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NC State named first university-based IBM Q Hub in North America

May 2018

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May 30, 2018

NC State Engineering Foundation announces creation of the Young Alumni Advisory Board

The Engineering Foundation is delighted to announce the creation of the NC State Engineering Young Alumni Advisory Board. After an overwhelming response to a call for applications, a group of 18 young professionals representing various engineering disciplines from NC State classes of 2003 and later, joined together for their first advisory board meeting. 
AFM reveals that structural water in tungsten oxide results in smaller deformation rates from ion intercalation, an unexpected finding on the role of structural water that can enable materials with higher power and efficiency energy storage devices.

May 24, 2018

Microscopy advance reveals unexpected role for water in energy storage material

A material with atomically thin layers of water holds promise for energy storage technologies, and researchers have now discovered that the water is performing a different role than anyone anticipated. 
prosthetic hand

May 23, 2018

New tech may make prosthetic hands easier for patients to use

Researchers have developed new technology for decoding neuromuscular signals to control powered, prosthetic wrists and hands. 
Dr. Nino Masnari

May 21, 2018

College mourns loss of Dean Emeritus Dr. Nino Masnari

Dr. Nino A. Masnari, distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering and dean emeritus of the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University, passed away on May 19, 2018. 
NC State Engineering Belltower

May 21, 2018

George Ligler named Dean’s Eminent Professor of the Practice in Biomedical Engineering

Dr. George T. Ligler has been announced as the new Dean's Eminent Professor of the Practice in Biomedical Engineering in the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME). Ligler will officially join the BME faculty and begin his position on August 16, 2018. 
Speaker presents lecture at Triangle Soft Matter Workshop on May 14, 2018.

May 21, 2018

NC State hosts Triangle Soft Matter Workshop

The 10th anniversary of the Triangle Soft Matter (TSM) Workshop was held on May 14, 2018, at the Dorothy & Roy Park Alumni Center on NC State University’s Centennial Campus. Since its inception, the TSM has rotated each year among the campuses of NC State, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. This year, the honor was bestowed to NC State to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the TSM Workshop, which is now recognized as a testimony to the role of the Triangle universities in the soft matter research in the U.S. and the world. 
Ruben Carbonell

May 15, 2018

NC State’s Ruben Carbonell Receives UNC System’s O. Max Gardner Award

Ruben Carbonell’s distinguished career garners top recognition from the University of North Carolina System. 
Pictured with Dr. Louis Martin-Vega, dean of the College of Engineering, are Awards for Excellence winners and nominees (l to right): Nicole Hedges, Sherry Bailey, Bonny Downing, Linda Honeycutt, Stefanie Keto, Lauren Jones, Maria Moreno, Susan Bernacki, Joanie Moritz-Smith, Brenda Gainey and Elizabeth Baker.

May 14, 2018

College recognizes 2018 Awards for Excellence recipients

Three outstanding staff members were recognized by the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University at the annual Awards for Excellence ceremony held May 1 at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on NC State’s Centennial Campus. Dr. Louis Martin-Vega, dean of the College of Engineering, presented the awards. 
employee walking through a room with banks of computers

May 10, 2018

NC State named first university-based IBM Q Hub in North America

NC State will be the first university in North America to establish an IBM Quantum Computing Hub as part of the global IBM Q Network, a collaboration of top Fortune 500 companies, universities and research labs working with tech powerhouse IBM to advance quantum computing.