Department of Materials Science and Engineering

May 13, 2014

Cass named winner of NACADA’s Outstanding New Advisor Award

Dr. Cheryl Cass, director of undergraduate programs and teaching assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University, was recently named the winner of the National Academic Advising Association’s (NACADA) Outstanding New Advisor Award – Faculty Academic Advising. 

Apr 18, 2014

Impurity size affects performance of emerging superconductive material

Research from North Carolina State University finds that impurities can hurt performance – or possibly provide benefits – in a key superconductive material that is expected to find use in a host of applications, including future particle colliders. 

Mar 20, 2014

New technique makes LEDs brighter, more resilient

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new processing technique that makes light emitting diodes (LEDs) brighter and more resilient by coating the semiconductor material gallium nitride (GaN) with a layer of phosphorus-derived acid. 

Mar 20, 2014

Researchers change coercivity of material by patterning surface

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found a way to reduce the coercivity of nickel ferrite (NFO) thin films by as much as 80 percent by patterning the surface of the material. 

Mar 11, 2014

LeBeau receives NSF CAREER Award

Dr. James LeBeau, assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation. 

Mar 11, 2014

Cao receives NSF CAREER Award

Dr. Linyou Cao, an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation. 

Mar 7, 2014

New NSF Dielectrics Center ties research efforts to product development

If you want to do research that solves problems facing global industries, it helps to form partnerships with the industries you want to help. That’s the idea behind the National Science Foundation’s new Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics, being led by NC State and Penn State. 

Feb 26, 2014

Superabsorbing design may lower manufacturing cost of thin film solar cells

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a “superabsorbing” design that may significantly improve the light absorption efficiency of thin film solar cells and drive down manufacturing costs. 

Feb 6, 2014

Vanadium dioxide research opens door to new, multifunctional spintronic smart sensors

Research from a team led by North Carolina State University is opening the door to smarter sensors by integrating the smart material vanadium dioxide onto a silicon chip and using lasers to make the material magnetic.