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October 2018

NC State Bell Tower in the fall

Oct 29, 2018

Hsiao receives AAAS Marion Milligan Mason Award

Dr. Lilian Hsiao, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University, has received the 2019 Marion Milligan Mason Award for Women in the Chemical Sciences. 

NC State AIChE Student Chapter officers

Oct 24, 2018

NC State student chapter of AIChE wins Outstanding Student Chapter Award

The North Carolina State University Chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) won the Outstanding Student Chapter Award for the 23rd time for its leadership and work during the 2017-18 school year. 

nc state gateway

Oct 19, 2018

Assistant Dean for Development leaving College for new position

Brian Campbell, assistant dean for development and college relations and executive director of the NC State Engineering Foundation, will leave the College of Engineering for a similar position at Virginia Commonwealth University. 

bell tower

Oct 17, 2018

Ph.D. graduate balances research, minority mentorship — and wins game show

Four years out of her Ph.D. program at NC State, Dr. Makita Phillips is forging her own, unique path toward making impactful, accessible change. 

Rhett and Link returned to NC State Saturday to speak to a sold-out crowd in Hunt Auditorium on NC State’s Centennial Campus, talking about their non-traditional path into entertainment and their advice for students. (Photo: October 2018)

Oct 16, 2018

Engineering alumni, YouTube stars return to campus

When Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal — better known as comedy duo Rhett & Link — were teenagers, they made a blood oath that they were going to create things together. But what they didn’t know at the time is that they’d first be attending the College of Engineering at NC State together, earning degrees that helped them in unexpected ways in their entertainment careers. 

Irwin Holmes

Oct 15, 2018

Holmes Hall honors groundbreaking engineering graduate, athlete

Irwin Holmes, NC State’s first black graduate and the first varsity athlete to compete at an Atlantic Coast Conference school, will be honored for his perseverance and dedication to the university when the University College Commons is renamed Holmes Hall. 

Graphic art: binary code

Oct 9, 2018

Code of ethics doesn’t influence decisions of software developers

Research finds that ACM’s revised code of ethics does not appear to affect the decisions made by software developers. 

A cracked highway disappears into flood waters. (Photo: Brina Montoya)

Oct 8, 2018

Assessing how Florence affected the very ground we stand on

After Florence, experts moved in to assess the damage. NC State’s Brina Montoya was one of them. 

Screen shot from the video, Engineering Everywhere with Dr. Laura Bottomley

Oct 4, 2018

Bottomley examines the soles of shoes in video, ‘Engineering Everywhere’

Dr. Laura Bottomley, director of Women in Engineering and The Engineering Place at NC State University, demonstrates “engineering is everywhere” by examining the soles of ever-present shoes. From ballet slippers to running shoes, Dr. Bottomley shows the engineering that goes into different types of soles to optimize performance.