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Spring/Summer 2019

Apr 26, 2019

Alumna blasts off for the ISS

Engineering graduate Christina Hammock Koch launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan on March 14, bound for the International Space Station. 

NC State Day of Giving: 3/27/19

Apr 26, 2019

Inaugural Day of Giving a success for the College

On March 27, NC State University hosted its inaugural Day of Giving — a 24-hour fundraising campaign to maximize support for the University — and the College of Engineering’s alumni, students and friends rose to the challenge and did the extraordinary. 

Four students working at table.

Apr 26, 2019

Funding will help underrepresented students pursue STEM degrees

NC State is the recipient of funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Fellowship program. 

Dome of United States Capitol

Apr 26, 2019

Washington DC internship program introduces students to politics

Many engineering students never consider a future career in politics or public policy, even though their expertise can often be critical. A new seven-week Washington D.C. internship program piloted by Dean Louis Martin-Vega and John English, engineering dean at the University of Arkansas, aims to change that. 

microscopic organisms

Apr 26, 2019

Artificial intelligence can identify microscopic marine organisms

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) program that can automatically provide species-level identification of microscopic marine organisms. The next step is to incorporate the AI into a robotic system that will help advance our understanding of the world’s oceans, both now and in our prehistoric past. 

Dr. David Parish and class

Apr 26, 2019

Students learn about grand challenges in E102

First-year engineering students are getting a better idea of what kind of impact they can make with their degrees — and a more thorough understanding of the College of Engineering’s degree programs — through a newly required course, E102: Engineering in the 21st Century. 

Biosensor organ on a chip

Apr 26, 2019

Biosensor allows real-time oxygen monitoring for “organs on a chip”

A new biosensor allows researchers to track oxygen levels in real time in “organ-on-a-chip” systems, making it possible to ensure that such systems more closely mimic the functions of real organs. This is essential if organs on a chip are to achieve their potential in applications such as drug and toxicity testing. 

Fibrin-specific nanogel (FSN): FSNs bind to fibrin at infarct; tPA is released from FSNs to dissolve fibrin; Y-22632 is released from FSNs to inhibit fibrosis

Apr 26, 2019

New system allows rapid response to heart attacks

Researchers in the UNC/NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) have developed a drug-delivery system that allows rapid response to heart attacks without surgical intervention. In laboratory and animal testing, the system proved to be effective at dissolving clots, limiting long-term scarring to heart tissue and preserving more of the heart’s normal function. 

iStock photo: Sterilizing solution wash

Apr 26, 2019

Approach paves way for new generation of antimicrobial materials

Researchers in the College have successfully incorporated “photosensitizers” into a range of polymers, giving those materials the ability to render bacteria and viruses inactive using only ambient oxygen and visible-wavelength light.