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‘Wristwatch’ monitors body chemistry to boost athletic performance, prevent injury

biomedical engineering

human heart

Mar 5, 2021

Pericardial injection effective, less invasive way to get regenerative therapies to heart

Injecting hydrogels containing regenerative therapeutics directly into the pericardial cavity could make treating heart injury cheaper and less invasive. 

Feb 17, 2021

New tech aims to tackle ‘disseminated intravascular coagulation’ blood disorder

NC State engineers have helped develop an experimental tool that addresses a blood disorder that proves fatal in many patients. 
Textile sensor can detect pressure points on the socket of a prosthetic limb.

Feb 2, 2021

Textile sensor patch, made with conductive yarns, could detect pressure points for amputees

NC State researchers sewed a soft, flexible sensor system to help map pressure points on an amputee's prosthesis. 
NC State Bell Tower on a snow day

Nov 11, 2020

Faculty Highlights

Engineering faculty members receive awards and honors. 
From Left, Drs. Jayant Baliga, Donald Bitzer, Sylvia Blankenship and Frances Ligler

Nov 11, 2020

A place for inventors

The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) honors the best of American ingenuity. The 603 inventors who have been inducted since the organization’s founding in 1973 represent the brightest minds in the nation’s history and advancements that have truly changed the world. NC State, and the College of Engineering, are very well represented. 
In a Guatemalan workshop, OpenGait fabricates traditional prosthetics for above-the-knee amputees

Aug 4, 2020

Startup develops accessible prosthetics

Three members of the Wolfpack are developing life-changing prosthetic kits to help above-the-knee amputees worldwide. 
photos of glasses and video equipment, as well as different types of terrain

May 28, 2020

Researchers incorporate computer vision, uncertainty into AI for robotic prosthetics

New software aims to improve robotic prosthetics. 
Early morning sun cuts across the Memorial Belltower and Fall colors.

May 18, 2020

Huang, Husseini and Shannon named Outstanding Teachers

Three faculty members in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University have been named recipients of the Outstanding Teacher Award for 2019-20. 
wearable wrist device

Apr 23, 2020

‘Wristwatch’ monitors body chemistry to boost athletic performance, prevent injury

NC State researchers have developed a device the size of a wristwatch that can monitor an individual’s body chemistry to help improve athletic performance and identify potential health problems.