visitors to the NC State campus because sensors installed on each pull up a panel of information and make a clicking noise when someone is standing nearby. To a child, running the length of the wall is like sliding a finger along a giant keyboard. 

May 8, 2017

Researchers use modified insulin and red blood cells to regulate blood sugar

Researchers from NC State and the UNC-Chapel Hill have developed a new technique that uses modified insulin and red blood cells to create a glucose-responsive “smart” insulin delivery system. In an animal model study, the new technique effectively reduced blood sugar levels for 48 hours in a strain of mice that had Type 1 diabetes.