Skip to main content

April 2020

Visualization tool

Apr 8, 2020

Visualization tool tracks COVID-19

NC State analytics experts develop a new visualization tool that can help users find useful information about COVID-19’s spread. 

Intubation Shield

Apr 8, 2020

Scaling up

As the number of new COVID-19 infections in North Carolina increases, faculty members and students in the College of Engineering at NC State have increased production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for front-line health care providers. 

A completed face shield printed by NC State's Center for Additive Manufacturing and Logistics.

Apr 7, 2020

NC State uses 3D printers to make face shields for WakeMed

NC State’s Center for Additive Manufacturing and Logistics is putting 3D printers to work to create face shields for health care workers fighting COVID-19. 

Evan Grant

Apr 7, 2020

Evan Grant ’20 reflects on scholarship, leadership, service and character

Evan Grant is a Park Scholar in the Class of 2020 studying mechanical engineering with a minor in art and design. He is originally from Sylva, North Carolina, and serves as a class liaison and co-chair of the Class of 2020 Distinguished Speakers Committee. 

Wolf Hands

Apr 7, 2020

Eighteen College of Engineering students named NSF Graduate Research Fellows

Eighteen students from the College of Engineering at NC State have been named recipients of the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowship.  

Tim Humphrey holding his Hall of Fame statuette in front of red background

Apr 7, 2020

Engineering a more inclusive campus

Timothy Humphrey ’96 gives back to NC State through his time and financial gifts. He recently created two endowments within the College of Engineering and the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity with one extraordinary goal: promoting opportunities to create a more diverse, inclusive campus. 

Aerial of tractor spraying fields at Lake Wheeler farms.

Apr 2, 2020

Fertilizer of the future

An interdisciplinary team led by Katharina Stapelmann is setting out on an ambitious three-year project to completely rethink how nitrogen-based fertilizers are produced and used. From on-farm fertilizer production to on-demand, precision irrigation, their project aims to cut energy use, protect the water supply and increase yields. 

McCreary makes masks.

Apr 1, 2020

McCreary makes masks

Alumnus-run company has pivoted to making masks local healthcare facilities in the Catawba Country area.