materials science and engineering

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 20, 2020

Jones receives 2020 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award

Dr. Jacob Jones, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and University Faculty Scholar at North Carolina State University, is the thirty-sixth recipient of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension.

mother pats baby with one hand while working on laptop with another

Oct 27, 2020

Why young STEM researchers are calling for paid family leave

A group of young researchers is stepping outside their disciplines to address the gender gap in STEM jobs.

Oct 20, 2020

Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professors

Four faculty members receive Alumni Association honor, including MSE's Dr. Elizabeth C. Dickey.

A researchers studying how drones can detect poachers and count wildlife in Namibia is juxtaposed against the Milky Way at night.

Sep 3, 2020

Envisioning Research Contest winners show artistic exploration

The winners of the 2020 Envisioning Research Contest brought a new light to their discoveries at NC State.

Aug 25, 2020

Funding renewal will continue nanotechnology work in the Research Triangle for five more years

The Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN), a partnership between three local universities that drives research and education in the areas of nanoscale engineering, science and technology, is one of 16 such sites nationwide that will benefit from five more years of funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Jul 29, 2020

Chancellor’s Innovation Fund supports six promising projects

This year’s Chancellor’s Innovation Fund winners are working toward safer treatments for human and animal health, novel manufacturing methods for toilet paper, lightweight car frames and synthetic fuel.

Illustration of how semiconductor properties change as grain size decreases in strontium titanate.

Jul 1, 2020

Researchers develop computational model to build better capacitors

Model aims to guide development of new energy storage devices for electronics.

Photograph of an array of magnetic cilia, folded and held in the tip of tweezers. Photo credit: Jessica A.-C. Liu.

May 27, 2020

Controlling artificial cilia with magnetic fields and light

Researchers have made remotely-controlled, artificial cilia that bend into new shapes, then return to their original shape.