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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Image shows an electronic patch attached to the leaf of a tomato plant.

Apr 13, 2023

Multifunctional patch offers early detection of plant diseases, other crop threats

The patch can be applied to the leaves of plants to monitor crops for different pathogens – such as viral and fungal infections – and stresses such as drought or salinity. 
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Apr 12, 2023

Students spent spring breaks engineering solutions

Engineering students share their experiences of helping others in different areas of the world during NC State's 2023 Alternative Service Break. 
Winners of the 2023 Graduate Student Research Symposium

Apr 11, 2023

Engineering students among winners named for 2023 Research Symposium

Twenty-eight students were named winners in nine research categories at the Graduate Student Research Symposium, featuring posters by nearly 200 students. 
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Mar 31, 2023

Parsons is an Intel 2022 Outstanding Researcher Award recipient

Celanese Acetate Professor Gregory Parsons is an Intel 2022 Outstanding Researcher Award recipient. The annual award program “recognizes exceptional contributions made through Intel university-sponsored research to help further Intel’s mission of creating world-changing technology to improve daily life.” 
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Mar 30, 2023

Engineering faculty among 2022-23 Goodnight Early Career Innovators

NC State announced its 2022-23 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. 
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Mar 24, 2023

K-12 students gain exposure to biomanufacturing research and STEM pathways

An interdisciplinary group of NC State scientists, engineers and educators hosted field trips on campus for 61 high school students and 14 middle school students on Friday, March 3, and Friday,… 
A robot with a computer brain moves brightly colored chemicals around a board.

Mar 20, 2023

Self-driven laboratory, AlphaFlow, speeds chemical discovery

The system has already found a more efficient (and previously unheard of) way to produce high-quality semiconductor nanocrystals. 
Dr. Jan Genzer and Dr. Kirill Efimenko (r) look at sample of a wrinkled surface that keeps barnacles from attaching to ships' hulls.

Mar 13, 2023

Genzer to receive the 2023 SPSJ International Award

Professor Jan Genzer has been selected to receive the 2023 International Award from the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ). The International Award was established “to honor the merits of international contributors to the SPSJ. The SPSJ, a non-profit organization, is mainly composed of polymer scientists, engineers and managers in academia, industries and governmental institutions contributing to the development of polymer science and technology in Japan and the world. 
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Mar 8, 2023

Going viral

The North Carolina Viral Vector Initiative in Research and Learning builds partnerships among academia, industry and government to become a boon to the biomanufacturing of viral vectors in the state and beyond.