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Aug 12, 2020

Engineering internship gives new perspective on COVID-19

Megan Rettino helped build portable X-ray machines for GE Healthcare this summer. 

Aug 4, 2020

Controlling streams of liquid metal at room temperature

Researchers have demonstrated a technique that allows them to produce streams of liquid metal at room temperature. By applying a low voltage to the liquid metal, the researchers were able to tune its surface tension across at least three orders of magnitude. 

Aug 4, 2020

Startup develops accessible prosthetics

Three members of the Wolfpack are developing life-changing prosthetic kits to help above-the-knee amputees worldwide. 

Jul 29, 2020

Chancellor’s Innovation Fund supports six promising projects

This year’s Chancellor’s Innovation Fund winners are working toward safer treatments for human and animal health, novel manufacturing methods for toilet paper, lightweight car frames and synthetic fuel. 

Jul 29, 2020

Why we should already be planning for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

What is the best way to distribute vaccines fairly and efficiently? 

Jul 28, 2020

All systems go

From her active research on pandemic disease spread to leadership as the head of the Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, A. Doug Allison Distinguished Professor Julie Swann thinks beyond boundaries and puts solutions into action to build a better world. 

Jul 28, 2020

Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software skills

The design of “technical interviews” is hurting the tech sector. 

Jul 22, 2020

Study: Novel PFAS comprise 24% of those measured in blood of Wilmington, N.C. residents

Novel PFAS are 24% of total PFAS detected in blood of Wilmington residents. 

Jul 13, 2020

Student becomes teacher

NC State junior Ryan Catalfu finds a creative way to support families struggling to homeschool during the pandemic.