Fall/Winter 2019 NC State Engineering Magazine
This issue spotlights the College’s efforts to recruit and retain more women faculty members and the leadership roles they have attained in our College. We have also set new records in the College for the numbers of underrepresented and women students entering as first-year engineering students this semester. Not to mention, the latest American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) figures show that we continue to rank in the top 20 nationally in the number of annual bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. engineering graduates.
Enjoy reading about our faculty and their ground-breaking research, the successes of our students and the many contributions made by our alumni.
Contents
College lands two major research projects
Features
In our labs
Explore the spaces where our engineering faculty members work. In this issue, visit the Virtual and Augmented Reality Lab in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
Major impact
The College has increased the number of women faculty members over the last decade and promoted them to leadership positions in departments and centers.
Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network
NC State, Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill may be fierce rivals on the basketball court, but the three universities are partners in an effort to enable innovative nanoscience and nanotechnology research, discovery, workforce development and education.
Brewing up a sustainable coffee cup
A student team develops a coffee filtration system that processes wastewater into clean water and fertilizer and is recognized in a global engineering competition.
Fog alert
Researchers in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering are leading research on the impact of fats, oils and grease.
Research as recruitment
Summer research experiences held on campus help strengthen student skills. They also serve as a way for faculty members to recruit top graduate students.
Pack Points
Summer gaming program helps campers realize their potential
Research overcomes key obstacles to scaling up DNA data storage
Ultrasound aligns living cells in bioprinted tissues
New framework improves performance of deep neural networks
New tool tackles uncertainty in military logistics planning
Nanocrystal ‘factory’ could revolutionize quantum dot manufacturing
Students interact with NC State astronaut through live downlink
FREEDM researchers receive funding for work on grid resilience tools
Richardson was College’s first woman faculty member
Faculty Highlights
- Huang receives award for young scientists and engineers
- Bourham, DeCarolis and Montoya named Outstanding Teachers
- Martin-Vega named AAAS Fellow
- Rabiei, Williams receive 2019 Alcoa Foundation Awards
- Bitzer, Kim win Holladay Medal
Foundations
Alumni give to Fitts-Woolard Hall to invest in North Carolina’s future
Engineering Foundation hosts 21st annual Endowment Dinner
Young alumna endows scholarship in honor of father
Young alumni spotlight: Alex Stone
NC State Engineering Foundation staff and Board of Directors
High-Powered Rocketry Club wins altitude award at NASA competition
College of Engineering Homecoming Celebration
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DEAN Dr. Louis A. Martin-Vega
ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. John Gilligan, Executive Associate Dean of Engineering
Griffin Lamb, Assistant Dean for Development and College Relations, Executive Director of the NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc.
Suzanne S. Gordon (BSCSC / MA ‘75, MSST ‘80) President, Board of Directors, NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc.
Michael Walsh, Interim Executive Director of Major Gifts and Campaign Planning, NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc.
EDITOR Brent Lancaster
ASSISTANT EDITOR Darsee Heath
MAGAZINE DESIGN DIRECTOR Candice Wallace
ASSISTANT GRAPHIC DESIGNER Jacob Fremderman
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Nora Brodsky, Lea Hart, Danielle Herman, Kathi McBlief, Matt Shipman
IMAGES Milad Abolhasani; Ralph Edwards; Marc Hall; iStock; Joy Johnson; Rebecca Kirkland; Robert Lasson; NC State High-Powered Rocketry Club; Stuart Nisbet; Stuart Phoenix; Richard Rohrbaugh; Skanska USA; Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries; Strata Solar; Alex Stone; U.S. Army.
ILLUSTRATION Jie Sun, Dameon Williams
OFFICE OF THE DEAN
College of Engineering
Campus Box 7901, NC State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7901
919.515.2311
www.engr.ncsu.edu
NC STATE ENGINEERING FOUNDATION, INC.
Campus Box 7901, NC State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7901
919.515.7458
www.engr.ncsu.edu/alumni-and-giving/ncsef
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