Women in Engineering

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Mar 7, 2024

Meet two Wolfpack women who are innovative entrepreneurs

Professor Ashley Brown and alumna Seema Nandi, both of whom lead startups based on NC State research, share their insights and perspectives as researchers and startup founders.

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.

Marcie Schinke and family at Carolina Hurricanes outdoor hockey game.

May 2, 2023

Marcie Schinke balances school, work and motherhood

Schinke began her time at NC State in 2018 when her son, Emory, was 1 year old. She’s had loads of wild experiences since then, balancing school with her job and her family, but the birth of her daughter – and taking an exam for bio manufacturing lab while in labor – stands out as the wildest yet.

May 1, 2023

How crime shows inspired Molly Sun to pursue cybersecurity

Growing up, Molly Sun traveled a lot. From her home province of Shandong, China, she ventured to new cities and other provinces. But traveling across the world to Raleigh, North Carolina, has been one of her biggest adventures yet.

May 1, 2023

Senior Tabitha Gardner talks time management, clubs and community

As an incoming student at NC State, Tabitha Gardner planned to, “come here, get a degree, and leave.” Four years later, she graduates this May as an industrial and systems engineering major, an Africana studies and statistics minor, a board member of two different on-campus clubs, a former design mentor and an undergraduate researcher and more.

Pamela McCauley hugs presenter at Hall of Fame awards ceremony.

Feb 13, 2023

Associate Dean Pamela McCauley inducted into her second Hall of Fame

Her admission to the Black Engineer of the Year Hall of Fame is just the latest accomplishment to be recognized on a national stage.

Four students of various genders and ethnicities inspect a scaffolding together.

Aug 26, 2022

NC State recognized as a top college for women and minorities in STEM

A website that offers “news coverage and in-depth analysis of global technology trends” has ranked NC State sixth nationally on a list of top colleges for women and minorities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

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Jul 28, 2022

IDEAS grant will expand COE study abroad program in Rwanda

The College of Engineering (COE) at NC State University was selected to receive funding support from the U.S. Department of State’s Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students (IDEAS) Program. NC State is one of 44 colleges and universities across the United States that will use the IDEAS grants to create, expand and/or diversify American student mobility overseas in support of U.S. foreign policy goals. This U.S. government program is funded by the U.S. Department of State and supported in its implementation by World Learning.

May 20, 2022

Twenty-five years in, Women in Engineering Program remains strong

By 1997, more women were starting to enroll in engineering programs across the United States. To help recruit these women and support them once they arrived on campus, the few women who were already in the College saw a need to develop a program for them. Sarah Rajala had just been named associate dean for…