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January 2020

Sejal Petel

Jan 31, 2020

Poole and engineering alumnus Patel to open global cuisine restaurant in North Carolina

Sejal Patel is an alumnus that received bachelor’s degrees in computer science and finance in 2006. Day-to-day, he serves as the director of pricing for IQVIA, a multinational health information technology and clinical research company, but after hours he is an ambitious entrepreneur about to open his eclectic restaurant, The Nomad. 

flexible heath wearing device

Jan 30, 2020

Wearable health tech gets efficiency upgrade

North Carolina State University engineers have demonstrated a flexible device that harvests the heat energy from the human body to monitor health. The device surpasses all other flexible harvesters that use body heat as the sole energy source. 

Erin Cooper examines flask in lab.

Jan 28, 2020

Undergraduate research: Streamlining biofuel fermentation processes

The BAE Research and Educational Enhancement Projects (REEP) are an opportunity for undergraduates to design and conduct research. Erin Cooper, a senior majoring in biological engineering with a concentration in bioprocessing, was selected as the 2019 REEP scholar. Her project focuses on combining two processing steps used in current ethanol production: hydrolysis and fermentation. 

From left to right: Nick Carey, Account Coordinator, Bespoke Sports & Entertainment; Ryan Milroy, Bespoke Sports & Entertainment; Cadet Charles Blum, NC State Air Force ROTC; MIDN Jennifer Fillebrown, Florida, Navy ROTC; Cadet Nicole Butler, Notre Dame, Army ROTC; and Dietrich Kuhlmann, Senior Vice President of Branch Operations, Navy Federal Credit Union. (Photo: courtesy of Navy Federal Credit Union)

Jan 28, 2020

A legacy of aiming high

NC State industrial and systems engineering major and scholarship recipient Charles Blum, who won a national award as Air Force ROTC Student of the Year, has tried to channel determination and selflessness into activities across campus. 

Hafizul Ismal at food pantry

Jan 24, 2020

3MT winner helps food banks reach more

ISE Ph.D. student Hafizul Islam won the 2019 Three Minute Thesis by describing his research that helps food banks distribute food more equitably, effectively and efficiently. 

flood waters rise up the side of a levee

Jan 23, 2020

Study finds flooding damage to levees is cumulative – and often invisible

Repeated flooding has a cumulative effect on the integrity of earthen levees, suggesting that extreme weather associated with climate change could pose significant risks for the nation’s aging levees. 

Hillary Sudbury

Jan 21, 2020

First in their pack

Meet some NC State students, including civil engineering major Hillary Sudbury, who were the first in their families to attend college, and learn about some of the ways the university supports these first-generation students. 

Jan 14, 2020

Online master’s ranked seventh nationally

The online engineering master’s program offered by North Carolina State University was ranked seventh nationally by US News & World Report in the publication’s 2020 list of the Best Online Programs. 

Jan 10, 2020

College mourns alumna killed in plane crash

The College of Engineering at NC State is mourning the loss of Bahareh Karami, an alumna who was killed in a plane crash in Iran on Wednesday.