Fall/Winter 2018 NC State Engineering magazine
The College of Engineering recently achieved top-10 status in research expenditures among colleges of engineering according to ASEE data. The research stories in the Fall/Winter 2018 NC State Engineering magazine illustrate the reason for this ranking, demonstrating the high caliber of our research and the faculty, staff and students conducting it. In this issue, we also highlight our Research Experiences for Teachers program, our Rural NC Internship Program, the progress of Fitts-Woolard Hall and the generosity of our alumni.
CONTENTS
Masnari led College’s growth in size, prestige
Department heads named in Materials Science, Computer Science
Features
In our labs
These are the spaces that enable groundbreaking research. In this issue, visit the Optical Sensing Lab.
Two of a kind
Ed Fitts and Ed Woolard built a friendship on their love for NC State.
Take a closer look into Fitts-Woolard Hall
A bright idea
The NSF FREEDM Systems Center marks 10 years of innovation on how we use electricity.
A shared experience
Research Experiences for Teachers program builds on teamwork.
Pack Points
NC State named first university-based IBM Q Hub in North America
Researchers propose a blockchain data network to boost manufacturing
New tech may make prosthetic hands easier for patients to use
National Security Agency renews Science of Security Lablet at NC State
Tech bends light more efficiently, offers wider angles for light input
New technique allows printing of flexible, stretchable silver nanowire circuits
Common bricks can be used to detect past presence of uranium, plutonium
Research improves food bank effectiveness, equity
Lightweight metal foam blocks blastwave, debris from high-explosive rounds
Program places students in internships across rural North Carolina
Faculty Highlights
Ducoste receives Blessis Outstanding Undergraduate Advisor Award
Chi, Haugh receive Alcoa Foundation Engineering Research Awards
Carbonell receives highest UNC System honor
Three receive NSF CAREER awards
Bryant, de los Reyes, and Dietrich receive Outstanding Teaching Award
Foundations
Building a legacy
Alumni and friends have a chance to make a lasting impact for the College
Support of Fitts-Woolard Hall offers unique opportunities to current and future students
R. A. Bryan Foundation has a tradition of multigenerational giving
Alumnus’ ties to NC State inspired endowments
Alumni meet before the highest court
Engineering Foundation creates Young Alumni Advisory Board
Family honors longtime ceramic engineering department head with naming
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