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Students spent spring breaks engineering solutions

Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

Fireworks explode over the NC State belltower to close down Packapalooza 2022.

Aug 30, 2023

From ideas to solutions

Six projects secured support from the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund this year, and for the first time in the fund’s history, awardees will receive supplemental resources through local entrepreneur and investor Bill Spruill’s 2ndF Research Commercialization Fund. 
Photo showing variety of objects that can be handled by new grippers.

Aug 3, 2023

Robotic grippers offer unprecedented combo of strength and delicacy

Device is flexible enough to handle soft and fragile objects as well as heavier ones. 
An aerial photo of Centenial campus, highlighting the Hunt Library.

Jun 16, 2023

Breaking through bacterial barriers in chronic treatment-resistant wounds

Researchers in the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the UNC-NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a new strategy to improve drug delivery into chronic wound infections. 
Allie Mitzak and Brian Kim

Jun 6, 2023

The BME Grad Podcast

A lasting resource for BME students and alumni — available wherever you listen to podcasts. 
An aerial photo of Centenial campus, highlighting the Hunt Library.

May 15, 2023

Six COE students win 2022-23 Graduate Programs Awards

Six outstanding NC State engineering graduate students were recognized for their academic achievements, research, leadership and service through the 2022-23 College of Engineering (COE) Graduate Programs Awards. 
2023 College of Engineering Outstanding Senior Awards winners, from left: Noha Zayan, Jerin Smith, Ethan Frey and Annie Kate Watson.

May 15, 2023

College honors outstanding seniors for 2023

Seniors are nominated by their respective academic departments in the College of Engineering, and winners are chosen by a selection committee made up of faculty and staff members in the College. Departmental nominees were honored during a ceremony held at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on NC State’s Centennial Campus where the four COE winners were also announced. 
Aerial view of the College of Engineering with Fitts-Woolard Hall in the foreground and Hunt Library to the right.

May 10, 2023

COE student and two alumni named to Andrews Launch Accelerator 2023 cohort

The NC State Acceleration Fund, operated by the Entrepreneurship Clinic, is the product of a $1,000,000 donation from Lyn and Chip Andrews. The purpose of the Accelerator is to give NC State founders the opportunity to jumpstart their entrepreneurial journey. Founders are provided with the funding, resources and guidance to grow their company. 
Michaela Copp defends her doctoral thesis.

May 3, 2023

Michaela Copp graduates with nonprofit experience and a Ph.D. from both NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill

Michaela Copp, who is a soon-to-be biomedical engineering graduate with a Ph.D. from NC State University and the University of North Carolina at  Chapel Hill, knew back during her undergraduate years at Vanderbilt University that she wanted to continue doing research. 
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Apr 12, 2023

Students spent spring breaks engineering solutions

Engineering students share their experiences of helping others in different areas of the world during NC State's 2023 Alternative Service Break.