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Lirong Xiang (left) with students during the 2024 high school robotics summer camp. All three are holding small robotic devices. Lirong is wearing a light blue top and the two to her left are wearing red t-shirts.

Mar 4, 2025

Women in Ag: Lirong Xiang

As a recipient of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research New Innovator Award, professor and agricultural engineer Lirong Xiang is building robots to neutralize one of agriculture’s biggest foes — weeds.
a woman stands next to a series of clear columns in a laboratory

Feb 26, 2025

From Lab to Field: Using Biochar to Clean Watersheds

Liz Riedel, a graduate student in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, is investigating a low-cost biochar filtration solution to improve water quality in rural wastewater systems.
Afternoon sunlight streams through the fall foliage at Wolf Plaza

Dec 5, 2024

NC State announces 2024-25 Goodnight Early Career Innovators

NC State announced its 2024-25 class of Goodnight Early Career Innovators today. This program recognizes and rewards promising NC State early-career faculty whose scholarship is in STEM or STEM education. The 25 faculty selected will receive $22,000 ­for each of the next three years to support their scholarship and research endeavors.
Tomatoes and their leaves

Dec 2, 2024

Robots + Drones + AI = Hardier Tomatoes?

Each year, plant diseases take a bite out of agricultural yields and profits, causing estimated global agricultural losses of $30 billion to $50 billion. At NC State University, experts in optical…
irrigation equipment on a trailer

Nov 22, 2024

Industry partnership aims to tackle hog farm wastewater

CALS researchers have partnered with an international irrigation company to help develop a more environmentally friendly solution for managing wastewater from hog farms.
a person wearing a red shirt holds several sweet potatoes

Nov 22, 2024

Digging up roots: How North Carolina modernized the sweetpotato industry

As you enjoy a slice of sweetpotato pie or a scoop of sweetpotato casserole this holiday season, stop and give thanks to the NC State University researchers who helped make the tasty root vegetable a year-round crop.
a group of people making wolf signs with their hands and holding a small robot

Nov 5, 2024

Run with the RoboPack

RoboPack and WOLFadvance design teams give agricultural robotics students hands-on experiences to sharpen their skills so they’re ready to future-proof the food supply.
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.
sana siddiqui stands next to a 1eatz display

Sep 23, 2024

BAE alumni spotlight: Sana Siddiqui

CALS alumna Sana Siddiqui says her varied education as a biological and agricultural engineering major helped set her up for success as an entrepreneur.