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July 2017

NC State Belltower

Jul 14, 2017

Velev receives professional progress award from AIChE

Dr. Orlin Velev, INVISTA Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor at NC State University, has been named the recipient of the 2017 Andreas Acrivos Award for Professional Progress in Chemical Engineering by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). 

Jul 13, 2017

Net-Zero Near Antarctica

A unique building design competition provides NC State engineering students with real-world experience. 

Brianna Hess Massie

Jul 12, 2017

Brianna Hess Massie

Brianna Massie Hess is looking for simple solutions to help hog producers deal with lagoon waste. 

Jul 11, 2017

Andrea Brandt

PhD student Andrea Brandt is seeking a prosthesis that can adapt to an amputee’s movement, rather than amputees having to adapt to their prostheses. 

Drs. Joel Ducoste (left), Francis L. de los Reyes (center) and Tarek Aziz (right) were honored by the American Academy of Environmental Engineering and Science (AAEES) in March.

Jul 7, 2017

Three professors honored for groundbreaking environmental research

Three faculty members in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University received the Honor Award for University Research in the 2017 Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science Competition. 

Dr. Brittany Johnson works with a student during the camp.

Jul 6, 2017

INTech camp teaches code, offers role models

Khalia Braswell, a 2013 NC State computer science graduate, started a nonprofit organization called INTech to expose middle-school aged girls to coding. 

robot

Jul 6, 2017

From transformers to autonomous systems

How a passion for cartoon robots led to a career developing a new generation of autonomous systems. 

NC State Belltower

Jul 5, 2017

Mintz named executive director of Industry Expansion Solutions (IES)

Dr. Louis A. Martin-Vega, dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University, has appointed Phillip (Phil) Mintz as executive director of Industry Expansion Solutions (IES). 

NC State bell tower in the spring

Jul 5, 2017

Brenner to serve as interim head of MSE

Dr. Donald Brenner, Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at North Carolina State University, will lead the department on an interim basis as the College of Engineering conducts a search for a new department head.