TECS professor is NC State’s Innovator of the Year

Ahmed El-Shafei stands to left of a machine in the Pilot Plant.

Oct 30, 2024

TECS professor is NC State’s Innovator of the Year

Professor Ahmed El-Shafei’s patented dyeing technology takes a meaningful step towards a greener textile industry.

Oct 29, 2024

Ted Meyers ’17 joins the Dean’s Young Alumni Leadership Council

Driven by a passion for problem-solving and innovation, Ted Meyers is excited to contribute his knowledge and expertise as one of the newest members of the Dean’s Young Alumni Leadership Council.

Oct 29, 2024

Hannah Orlowski ’19 joins the dean’s Young Alumni Leadership Council

As a passionate textile engineering alumna with a love for networking, Hannah Orlowski looks forward to returning to NC State as a new member of the Dean’s Young Alumni Leadership Council.

Photo of a manikin dressed in a fire-protective suit that resembles heavyweight coveralls. The whole suit is engulfed in flames, which are being shot at it from all directions in a science lab.

Oct 29, 2024

Burning man

New version of Pyro-Man, used to test protection for first responders, is not standing still.

Alumni Brandi Smith and Eric Snider are leading efforts to build a new class of nuclear-powered submarines for the U.S. Navy.

Oct 29, 2024

Two hands on deck

A pair of alums is leading efforts to build a new class of nuclear-powered submarines for the U.S. Navy.

Three people making a presentation in front of a poster that says "Hackathon"

Oct 25, 2024

Creating cutting-edge Ag Tech

Nearly 50 NC State University undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral scholars spent a fall weekend competing in the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative’s fourth annual Hackathon, taking on real-world agricultural technology…

Researchers with poplar trees in a greenhouse.

Oct 21, 2024

Finding could help turn trees into affordable, greener industrial chemicals

Specific molecular property of lignin in trees determines difficulty of using microbial fermentation to turn trees and other plants into industrial chemicals.

row after row of tall corn plants in a field

Oct 18, 2024

A faster way to ID drought-resistant plants for crop breeding research

New work will speed up research on developing drought-resistant crops.

Oct 18, 2024

Boundary-crossing research paves way for fungal crop solutions

Think of fungi in agriculture, and you might think first of the crop diseases they cause. But since ancient times, farmers have been using the interactions among fungi and crops…

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