Fall/Winter 2023

John Palmour, second from right, speaks during a panel discussion at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on NC State's Centennial Campus in October 2022.

Jan 19, 2024

Scholarship, professorship honor late Wolfspeed founder

John Palmour and his wife, Nancy Palmour, a 1985 alumna of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, had previously established the Palmour Family College of Engineering Fellowship Endowment and the Palmour Family Extraordinary Opportunity Scholarship Endowment for engineering students.

Aerial view of ongoing construction of the new Wolfspeed materials facility in Chatham County, NC.

Jan 19, 2024

Growing at Wolfspeed

The founders of Cree, Inc. started a company based on the potential of silicon carbide, a finicky but promising compound long employed as an abrasive but with the potential for much more.

Black and white vintage photo of a College of Engineering booth at the NC State Fair in 1955.

Jan 19, 2024

To the next 100

It is our alumni, faculty and staff members, students and friends who have helped make the NC State College of Engineering what it is today. Their stories are all part of the rich history of our College.

Black and white photo of MEP students attending a class. Professor stands at front while speaking.

Jan 19, 2024

Celebrating 40 years of excellence

Since their inception, the Minority Engineering Programs (MEP) have focused on developing and delivering support services that assist in recruiting, retaining and graduating Black, Native American and Latinx/e and Hispanic American students in the NC State University College of Engineering.

Jan 19, 2024

The new dean

Pfaendtner comes to NC State University from the University of Washington (UW), where he served most recently as chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering (CHE) and the Steven R. and Connie R. Rogel Endowed Professor. He succeeds Louis Martin-Vega, who led the College for 17 years before stepping down as dean in summer 2023.

Jan 19, 2024

Faculty highlights

The latest awards and honors earned by faculty of the College.

Dr. Detlef Knappe works with graduate and post doc students in his lab on Centennial campus. Dr. Knappe is interested in drinking water quality and treatment, water reuse, organic micropollutants, development of water treatment processes for polar and persistent organic pollutants, and the fate of organic pollutants in solid waste landfills.

Jan 19, 2024

NC State researchers study enhanced water treatment methods to remove PFAS

More than seven years after the discovery of elevated levels of harmful chemicals in the Cape Fear River that provides drinking water for 1.5 million people, NC State University researchers who brought awareness to this public health issue are continuing to pursue a broad range of research initiatives with the goal of ensuring a cleaner environment and safer drinking water.

Illustration of caterpillar-like soft robot.

Jan 19, 2024

MAE postdoc wins first-place prize in annual research image contest

Shuang Wu, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), won a first-place prize in the graphics and data visualization category of NC State’s annual Envisioning Research contest. His illustration, “Caterpillar Inspired Soft Crawling Robot,” depicts a caterpillar-like soft robot that can move forward, backward and dip under narrow spaces. It was…

Meriem Laroussi, second from bottom left, holds up “Wolfies” (wolf ears) while working as a student lead on an Alternative Service Break trip.

Jan 19, 2024

Fulbright scholars head to Rwanda

The Fulbright program provides approximately 8,000 scholarships annually for graduate study, to conduct research or to teach English abroad. This year, 11 NC State students were awarded 2023 Fulbright Scholarships, a new record.