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Jul 5, 2011

Bone loss prevention experiment on the last space shuttle flight

Researchers in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering will be at the Kennedy Space Center for the last space shuttle launch of the NASA program as Atlantis departs for its final mission into Earth’s orbit. 

Jun 24, 2011

Remembering atomic age pioneer Raymond Murray, who helped establish nuclear engineering at NC State

Dr. Raymond L. Murray, professor emeritus of nuclear engineering at North Carolina State University and a pioneer of the atomic age, died on June 22. 

Jun 24, 2011

Splat! 80-pound Silly Putty ball to drop from roof of NC State library

High school students at a North Carolina State University engineering camp will see how materials react under pressure when they watch a giant ball of Silly Putty drop from the roof of the 10-story D.H. Hill Library onto the campus Brickyard. 

Jun 23, 2011

Lavelle receives IIE Wellington Award

Dr. Jerome Lavelle, associate dean for undergraduate academic affairs in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University, received the Engineering Economy Division Wellington Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers on May 24. 

Jun 7, 2011

Gift from alumnus creates two engineering professorships at NC State

S. Frank Culberson, a chemical engineering alumnus, and his wife, Doris, have pledged $1 million over five years to establish two professorships in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University. 

May 31, 2011

Bullard elected ASEE Chemical Engineering Division Director

Dr. Lisa Bullard, teaching professor and director of undergraduate studies for the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been elected as a chemical engineering (ChE) division director by the American Society for Engineering Education. 

May 27, 2011

College staff member competes in senior state tennis championships

Rosette Tavolacci, assistant director of research administration in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University, will compete with her team in the 2011 North Carolina United States Tennis Association (USTA) League Senior State Championships June 2-5. 

May 23, 2011

College of Engineering cheers its way to first place in NC State fitness challenge

A team of about 40 faculty and staff from the College of Engineering won first place overall at North Carolina State University’s 10th Annual Fun Run and Fitness Walk on Friday. 

May 13, 2011

Civil engineering student receives Tau Beta Pi Fellowship

Anahid Behrouzi, a senior majoring in civil engineering and Spanish language and literature at North Carolina State University, has been awarded a graduate fellowship from Tau Beta Pi for the 2011-2012 academic year.