Spring/Summer 2022

Black and white photo of smartphone take a photo of a QR code.

May 20, 2022

New authentication system uses unclonable, microscopic features to detect counterfeits with smartphone

As counterfeit merchandise and documents become more difficult to detect, methods for checking authentication need to become more sophisticated. A new authentication system that gets down to the microscopic level to detect counterfeits is a promising solution — especially since it can all be done using a smartphone.

Image of Ryan Pecaut superimposed over overhead view of populated convention center.

May 20, 2022

An EYE on the future

When Ryan Pecaut, industrial and systems engineering ‘21, approached the Engineer Your Experience (EYE) Program office with a proposal, he expected to be turned away. A professor of his had mentioned EMO Hannover, the largest industrial technology conference in the world, piquing Pecaut’s interest.

Healthcare professional dressed in blue scrubs administers vaccination to seated patient.

May 20, 2022

NSF RAPID grants support engineering research on pandemic for better future solutions

Faculty members in the College of Engineering are principal investigators (PIs) or co-PIs on three Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grants awarded in 2020 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) focused on hospital surges, vaccine distribution and the well-being of college students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The NC State Belltower at dusk and night.

May 20, 2022

Faculty highlights

The latest awards and honors earned by faculty of the College.

Students working at laptop based lab workstation.

May 20, 2022

Next level

A funding initiative from the state legislature titled Engineering North Carolina’s Future will help grow the enrollment of engineering and computer science students at NC State and other engineering programs in the University of North Carolina System.

Kamala Subramaniam wearing a Google branded black sweatshirt.

May 20, 2022

Homegrown leadership

Kamala Subramaniam carries with her a number of positive memories from her time at NC State, including favorite classes, homework and project work with her classmates and eating on a graduate student budget at Golden Dragon, a local Chinese restaurant that is popular with students.

Group of young female students sitting in a circle while conversing.

May 20, 2022

Supporting women in COE strengthens student body

When the College of Engineering’s class of 2026 gets to campus, they’ll be part of an historic milestone. For the first time, the incoming engineering class is 33 percent women.Reaching this point has taken years of dedicated work across NC State University, especially as the College faced years of stagnant and even declining women enrollment. In…

Closeup photo of a white, round, multicolored biosensor attached to person's wet skin.

May 20, 2022

Here a sensor, there a sensor…

Sensor technologies can be used to detect a wide range of inputs, from temperature and light to air pressure and ultrasonic waves. Across engineering disciplines, they are used by faculty members to collect data needed for groundbreaking work in energy, health care, manufacturing, infrastructure and more. Engineering researchers, it seems, are putting sensors everywhere.

In this illustration, an ultrasound transducer sends a wave that pushes against arterial walls and records the wave propagation.

May 20, 2022

Sound on

Humans use sound to see where our eyes can’t — like when you’re putting up a shelf and tap the wall to find the studs. Those sounds, traveling through waves, answer questions — is this where the stud is, or is this just drywall? Over the years, technologies like ultrasound have used these sound waves…