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A summertime daytime view of Fitts-Woolard Hall from The Oval on NC State's Centennial Campus. A large tree frames the picture on the left. Blue sky and white clouds frame the top of the background.

Jan 19, 2024

Engineering Mentorship Circles are back for 2024

Starting in January, the College of Engineering will bring alumni and students together for the College’s annual Engineering Interest Circles Program with a new name: Engineering Mentorship Circles (EMC). This is the first year the program will be offered in person as well as virtually to keep it as accessible as possible. 
Shelby Neal lifts weights during CrossFit competition.

Jan 19, 2024

Chemical engineering alumna is the 18th fittest woman in the world

Inhale belief, exhale doubt. That mantra helped Shelby Neal, engineer and CrossFit athlete, become one of the top-20 fittest women in the world. She finished 18th out of 40 women at the 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games, the highest level of CrossFit competition. 
Ken Tate, left, with Tony McLean Brown.

Jan 19, 2024

Brown family makes transformational gift

Computer science alumnus and Hall of Fame inductee Tony McLean Brown and the Brown family recently made a $1 million pledge to the Department of Computer Science (CSC) to create a named distinguished professorship, a named graduate fellowship and a named undergraduate scholarship. 
Carla Savage, left, and Griff Bilbro with their children, Rebecca and Lucas.

Jan 19, 2024

Bilbro Faculty Senior Award honors student resilience

Griff Bilbro, who passed away in 2016, left a mark on hundreds of NC State University students, especially those in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), where he worked for 32 years. 
John Palmour, second from right, speaks during a panel discussion at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on NC State's Centennial Campus in October 2022.

Jan 19, 2024

Scholarship, professorship honor late Wolfspeed founder

John Palmour and his wife, Nancy Palmour, a 1985 alumna of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, had previously established the Palmour Family College of Engineering Fellowship Endowment and the Palmour Family Extraordinary Opportunity Scholarship Endowment for engineering students. 
Aerial view of ongoing construction of the new Wolfspeed materials facility in Chatham County, NC.

Jan 19, 2024

Growing at Wolfspeed

The founders of Cree, Inc. started a company based on the potential of silicon carbide, a finicky but promising compound long employed as an abrasive but with the potential for much more. 
Black and white vintage photo of a College of Engineering booth at the NC State Fair in 1955.

Jan 19, 2024

To the next 100

It is our alumni, faculty and staff members, students and friends who have helped make the NC State College of Engineering what it is today. Their stories are all part of the rich history of our College. 
Black and white photo of MEP students attending a class. Professor stands at front while speaking.

Jan 19, 2024

Celebrating 40 years of excellence

Since their inception, the Minority Engineering Programs (MEP) have focused on developing and delivering support services that assist in recruiting, retaining and graduating Black, Native American and Latinx/e and Hispanic American students in the NC State University College of Engineering. 
The Formula SAE team poses at a racetrack with the car they built.

Jan 19, 2024

Engineer your experience

Through the Engineer Your Experience (EYE) Program, undergraduate engineering students can make opportunities their realities. EYE funding supports study abroad, professional development, conferences and workshops, service trips, technical certifications and more.