Fall/Winter 2017 NC State Engineering magazine
The Fall/Winter 2017 NC State Engineering magazine celebrates our top-notch faculty, staff, students and alumni, as well as the advanced research taking place in the College of Engineering. It showcases our study abroad programs and our drive to complete the EB Oval dream.
CONTENTS
Features
In Our Labs
Explore the spaces where our engineering faculty members work. In this issue, visit the Advanced Metal Forming and Tribology Laboratory.
NSF ERC Updates
The College’s two National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers continue to make progress on developing a smarter power grid and wearable health-monitoring devices powered by the human body.
Challenge Accepted
The National Academy of Engineering has identified 14 Grand Challenges for engineers in the 21st century, and faculty members and students in the College are doing their part to find answers.
Engineers Across Borders
Students in the College take part in a unique study-abroad program in China that exposes them to engineering in an inter-connected world.
Manufacturing USA
The College is playing a major role in the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, helping U.S. companies compete in the global marketplace.
Pack Points
Benefits of advanced wood-burning stoves greater than previously thought
Paper pumps power portable microfluidics, biomedical devices
Alumna becomes finalist on “Mythbusters: The Search”
New technique ‘sees’ radioactive material even after it’s gone
Thin layers of water hold promise for the energy storage of the future
College of Engineering student teams place at annual LuLu eGames startup competition
New ultrasound ‘drill’ targets deep vein blood clots
Pig model to help research on human knee growth, injury treatment
Researchers make the first flexible memory device using oxide ferroelectric material
Device allows users to manipulate 3-D virtual objects more quickly
Foundations
Alumni support Engineering Building Oval to help future students
Alumnus prepares to endow fourth professorship
Foundation staff welcomes new member
Success and generosity are in the Dean family’s DNA
College of Engineering Homecoming Celebration
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