Brent Lancaster

Feb 18, 2022

Department of Energy grants will power clean energy research at NC State

Faculty members in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University will receive funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to create a new electric microgrid coordination and control design and to develop cleaner, cheaper processes for industrial production of benzenes. 

Feb 11, 2022

Dayton named chair of Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

Paul Dayton, William R. Kenan Distinguished Professor, has been appointed as chair of the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME). Dayton has served as interim chair of the department since 2019. 

Jan 20, 2022

Engineering dean’s chair endowed with Goodnight Foundation gift

The Louis Martin-Vega Dean’s Chair Endowment at the College of Engineering was created through a gift from the Goodnight Educational Foundation under the direction of Dr. Jim and Mrs. Ann Goodnight. 

Dec 21, 2021

Kish named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

Fred Kish, M.C. Dean Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been named as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) in its 2021 class. 

Nov 19, 2021

College will grow faculty, student enrollment thanks to legislative funding

To continue providing job-ready graduates for North Carolina’s ever-growing tech economy, the state’s largest public university will get even larger in the next few years. North Carolina State University will add about 4,000 students – 2,000 undergraduates and 2,000 graduate students – in engineering disciplines and computer science over the next five years. The growth… 

Nov 15, 2021

Dickey receives 2021 R.J. Reynolds Award

Michael Dickey, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University, received the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension on November 11, 2021. At the award ceremony, he delivered a lecture called “Beyond the terminator: liquid metals, stretchable electronics and… 

Oct 11, 2021

College mourns Odierno, alumnus who rose to Army chief of staff

Gen. Raymond Odierno, an NC State nuclear engineering alumnus, died Oct. 8 after a distinguished career in the U.S. Army that included a stint as chief of staff. 

Oct 1, 2021

Statewide cybersecurity coalition receives $2 million NSA grant

A new coalition that will enhance North Carolina’s economy and keep its citizens safe through education, research,  and outreach work in cybersecurity will benefit from a $2 million grant from the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity located within the National Security Agency. 

Sep 2, 2021

NC State researchers collaborate as part of Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation

Faculty members from NC State are partnering with colleagues at other institutionsdevelop quantum simulation devices that can understand, and thereby exploit, the rich behavior of complex quantum systems.