Skip to main content

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Black rubber gloved hand holds a set of large tweezers with a small, square organic solar cell between the two tongs.

Apr 12, 2023

MAE professor spearheads organic solar cell commercialization with PolyPV

A company that began with a partnership between two NC State University Professors is tackling organic solar cell research head on, presenting their work at a Research Triangle Park tech summit late last month.  

Winners of the 2023 Graduate Student Research Symposium

Apr 11, 2023

Engineering students among winners named for 2023 Research Symposium

Twenty-eight students were named winners in nine research categories at the Graduate Student Research Symposium, featuring posters by nearly 200 students. 

NASA's Artemis 1 rocket begins its launch.

Apr 7, 2023

‘It’s America’s Rocket:’ A Q&A with Artemis launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson ahead of NC Space Symposium

Charlie Blackwell-Thompson is the first woman launch director at NASA. On November 16, 2022, she launched Artemis I, the first in a series of missions bringing human exploration back to the Moon and eventually, Mars. As the keynote speaker for the NC Space Symposium on April 21, Blackwell-Thompson will share her experiences with students. She spoke with NC Space Grant about her STEM journey and her role in the Artemis missions. 

The flight crew of Artemis II: Mission specialist Christina Koch, pilot Victor Glover, commander Reid Wiseman and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen. (Photo courtesy of NASA.)

Apr 6, 2023

‘We’re headed for the moon’

Just after Christina Koch learned last month that she had been selected for NASA’s Artemis II project — becoming the first woman to travel around the moon and back as part of a four-member crew — the pioneering NASA astronaut and three-time NC State graduate was told to limit sharing the news to only a few… 

Memorial Belltower

Apr 4, 2023

MAE researchers win PNAS Cozzarelli Prize

The Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has selected a paper by researchers from NC State University’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering as one of six papers published by PNAS in 2022 to receive the prestigious Cozzarelli Prize. 

The state flag flies in front of the NC State Memorial Belltower on a fall morning.

Mar 30, 2023

Engineering faculty among 2022-23 Goodnight Early Career Innovators

NC State announced its 2022-23 class of Goodnight Early Career Innovators today. This program recognizes and rewards promising NC State early-career faculty whose scholarship is in STEM or STEM education. The 25 faculty selected will receive $22,000 ­for each of the next three years to support their scholarship and research endeavors. 

High school students listen to a professor while gathered in a laboratory.

Mar 24, 2023

K-12 students gain exposure to biomanufacturing research and STEM pathways

An interdisciplinary group of NC State scientists, engineers and educators hosted field trips on campus for 61 high school students and 14 middle school students on Friday, March 3, and Friday,… 

Photo shows several caterpillar robots bent in different poses, demonstrating how they move forward and backward.

Mar 23, 2023

Robot caterpillar demonstrates new approach to locomotion for soft robotics

The caterpillar-like soft robot that can move forward, backward and dip under narrow spaces. 

The NC State Belltower against a blue sky, with flowering trees in the foreground

Mar 22, 2023

Rabiei, Sitar named senior members of National Academy of Inventors

Afsaneh Rabiei, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Zlatko Sitar, Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, are among 95 of the world’s foremost emerging academic inventors to earn the prestigious distinction, which seek to recognize inventors who have made real and significant contributions to their communities and the rest of the world.