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Researchers Create New Way to Remove Phosphorus from Contaminated Water

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Jun 24, 2025

Why The Sun Is So Good At Evaporating Water

The key factor turns out to be the oscillating electric field inherent to sunlight itself.
The NC State Belltower at dusk and night.

Jun 20, 2025

Miller Fellows 2025: The Future of Entrepreneurship at NC State

What is the Miller Fellowship? Founded in 2014 by Dr. Tom Miller, the Miller Fellowship was designed to bridge the gap between graduation and full-time entrepreneurship. Many students face a…
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Jun 19, 2025

Climate Change May Make Prescribed Fires Rarer – but Increase Their Air Quality Impacts

Prescribed burns are important for preventing wildfires, but a new study finds managed fires are major contributors to air pollution – a problem that may become more pronounced with climate change.
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Jun 18, 2025

MAE’s Lee Receives NSF CAREER Award

Andrew Lee has received a highly competitive Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation to support groundbreaking research on the behavior of deployable shell structures

Jun 17, 2025

Donald Brenner Chairs University Materials Council 2025–2026 Term

Dr. Donald Brenner, MSE Department Head at NC State, has been named Chair of the University Materials Council for the 2025–2026 term, succeeding Dr. Izabela Szlufarska of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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Jun 12, 2025

COE Professors To Be Recognized at National Academy of Inventors Annual Conference

Three College of Engineering faculty members will be recognized at the National Adademy of Inventors annual conference in Atlanta.
Martin Seifrid

Jun 12, 2025

Martin Seifrid Receives Scialog Award for Research Integrity and Automation in Chemistry

MSE Assistant Professor Martin Seifrid has been selected to receive the 2025 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Award, recognizing his focus on advancing automation in chemical laboratories.
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Jun 12, 2025

Pack Pullers Win International Tractor Competition for Second Straight Year

NC State’s Pack Pullers have once again claimed the top spot at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers International Quarter Scale Tractor Student Design Competition.
aerial view of a wastewater treatment plant

Jun 11, 2025

Researchers Create New Way to Remove Phosphorus from Contaminated Water

Researchers have created an inexpensive material that can filter phosphorus from contaminated surface waters, drinking water supplies or wastewater streams and reuse the phosphorus for agricultural applications.