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Study offers details on using electric fields to tune thermal properties of ferroelectric materials

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

The flight crew of Artemis II: Mission specialist Christina Koch, pilot Victor Glover, commander Reid Wiseman and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen. (Photo courtesy of NASA.)

Apr 6, 2023

‘We’re headed for the moon’

Just after Christina Koch learned last month that she had been selected for NASA’s Artemis II project — becoming the first woman to travel around the moon and back as part of a four-member crew — the pioneering NASA astronaut and three-time NC State graduate was told to limit sharing the news to only a few… 
Memorial Belltower

Apr 4, 2023

MAE researchers win PNAS Cozzarelli Prize

The Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has selected a paper by researchers from NC State University’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering as one of six papers published by PNAS in 2022 to receive the prestigious Cozzarelli Prize. 
The state flag flies in front of the NC State Memorial Belltower on a fall morning.

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. 
High school students listen to a professor while gathered in a laboratory.

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,… 
Photo shows several caterpillar robots bent in different poses, demonstrating how they move forward and backward.

Mar 23, 2023

Robot caterpillar demonstrates new approach to locomotion for soft robotics

The caterpillar-like soft robot that can move forward, backward and dip under narrow spaces. 
The NC State Belltower against a blue sky, with flowering trees in the foreground

Mar 22, 2023

Rabiei, Sitar named senior members of National Academy of Inventors

Afsaneh Rabiei, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Zlatko Sitar, Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, are among 95 of the world’s foremost emerging academic inventors to earn the prestigious distinction, which seek to recognize inventors who have made real and significant contributions to their communities and the rest of the world.  
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Mar 20, 2023

Xu participates in NASEM meeting of experts

Cheryl Xu presented on the characterization of material’s electromagnetic and infrared properties at high temperatures. 
Aerial view of The Oval and surrounding Engineering buildings and Hunt Library on NC State's Centennial Campus.

Mar 3, 2023

Three selected as MAE Doctoral Students of the Year

Three students have been named as the Inaugural Outstanding Doctoral Students of the Year at NC State’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. 
Ankit Negi, seated, holds a PMN-PT crystal, like those used in the research. Standing with him on the right is study co-author Hwang Pill Kim.

Feb 23, 2023

Study offers details on using electric fields to tune thermal properties of ferroelectric materials

The work allows engineers to manipulate the flow of heat through ferroelectric materials, which are used in many devices.