civil construction and environmental engineering

Nov 7, 2018

Course improves graduate engineering students’ writing skills

NC State’s College of Engineering is one of only a few engineering schools to offer a course on improving graduate students’ writing skills — an immeasurable career boost, according to former students. 

Oct 8, 2018

Assessing how Florence affected the very ground we stand on

After Florence, experts moved in to assess the damage. NC State’s Brina Montoya was one of them. 

Sep 28, 2018

Two of a kind

Ed Fitts and Ed Woolard built a friendship on their love for NC State. 

Sep 28, 2018

Building a Legacy

Alumni and friends have a chance to make a lasting impact for the College. 

Sep 28, 2018

R. A. Bryan Foundation has a tradition of multigenerational giving

Some of the most generous supporters of NC State University and the College of Engineering come from multiple generations of family members who have attended NC State. The Bryans are one such family. 

Sep 28, 2018

Alumnus’ ties to NC State inspired endowments

If you ask Glenn Futrell what drew him to NC State, he will share about growing up on a farm in Wayne County, NC, and speak of his father’s best friend Mr. Raymond Bryan, BSCE ’53, president and part owner of T.A. Loving Construction Company. 

Sep 28, 2018

Meet the Dean’s Circle

Members of the Dean’s Circle, the College’s signature annual giving fund, provide the consistent support that has fueled NC State Engineering’s growth and improvement. 

Sep 28, 2018

Family honors longtime ceramic engineering department head with naming

Room 3010 in Engineering Building I on NC State’s Centennial Campus is occupied by the head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). Dr. Donald Brenner, Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor and MSE department head, is the current occupant. Gerald Kriegel hopes that whomever sits in that office adopts an open-door policy for students. After all, that’s what his father did. 

Sep 27, 2018

NC State-designed pit latrine emptying device wins first-place in environmental challenge

The Flexcrevator, a pit latrine emptying device designed by NC State researchers, is set to start longer-term field testing early next year, in part thanks to a first-place award of $50,000 from the 2018 RELX Group Environmental Challenge, which recognizes projects aiming to improve sanitation and access to clean water.