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Student strolling along sidewalk during afternoon with the front of Fitts-Woolard Hall and clear blue sky in the background.

Dec 28, 2021

2021: A year of growth and leadership

NC State College of Engineering faculty and staff members and students made some significant achievements in 2021.

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.

Team members of the NCSU College of Engineering Corporate Work Study Program (CWSP) pose together for a team picture.

Dec 17, 2021

COE Academic Affairs partners with Cristo Rey Research Triangle High School

Students at Cristo Rey Research Triangle High School (CRRTHS) are developing professional skills through their school’s Corporate Work Study Program (CWSP). The College of Engineering’s Office of Academic Affairs is serving as a workplace sponsor for eight such students in the 2021-22 school year.

Dec 8, 2021

Three College professors among most cited researchers globally

Three faculty members from the College of Engineering were recognized on Clarivate’s 2021 list of Highly Cited Researchers.

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 28, 2021

To invent, design and build: Engineering students showcase their talents with 2021 Arts NC State Student Art Sale

Engineers are known for their abilities to invent, design and build complex concepts. While usually reserving their skills for machines, data systems and structures, seven engineering students showcased their artistic abilities through the virtual Arts NC State Student Art Sale. The College of Engineering was the second largest participant of the colleges and units at NC State.…

Two students working on a industrial device.

Oct 28, 2021

Built with data

With the opening of Fitts-Woolard Hall in 2020, the College’s smart manufacturing research and production facilities, already some of the best at an academic institution anywhere in the nation, underwent a transformation. On the building’s second floor, visible from the engineering oval outside through floor-to-ceiling windows, the new advanced manufacturing laboratory incorporates an “engineering on…

Oct 28, 2021

Seeing stars — and atoms, and everything in between

Every day, we are surrounded by things we can’t see — our individual cells, their molecules, the atoms making up those molecules. Then there are planets and stars, which are too far away for us to grasp just how large they really are. Understanding the relative size of things too big or small for people…

African American researcher dressed in full protective gear working in the lab.

Oct 28, 2021

Return on investment

A subsidiary of Fujifilm Corporation, Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies’ Holly Springs site will bring a planned 725 new highly skilled positions to North Carolina’s Research Triangle region by 2028 and represents a $2 billion investment in the state. It was a significant win for North Carolina economic developers, but is one of many notable biopharma announcements…