Author: Kathi McBlief

Nov 11, 2020

From the board

Learn more about the work of the NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors [spotlight-box label=”Get Involved” img=”” heading=”” cta=”” url=”mailto:skseltze@ncsu.edu”]To learn more about board service for the College of Engineering or to nominate someone, contact Sara Seltzer at skseltze@ncsu.edu.[/spotlight-box] The NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc. was established in 1944 to aid and promote, by financial… 

Oct 20, 2020

Reducing food waste

Hafizul Islam, the winner of the 2019 Three Minute Thesis, explained how mathematical modeling could help food banks distribute food efficiently, effectively and equitably. 

Sep 24, 2020

Podcast: Robocalls

Computer scientist Brad Reaves talks about robocalls – how they work and what happens if you answer. 

Sep 22, 2020

Hodge Makes Fortune’s 40 Under 40

ISE alumna and advisory board member Rashida Hodge makes Fortune Magazine's 40 Under 40 Technology list. 

Aug 20, 2020

Alumni insights with Daniel Morales

Srivatsan Ramesh, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), interviews CBE alumnus Daniel Morales, technical director of the Consumer-Packaged Goods business at Prescouter Inc. 

Aug 18, 2020

Professor Carol Hall selected to receive the AIChE Margaret H. Rousseau Pioneer Award

Professor Carol K. Hall was selected to receive the Margaret H. Rousseau Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement by a Woman Chemical Engineer for 2020. 

Jun 26, 2020

NC State receives $7.4 million from NIEHS to study PFAS toxicity, bioaccumulation and remediation

Researchers from North Carolina State University have received a five-year, $7.4 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Research Program to establish a Center for Environmental and Human Health Effects of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). 

Jun 10, 2020

Internships adapt: Data curation at the Museum of Natural Sciences

Among the many rippling effects of the coronavirus pandemic, some students have found themselves without the internships that they had planned on taking on over the summer. 

Apr 23, 2020

Engineering alumna returns to Earth after historic flight

After a record-shattering 328 days, 13 hours and 58 minutes on the space station, with 5,248 orbits around the Earth and 139,053,992 miles traveled, Koch returned to her home planet on Feb. 6, a few days after celebrating her 41st birthday among the stars. 

Apr 23, 2020

Professor reflects on L-E-S-S-O-N-S learned from 1975 National Spelling Bee

Dr. Richard Spontak, a Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State, recalls a pivotal moment in his life.