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Jie Yin Wins PECASE Award

Alumni Magazine

A portrait-style photograph of Vice Chancellor Krista Walton standing underneath the portico between Hunt Library and the Wilson College of Textiles

Oct 21, 2025

Q&A: Questions for Krista Walton

Krista Walton started as Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation and Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State University on June 30. She was previously the Associate Vice President for Research Operations and Infrastructure at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
woman standing next to large industrial furnace while touching its side

Oct 21, 2025

Advanced Materials Hot Off The Press

A new advanced manufacturing facility with a unique hot press system capable of reaching 2,000 degrees Celsius while applying 50 tons of pressure is open for use on Centennial Campus.
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Oct 21, 2025

Electricity-Generating Wearable Tech Is Also Comfortable

Researchers at NC State UniversitY have demonstrated new wearable technologies that both generate electricity from human movement and improve the comfort of the technology for the people wearing them.
Daryl Caudle dressed in graduation robe give the NC State wolf sign while standing behind a podium

Oct 21, 2025

Think and Do Together Toward a Noble Purpose

Adm. Daryl Caudle ‘85 addressed NC State University’s 6,898 newest alumni during the commencement ceremony on May 3.
Madison Thompson walking on a gravel path during a sunny day

Oct 21, 2025

Becoming the Role Model She Once Needed

First-generation college student Madison Thompson — whose many hats include Goodnight Scholar, Ben Franklin Scholar, Department of Computer Science Ambassador and co-president of a nonprofit — has a vision for the future. She’s bright, personable, passionate, incredibly hardworking and has created a path to success that most others can only dream of.
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Oct 21, 2025

COE Career Fair ‘Runs Like Clockwork’

Seeing the NC State Engineering Career Fair in action last fall was a full-circle moment for Will Mullen ‘13, now an engineering manager at Nation Ford Chemical and former student career fair volunteer.
Students gather on the Oval Lawn at NC State’s Centennial Campus

Oct 21, 2025

From the Dean

Welcome to the Fall 2025 issue of the NC State Engineering Magazine.
Students working together in a laboratory workshop

Oct 21, 2025

A Wish Come True at Lampe Joint BME

In March, high school student Jayden got his wish: to create a new eye patch during a bootcamp at the Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at NC State University and UNC-Chapel Hill (Lampe Joint BME).
Jie Yin

Oct 21, 2025

Jie Yin Wins PECASE Award

Jie Yin, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, or PECASE, in 2024. The award is the highest honor given to emerging scientists and engineers by the U.S. federal government. Yin’s research integrates the design principles of kirigami, which is similar to…