Fall/Winter 2021
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Faculty highlights
![Veronica Cateté standing outside holding her award next to an sculpture of a wolf.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/veronica-catete.jpg)
‘A force for good in the world’: Veronica Cateté honored with 2020 Erskine B. Bowles Staff Service Award
![Anton Ipsen at the 2021 Olympic Games standing in behind two cartoon figures.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/anton-ipsen.jpg)
From the Olympics to MIT
![Latex-gloved hands holding a clear hydrogel.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/liquid-metal.jpg)
Using liquid metal to turn motion into electricity — even underwater
![A robotic hand (left) touching index finger of human hand (right) through a membrane on a blue and black background.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/new-law-of-physics-friction.jpg)
New law of physics helps humans and robots grasp the friction of touch
![Closeup of hand with flexible circuit around the index finger.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ASSIST-Flexible-Circuit-for-PPG-sensor.jpg)
ASSIST Center looks to a self-sufficient future
![Olgha Qaqish](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Olgha-Qaqish.jpg)
College looks to expand Grand Challenges Scholars program
![Picture within a picture of enlarged portion of plant with patch sensor.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/plant-patch.jpg)
Plant patch enables continuous monitoring for crop diseases
![An older black and white photo of Hubert Winston at work in the lab.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/hubert-winston.jpg)