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Jan 17, 2025

Victor Veliadis named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

Victor Veliadis, executive director and CTO of PowerAmerica, and a professor of electrical and computer engineering at NC State University, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). 
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Jan 8, 2025

ECE’s Chakrabortty named IEEE Fellow

Aranya Chakrabortty was honored with elevation to Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow in recognition of his outstanding contributions in the field of wide-area monitoring and control of electric power systems. 
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Dec 13, 2024

Researchers demonstrate new technique for stealing AI models

Researchers have demonstrated the ability to steal an AI model without hacking into the device where the model was running. 
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Dec 5, 2024

Researchers pit lasers against sweetpotato pest

With vinegar flies increasingly impacting sweetpotato storage, N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative researchers are exploring a novel management strategy with lasers to combat the pests. 
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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. 
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… 
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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. 
NC State alumna and astronaut Christina Koch

Nov 1, 2024

Christina Koch to be honored with North Carolina Award for Science

The North Carolina Award is given annually by the state to up to six individuals who have made significant contributions to the state and nation in the fields of fine art, literature, public service and science. Koch, who is being recognized for science, will receive the award from North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper at a ceremony on Nov. 14. 
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Oct 25, 2024

Creating cutting-edge Ag Tech

Nearly 50 NC State University undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral scholars spent a fall weekend competing in the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative’s fourth annual Hackathon, taking on real-world agricultural technology…