Spring/Summer 2020

Apr 23, 2020

Departmental ambassador programs promote leadership, strengthen communication skills

In an effort to create more peer-to-peer representation, each of the College’s nine academic departments have established student ambassador programs. 

Apr 23, 2020

Improving AI’s ability to identify students who need help

Researchers have designed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that is better able to predict how much students are learning in educational games. 

Apr 23, 2020

Next generation of greenhouses may be fully solar powered

Many greenhouses could become energy neutral by using see-through solar panels to harvest energy. 

Apr 23, 2020

Study finds flooding damage to levees is cumulative — and often invisible

Repeated flooding has a cumulative effect on the integrity of earthen levees, suggesting that extreme weather associated with climate change could pose significant risks for the nation’s aging levees. 

Apr 23, 2020

Professor reflects on L-E-S-S-O-N-S learned from 1975 National Spelling Bee

Dr. Richard Spontak, a Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State, recalls a pivotal moment in his life. 

Apr 23, 2020

Faculty Highlights

Recent awards and honors extended to College of Engineering faculty members. 

Apr 23, 2020

Making a mark

You can establish a legacy in Fitts-Woolard Hall. 

Apr 23, 2020

Alumni donors know that Fitts-Woolard Hall is more than a building

More than 300 alumni donors have supported the College in its effort to raise $60 million in private donations to help fund construction of Fitts-Woolard Hall. Meet two couples who have made support of the project a priority and learn why they decided to give. 

Apr 23, 2020

College closes in on campaign goal

In November 2019, Chancellor Randy Woodson announced that Think and Do the Extraordinary: The Campaign for NC State had met its overall fundraising goal of $1.6 billion two years ahead of schedule.