ASSIST
![Closeup of hand with flexible circuit around the index finger.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ASSIST-Flexible-Circuit-for-PPG-sensor.jpg)
ASSIST Center looks to a self-sufficient future
![Group of students standing among rows of solar panels.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/FREEDM-Center-Solar-Roof-Tour.jpg)
Student researchers from across U.S. get back in the field through REUs
![Image of flexible device.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/mkozturk2021-1500.jpg)
Reduced heat leakage improves wearable health device
![Researchers are developing an armband that can track heart rate.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/jur-armband.jpg)
Study finds ideal placement, pressure for armband that could track heart rate
![](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/campusgatewayglow.jpg)
ASSIST Center partners on virtual incubator to advance remote care
![Researchers in an ASSIST Lab (Photo: Becky Kirkland)](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/assist-7399.jpg)
Check-Up
![Intubation Shield](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/intubation-shield-2.jpg)
Scaling up
![Progressively smaller chips displayed in Phononic's headquarters.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/phononic-thermoelectric-chips-2.jpg)
A refrigeration revolution — advanced on Centennial Campus
![Graduate student works in FREEDM System Center lab.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NCSU-Energy-011314-237.jpg)