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October 2017

Graphic: Joint NC State/UNC-Asheville Engineering Programs

Oct 31, 2017

Reyhanoglu will lead Joint UNC Asheville-NC State Engineering Programs in Asheville

Dr. Mahmut Reyhanoglu has been named the new director of the joint UNC Asheville-NC State Engineering Programs. These include the 2+2 program with two years on each campus, and the mechatronics engineering program where students study for all four years on UNC Asheville’s campus.  

Time-lapse image of NC State belltower in red light at dusk with automobile headlight lines navigating the adjacent traffic circle.

Oct 31, 2017

Voltage-driven liquid metal fractals

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that gallium indium (EGaIn), a liquid metal with one of the highest surface tensions, can be induced to spread and form patterns called fractals with the application of low voltage. The work has implications for controlling the shape of liquid metals. 

Frank and Doris Culberson

Oct 27, 2017

Answering the call

Frank and Doris Culberson name atrium in Engineering Building I. 

Oct 26, 2017

Textile engineering student helps Adidas engineer the future

Textile Engineering major Kevin Harrow has a passion for creating and innovating, both of which he was able to do during the six-months he spent as an intern working in Germany at the Adidas international headquarters. 

Experimental setup for applying micropillar compression. Photo credit: Julie Williams Dixon.

Oct 25, 2017

Technique offers advance in testing micro-scale compressive strength of cement

Researchers have, for the first time, used a “micropillar compression” technique to characterize the micro-scale strength of cement, allowing for the development of cement with desirable strength properties for civil engineering applications. 

bell tower

Oct 25, 2017

Westmoreland wins AIChE Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology

Dr. Phillip R. Westmoreland, professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been named the 2017 recipient of the AIChE Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology. 

Oct 23, 2017

Engineering America’s future

Laura Bottomley, a teaching associate professor at NC State University, believes engineering is “a vehicle for the solution of every problem.” 

bell tower

Oct 23, 2017

New techniques boost performance of non-volatile memory systems

Researchers have developed new software and hardware designs that should limit programming errors and improve system performance in devices that use non-volatile memory (NVM) technologies. 

Aerial view of Engineering Buildings and Hunt Library on Centennial Campus

Oct 17, 2017

Allbritton receives 2017 Edward Kidder Graham Award

Dr. Nancy Allbritton, Kenan Distinguished Professor and chair of the UNC-NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering was awarded the 2017 Edward Kidder Graham Award at the University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill’s University Day celebrations on Oct. 12, 2017.