FREEDM

College of Engineering aerial view of campus.

May 3, 2023

NC State partner institutes bolster U.S. manufacturing industry

NC State University is a top Manufacturing USA partner. Our vast knowledge base shown by the breadth of sectors we’re involved with: power distribution, textiles, biomanufacturing and manufacturing technology.

CCEE Associate Professor Doug Call, left, demonstrates research materials to Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Arati Prabhakar, right.

Feb 17, 2023

CCEE sustainability research highlighted on White House science advisor campus visit

Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Arati Prabhakar visited NC State’s campus last week to see how university researchers are creating cleaner energy systems.

Iqbal Husain, left, works with Taohid Latif ’22 on the latter’s Ph.D. project.

Feb 10, 2023

Providing FREEDM through a better power grid

Iqbal Husain, director of NC State’s FREEDM Systems Center and a distinguished professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, is on a mission to make the world cleaner, greener and easier to travel in.

Two students at lab work table soldering electronics.

Dec 7, 2022

10 years of wearable device breakthroughs

Ten years since its founding, the Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) Center led by NC State has made groundbreaking advances in wearable health monitoring devices.

Oct 19, 2022

ECE researchers help develop public charging infrastructure for wheelchairs

Two years in the making, their network and hardware are now ready for public use. The system includes an offboard charger, a user interface on the chair that reports battery status and charger locations, and a web portal that shows real time updates and performance information.

Side view of white electric car recharging.

Feb 18, 2022

Department of Energy grants will power clean energy research at NC State

Faculty members in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University will receive funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to create a new electric microgrid coordination and control design and to develop cleaner, cheaper processes for industrial production of benzenes.

Group of students standing among rows of solar panels.

Aug 20, 2021

Student researchers from across U.S. get back in the field through REUs

During the summer, 17 engineering students participated in REUs hosted by ASSIST and FREEDM at NC State.

Sep 23, 2020

Inside ABB and NC State’s decadeslong partnership

ABB was the first corporate partner to move onto Centennial Campus. Now, 30 years later, the company is still working with NC State to improve the reliability and reduce the cost and environmental impact of electric power systems.

Dr. Julie Swann and students at minority recruitment event

Oct 24, 2019

Major impact

The College has increased the number of women faculty members over the last decade and promoted them to leadership positions in departments and centers.