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NC middle and high schoolers demonstrate the future of ASSISTive technology

Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST)

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Oct 14, 2025

Improved Cough-Detection Tech Can Help With Health Monitoring

The advance makes it easier to monitor chronic health conditions and predict health risks such as asthma attacks.
Researcher assists large blonde dog wearing a black sensor around its midsection.

Jul 7, 2025

Transforming Guide Dog Training with AI and Sensor Technology

Researchers at NC State, led by ECE’s Alper Bozkurt and David Roberts from the Department of Computer Science, have been pioneering innovative sensor technologies and AI algorithms to transform guide dog training and selection processes.
CALS dean Garey Fox, outgoing NC State chancellor Randy Woodson, an unidentified woman, and COE dean Jim Pfaendtner pose for a photo in front of a NC State table and canopy decorated in red, black and NC State logo.

May 9, 2025

NC State Engineering Shows Off Skills at General Assembly’s UNC System Day

North Carolina State University students, faculty and alumni came out to represent the College of Engineering for the University of North Carolina System Day at the General Assembly.
Yi Chen

Feb 7, 2025

Grad Student Profile: Yi Chen

Yi Chen, a Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering, is currently researching battery-less RF energy harvesting sensor platforms and hopes to overcome the form factor and reliability issues posed by batteries in wearable devices.
A set of red, black and blue sensors and a black and white watch rest on top of a lime green knit shirt with the ASSIST logo embroidered on it.

Dec 2, 2024

A personal approach to the biology of stress

An NC TraCS pilot award unites researchers from medical and engineering backgrounds to develop a wearable device for tracking stress.
Someone holds an electric bandage that reflects the red light behind it.

Nov 6, 2024

Battery-powered bandages could become a simpler and more affordable treatment for chronic wounds

An NC State professor has invented an electric bandage that could potentially treat chronic wounds more effectively — and affordably.
A group of people sitting at a conference table.

Nov 9, 2023

Technical University of Denmark and NC State explore new collaboration opportunities

Leadership from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) recently visited NC State to uncover new interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities. DTU Provost Rasmus Larsen and Senior Executive Officer for Research, Advice and Innovation Ellen Als met with university faculty and staff representing fields such as wearable technology, wireless communications, clean energy, quantum computing, cybersecurity, AI and autonomous vehicles. …
Fireworks explode over the NC State belltower to close down Packapalooza 2022.

Aug 30, 2023

From ideas to solutions

Six projects secured support from the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund this year, and for the first time in the fund’s history, awardees will receive supplemental resources through local entrepreneur and investor Bill Spruill’s 2ndF Research Commercialization Fund.

Apr 26, 2023

NC middle and high schoolers demonstrate the future of ASSISTive technology

On the second floor of James B. Hunt Jr. Library, as college students studied for finals below, 16 teams of high school and middle school students prepared to present their wearable devices to a panel of judges.