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Mar 25, 2026

ACC InVenture Prize 2026: Sylva Systems

ACC InVenture Prize (ACCIP) represents an opportunity to stimulate undergraduate entrepreneurial activity and increase student-faculty engagement, to celebrate and highlight the exceptional creativity and ingenuity of students.
a group of EEP students pose for a group photo while standing behind a table and poster displaying their project

Jul 16, 2025

Engineering Entrepreneurs Program Moves to College of Engineering, Priya Gill Named Interim Director

The Engineering Entrepreneurs Program (EEP) at NC State University — a transformational educational experience for students seeking to solve engineering challenges — is moving from the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship to the College of Engineering.
Marshall Brain looks up at the sky in the middle of a group of trees.

Dec 17, 2024

Remembering Marshall Brain

Marshall Brain II, professor, director of the Engineering Entrepreneurs Program and founder of the award-winning website HowStuffWorks.com, died on November 20, 2024.

Dec 6, 2019

NC State alum attributes entrepreneurial roots to NC State’s Engineering Entrepreneurs Program

After a decade of projects, two NC State alumni and serial Triangle entrepreneurs announced $4.7 million in seed funding for their technology venture, Allstacks.

From left, the Atomo team includes NC State mechanical engineering alumnus Ryan Kelley (chief executive officer), textile technology student Aidan Special (chief product officer), computer science student Bryan Cooper (chief technology officer), business and design student David Flowers (user experience and design), and computer science alumnus Matthew Burke (president).

Aug 16, 2018

Smart spaces

NC State students launch spatial intelligence startup that could help reduce energy costs in buildings based on smartphone data.
From left, engineering design day judges Tamara Robertson, NC State alumna (’09) and finalist on Mythbusters: The Search; Dr. Louis Martin-Vega, dean of the College; and Ryan Mortimer speak with students as the present their senior design project. (Photo: Robert Lasson, 2017)

May 22, 2017

Seniors showcase projects, seek to impress celebrity judge at Engineering Design Day

As part of a semester-long research project, senior engineering students at North Carolina State University displayed their research, prototypes and data at the annual Engineering Design Day in Talley Student Union on May 3.
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May 17, 2016

Seniors show their work during Engineering Design Day

Senior engineering students at North Carolina State University put all their hard work on senior design projects on display during Engineering Design Day in the university’s Talley Student Union on April 26.

Aug 14, 2013

Ingenuity with a twist

On the kitchen counter sat an open, half-full jar of peanut butter, but reaching in to gather the contents left Michael Bissette’s knuckles covered in the buttery spread.