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Goodnight Scholar Spotlight: Kerrington Shade

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Chancellor Woodson visiting MAE.

Apr 13, 2022

Chancellor Woodson visits MAE

NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson visited the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Monday as a part of his yearly visit to the College of Engineering. 
The 2022 MAE senior awards nominees stand in front of the glider in the area between EBII and EBIII.

Apr 12, 2022

MAE 2022 Senior Awards nominees announced

Four seniors from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have been nominated for the 2022 Engineering Senior Awards, one of the highest forms of recognition for a senior in the College of Engineering at NC State. 
bell tower

Apr 12, 2022

MAE student wins engineering category at 2022 Graduate Research Symposium

An MAE PhD student won the engineering category of NC State’s 15th annual Graduate Research Symposium Wednesday. The winner, James Reed, was one of eight students from MAE to participate in the symposium, each of whom was selected from the annual MAE research symposium that took plac 
Jishnudeep Kar pointing to poster while explaining project to fellow student.

Apr 11, 2022

ECE student Jishnudeep Kar among winners in 2022 Graduate Student Research Symposium

Nearly 200 NC State graduate students presented their research projects this week at the 15th annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, and 27 were recognized as the best presenters in their disciplines. 
In this photo, the top of the Belltower is framed by fall foliage.

Mar 22, 2022

Six engineering faculty members among those honored with Outstanding Research Award, induction into Research Leadership Academy

College of Engineering faculty members are among the Outstanding Research Award winners and Research Leadership Academy inductees. 
The NC State belltower on main campus at sunset.

Mar 8, 2022

Verbal, Distinguished Alumnus and NC State trailblazer, dies at 79

Claude A. Verbal, Sr., the third African-American to graduate from North Carolina State University and a Distinguished Alumnus of its Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, passed away on Feb. 2, 2022, at his home in Arizona. He was 79. 
NC State belltower in red light with timelapse traffic headlights in foreground.

Mar 7, 2022

Department of Defense awards grant to MAE professor for new hypersonic research facility

The DoD will fund $775K to build a novel Mach 6 wind tunnel facility that is uniquely designed to make scientific breakthroughs in critical hypersonic technologies at the intersection of aerothermodynamics, high-speed propulsion, materials science, structural dynamics, and more. The DURIP award is further augmented by contributions from the College of Engineering and MAE Department that provide the necessary infrastructure and personnel.  
The NC State Belltower at dusk and night.

Feb 25, 2022

MAE team selected for $3.2 million energy-harvesting underwater vehicle project

North Carolina State University’s Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department was recently selected as part of a multi-institutional team that will be participating in Phase 2 of DARPA’s Manta Ray program. 

Feb 23, 2022

Goodnight Scholar Spotlight: Kerrington Shade

Amid her many accomplishments at NC State, Kerrington Shade '21 holds "overcoming the challenges of and uncertainties of switching [majors] to an unfamiliar field of study" among the highest. Originally an Applied Mathematics major, Kerrington switched into the Mechanical Engineering program with the goal of working on real-world applications through the mathematical lenses that she has grown to appreciate.