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John Gajda Appointed to N.C. Utilities Commission

Engineering Communications

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Apr 1, 2026

Driving with Endurance: Tobias Hullette’s Path to Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship does not have a script or roadmap; it is more like a puzzle. For engineering graduate student Tobias Hullette, the puzzle is what he loves most. Growing up on…
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Mar 30, 2026

Grad Students Build Bridges for Agricultural Innovation

The N.C. PSI’s BRIDGE Symposium provided a window into the bold ways graduate students are collaborating across academic fields to solve a range of agricultural challenges.
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Mar 25, 2026

ACC InVenture Prize 2026: Sylva Systems

ACC InVenture Prize (ACCIP) represents an opportunity to stimulate undergraduate entrepreneurial activity and increase student-faculty engagement, to celebrate and highlight the exceptional creativity and ingenuity of students.
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Mar 25, 2026

‘Make It Meaningful’

The Miller Family Faculty Award will support and elevate mid-career Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty.
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Mar 24, 2026

A Family Legacy in Engineering Continues at NC State

Scott Walston turned his passion for Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) into a lifelong career and now gives back through a scholarship supporting future North Carolina State University MSE students.
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Mar 23, 2026

PhD Student Highlights Importance of Communication in Research

From studying coastal flooding on Carolina Beach to winning a thesis competition, PhD student Thomas Thelen has learned how to explain complex topics and their real-world impact.

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Mar 11, 2026

Dariush Heiranian Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

The five-year award provides $548,900 sin funding for his project, “Atomistic-Scale Investigation of How Chemical and Physical Heterogeneities Govern Ion-Selective Transport in Metal-Organic Framework Membranes.”
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Mar 2, 2026

Teaching AI to Think Like Humans

When many people think about artificial intelligence, they picture fast code and smart machines. However, Ph.D student Yin-Chun Lu wants the focus to return to people.

John Gajda

Feb 27, 2026

John Gajda Appointed to N.C. Utilities Commission

The NCUC is the oldest regulatory body in North Carolina state government, and is responsible for regulating the rates and services of all investor-owned public utilities in N.C.