electrical and computer engineering

Feb 3, 2021

Chancellor names Innovator and Entrepreneur of the Year Award winners

Two College of Engineering professors were honored at NC State's 30th annual Celebration of Innovation — Robert Heath won the Innovator of the Year Award and Fred Kish won the Entrepreneur of the Year Award. 

Feb 2, 2021

Textile sensor patch, made with conductive yarns, could detect pressure points for amputees

NC State researchers sewed a soft, flexible sensor system to help map pressure points on an amputee's prosthesis. 

Jan 29, 2021

Eight engineering professors named University Faculty Scholars

Engineering faculty members made up more than a third of the 2020-21 class of University Faculty Scholars, which was announced on Jan. 29 by NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson. 

Jan 26, 2021

NC State ranks sixth for online master’s engineering programs

According to the US News & World Report 2021 list of Best Online Programs, NC State’s Engineering Online ranked sixth nationally. 

Nov 24, 2020

Six College of Engineering faculty members named AAAS Fellows

Five tenured faculty members and an adjunct professor from the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University have been elected as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for 2020. 

Nov 24, 2020

NASA Astronaut Christina Koch to deliver NC State commencement address

NASA astronaut and NC State alumna Christina H. Koch is the featured speaker at NC State’s first ever virtual commencement. 

Nov 20, 2020

Launching the next generation

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, a three-time graduate of NC State, knows how to thrive working from home, which she did flawlessly during a record-breaking 328 days in space. She’ll share her message of how NC State helped prepare her to become NASA’s most accomplished female astronaut on Dec. 4 as the featured speaker at the university’s first virtual commencement. 

Nov 19, 2020

PSI Profile: Cranos Williams, Platform Director for Data-Driven Plant Sciences

Cranos Williams, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named the director of the Data-Driven Plant Sciences platform for the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative. 

Nov 11, 2020

Managing data flow to boost cyber-physical system performance

Researchers in NC State’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) have developed a suite of algorithms to improve the performance of cyber-physical systems — from autonomous vehicles to smart power grids — by balancing each component’s need for data with how fast that data can be sent and received.