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A summertime daytime view of Fitts-Woolard Hall from The Oval on NC State's Centennial Campus. A large tree frames the picture on the left. Blue sky and white clouds frame the top of the background.

Feb 8, 2024

College’s distance education programs honored by U.S. News and World Report

The distance education programs offered by the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University have been recognized by U.S. News and World Report as some of the best in the nation, according to new data released by the publication for 2024. 

Dr. Laurie Williams

Jan 22, 2024

Williams named Goodnight Distinguished University Professor

Dr. Laurie Williams has been named as the inaugural Goodnight Distinguished University Professor in Security Sciences at North Carolina State University. 

Fitts-Woolard reflects the dusk light and a deep blue sky.

Dec 21, 2023

College mourns the loss of Edgar S. Woolard

Edgar S. Woolard Jr., a renowned business leader and loyal and involved alumnus of North Carolina State University, died on Dec. 4, 2023, at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was 89. 

The NC State Belltower at dusk and night.

Dec 7, 2023

Four College of Engineering professors among most cited researchers in the world

Four faculty members from the College of Engineering at NC State were recognized on Clarivate’s 2023 list of Highly Cited Researchers. 

From left: Dean Jim Pfaendtner, Admiral Daryl L. Caudle, Deborah Bell Young and Robert E. Troxler.

Oct 30, 2023

Three honored as Distinguished Engineering Alumni

Three College of Engineering graduates — Admiral Daryl L. Caudle, Robert E. Troxler and Deborah Bell Young — received the Distinguished Engineering Alumni (DEA) Award during a dinner and ceremony on campus on Nov. 25, 2023, as part of Red and White Week. 

Dean Jim Pfaendtner, left, presents Fuh-Gwo Yuan the 2023 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension.

Oct 25, 2023

Yuan honored with RJ Reynolds Award

Fuh-Gwo Yuan, Samuel P. Langley Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at North Carolina State University, received the 2023 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension. 

Fitts-Woolard Hall in the fall. Red leaves show in the upper right hand corner and blue sky and clouds in the upper left corner.

Oct 16, 2023

Mayorga named Goodnight Distinguished Chair in Operations Research

Dr. Maria Mayorga has been named as the Goodnight Distinguished Chair in Operations Research at North Carolina State University. 

Bell Tower in the spring

Oct 13, 2023

Keung named Goodnight Distinguished Scholar

Dr. Albert Keung, associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been named the Goodnight Distinguished Scholar in Innovation in Biotechnology and Biomolecular Engineering. 

In this photo, the top of the Belltower is framed by fall foliage.

Sep 25, 2023

NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill infrared camera project funded by National Science Foundation

Engineers, scientists and educators at NC State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are collaborating to develop a new SWIR (short-wave infrared) light camera and recruit the next generation of engineers.