Fall/Winter 2018

Sep 28, 2018

Engineering Foundation creates Young Alumni Advisory Board

In an effort to help engage younger NC State Engineering alumni in their relationship with their alma mater and provide an opportunity for them to connect with each other, the NC State Engineering Foundation has created the Young Alumni Advisory Board (YAAB). This board, made of 18 young professionals, represents various engineering disciplines from NC State classes of 2003 and later. 

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 28, 2018

Foundation year in review

Fueled by strong and early support for Fitts-Woolard Hall, the NC State Engineering Foundation had another record-setting fundraising year with giving totals to the College at $39,287,344. 

Sep 28, 2018

NC State named first university-based IBM Q Hub in North America

NC State will be the first university in North America to establish an IBM Q Hub as part of the global IBM Q Network, a collaboration between tech powerhouse IBM and top Fortune 500 companies, national research labs and leading universities to advance quantum computing. 

Sep 28, 2018

Researchers propose a blockchain data network to boost manufacturing

Researchers in industrial and systems engineering are proposing the creation of a public, open-source network that uses blockchains — the technology behind cryptocurrencies — to share verifiable manufacturing data. The system could be used as a peer-to-peer network that allows companies to find small- and medium-sized manufacturers that are capable of producing specific components on a reliable basis. 

Sep 28, 2018

New tech may make prosthetic hands easier for patients to use

Researchers have developed new technology for decoding neuromuscular signals to control powered, prosthetic wrists and hands. The work relies on computer models that closely mimic the behavior of the natural structures in the forearm, wrist and hand. The technology could also be used to develop new computer interface devices for applications such as gaming and computer-aided design (CAD). 

Sep 28, 2018

National Security Agency renews Science of Security Lablet at NC State

NC State has again been awarded a Science of Security Lablet by the National Security Agency (NSA) to continue its work in developing the cybersecurity and privacy breakthroughs needed to safeguard cyberspace. 

Sep 28, 2018

Tech bends light more efficiently, offers wider angles for light input

Engineering and physics researchers at NC State have developed a new technology for steering light that allows for more light input and greater efficiency — a development that holds promise for creating more immersive augmented-reality display systems. 

Sep 28, 2018

New technique allows printing of flexible, stretchable silver nanowire circuits

Silver nanowires have drawn significant interest in recent years for use in many applications, ranging from prosthetic devices to wearable health sensors, due to their flexibility, stretchability and conductive properties. While proof-of-concept experiments have been promising, there have been significant challenges to printing highly integrated circuits using silver nanowires.