College of Engineering

Oct 29, 2019

Lecture: ‘The Commercial US Space Industry — Boom or Bust?’

On Nov. 15 at Hunt Library, NC State's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering will host the 2019 Dr. Hassan A. Hassan Distinguished Lecture, featuring Dr. R. John Olds, CEO of SpaceWorks Enterprises Inc. The lecture series was established in 2015 through the generosity of former students, fellow faculty members and other alumni as a recognition of the late Dr. Hassan's dedication to the field of aerospace engineering. 

Oct 21, 2019

Scholarship Continues to Support NC State Families

More than $1 million in Employee Dependent’s Tuition Scholarship funds have been awarded to dependents of full-time NC State employees since 2016. And more than 300 donors, most of them staff and faculty members themselves, have joined Chancellor Randy Woodson and his wife Susan by supporting the fund. 

Oct 21, 2019

Unique Dendritic Sticky Particles Formed by Harnessing ‘Liquid Chaos’

New research from NC State shows that unique materials with distinct properties akin to those of gecko feet – the ability to stick to just about any surface – can be created by harnessing liquid-driven chaos to produce soft polymer microparticles with hierarchical branching on the micro- and nanoscale. The findings, described in the journal Nature Materials, hold the potential for advances in gels, pastes, foods, nonwovens, coatings and more. Orlin Velev, S. Frank and Doris Culberson Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is corresponding author of the paper. 

Oct 21, 2019

Kish Named Director of NC State Nanofabrication Facility

Fred Kish, MC Dean Term Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will oversee the Nanofabrication Facility, a Class 100/Class 1000 cleanroom. The NNF provides semiconductor processing capabilities for NC State faculty and students in engineering as well as textiles, physics, chemistry and other programs Along with on-campus users, it is made available to clients in business and at other academic institutions. 

Oct 15, 2019

All in Good Chime

For decades, the NC State community enjoyed regular concerts ringing out across campus from the Memorial Belltower. With a new chapter of Belltower history about to begin, alumni carillonneurs share a few of their favorite memories of playing those concerts as students. 

Oct 8, 2019

Hornsby receives College of Engineering Faculty Senior Scholarship

The College of Engineering has named civil engineering student and Goodnight Scholar Gracie Marie Hornsby as the 2019 Faculty Senior Scholarship recipient. The scholarship is awarded annually to a full-time student (with a projected graduation date in the following academic year) who exemplifies academic excellence, intellectual breadth and depth of character. 

Oct 1, 2019

EPA Disbanded This Panel of Clean-Air Experts – They’re Meeting Again Anyway

The experts are reconvening to provide their scientific expertise on clean-air topics in a public forum. The group will meet Oct. 10-11 and will be chaired by Chris Frey, the Glenn E. Futrell Distinguished University Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at NC State. 

Sep 17, 2019

Meet the First-Year Class for 2019

A golfer, a Park Scholar, an aspiring veterinarian and a member of the Goodnight Scholars transfer program: NC State welcomed 4,773 first-year students to campus in August, and here are a few of their stories. 

Sep 17, 2019

‘Soft Tactile Logic’ Tech Distributes Decision-making throughout Stretchable Material

Inspired by octopuses, researchers including Michael Dickey, NC State's Alcoa Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, have developed a structure that senses, computes and responds without centralized processing — creating a device that is not quite a robot and not quite a computer, but has characteristics of both. The new technology holds promise for use in a variety of applications, from soft robotics to prosthetic devices. 

Sep 10, 2019

Dickey Named a Distinguished Professor

Professor Beth Dickey holds a lot of titles in NC State's Department of Materials Science and Engineering: associate department head, director of the Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics, and director of the NSF Research Traineeship on Data-Enabled Science and Engineering of Atomic Structure. She now carries one more: distinguished professor.