Spring / Summer 2024 NC State Engineering Magazine
Inside Stories
Pack Points
- Office for Faculty Development and Success has a new name, but same core values
- NC State Active Minds chapter encourages conversations about mental health
- Community college partnership program provides pathways for engineering students
- NC State chapter of National Society of Black Engineers wins Chapter of the Year awards
- Computer engineering student wins second runner-up Miss India USA 2023
- COE alumna Christina Koch headlines Red and White Week
- AquaPack Robotics refreshes its design cycle
Faculty Highlights
Features
Pack power
New semiconductor center builds on more than 30 years of NC State research
Moving forward
Engineering expansion will help meet the workforce needs of the growing North Carolina economy
Investing in nuclear
State budget allocates $3 million for nuclear reactor feasibility study
Mach 6 is here
Student-built hypersonic wind tunnel up and running
Accelerating discovery
Self-driving labs are the future. NC State is at the forefront.
Ultrasound for the future
New NIH-funded program emphasizes ultrasound research commercialization
Philanthropy
- BME alumna combines medicine and entrepreneurship
- Woolard leaves legacy of service, leadership
- Three honored with Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award
- Record-setting Day of Giving ensures the longevity of COE
- Crowdfunding campaigns support COE academic programs
- Computer science alumnus Drew Banks is giving back in a big way
- From the NC State Engineering Foundation Board of Directors
- Infographic: young alumni share career pathways through survey
Ways to give to the NC State Engineering Foundation
NC State Engineering Magazine
Vol. XVIII, Issue I
Dean
Jim Pfaendtner
Advisory Board
▪ Peter Fedkiw, Interim Associate Dean for Research and Infrastructure
▪ Scott Stabler (ME ‘82), President, Board of Directors, NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc.
▪ Griffin Lamb, Assistant Dean for for Philanthropy and Executive Director, NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc.
Editor
Brent Lancaster
Senior Associate Editor
Danielle Herman
Art Director
Candice Kimble Wallace
Illustrations
Will Briggs ▪ Maddie Gyurek ▪ Jie Sun
Contributors
Allison DeBusk ▪ Nicole Zelniker
Images
Meg Alden ▪ Drew Banks ▪ Bobby Barnes ▪ Ryan Burkett ▪ Charlie Dickens ▪ Tom Fuldner ▪ Marc Hall ▪ Becky Kirkland ▪ Jenni Mangala ▪ Chris Mori ▪ Sarah Musa ▪ Ishita Pai Raikar ▪ Sav Powers ▪ Beth Smith ▪ Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries ▪ Pamela Townsend ▪ Hanh Tran ▪ Tajah Trapier ▪ Radhika Venkatraman ▪ Abigail Wucherer
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