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Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management Systems Center (FREEDM)

The delegation and representatives from NC State at the North Carolina Executive Mansion. They are grouped together on a large grand staircase for a group photo. The walls are ivory and the carpet is red. The front row holds a banner reading "AIT Taiwan Delegation" in white letters on a blue background.

May 23, 2025

Taiwan Delegation, NC State College of Engineering Convene on Semiconductor Innovation

NC State University’s College of Engineering welcomed a distinguished Taiwanese delegation organized by the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT).
Veronica Augustyn, left, looks on as a research assistant explains test results on a computer.

May 19, 2025

COE Launches Battery and Energy Storage Systems Initiative

NC State University’s College of Engineering launched a new initiative that will lead efforts to advance research in battery and energy storage systems and develop new courses and curricula in support of North Carolina’s growing energy sector.
Two lab technicians dressed in head-to-toe white protective suits work in a nanofabrication facility.

Jul 26, 2024

Pack power

New semiconductor center builds on more than 30 years of NC State research.
College of Engineering aerial view of campus.

May 3, 2023

NC State partner institutes bolster U.S. manufacturing industry

NC State University is a top Manufacturing USA partner. Our vast knowledge base shown by the breadth of sectors we’re involved with: power distribution, textiles, biomanufacturing and manufacturing technology.
CCEE Associate Professor Doug Call, left, demonstrates research materials to Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Arati Prabhakar, right.

Feb 17, 2023

CCEE sustainability research highlighted on White House science advisor campus visit

Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Arati Prabhakar visited NC State’s campus last week to see how university researchers are creating cleaner energy systems. 
Iqbal Husain, left, works with Taohid Latif ’22 on the latter’s Ph.D. project.

Feb 10, 2023

Providing FREEDM through a better power grid

Iqbal Husain, director of NC State’s FREEDM Systems Center and a distinguished professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, is on a mission to make the world cleaner, greener and easier to travel in.
Two students at lab work table soldering electronics.

Dec 7, 2022

10 years of wearable device breakthroughs

Ten years since its founding, the Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) Center led by NC State has made groundbreaking advances in wearable health monitoring devices.
Closeup image of battery charger with NC State logo beneath a backlit LCD screen.

Oct 19, 2022

ECE researchers help develop public charging infrastructure for wheelchairs

Two years in the making, their network and hardware are now ready for public use. The system includes an offboard charger, a user interface on the chair that reports battery status and charger locations, and a web portal that shows real time updates and performance information. 
Side view of white electric car recharging.

Feb 18, 2022

Department of Energy grants will power clean energy research at NC State

Faculty members in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University will receive funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to create a new electric microgrid coordination and control design and to develop cleaner, cheaper processes for industrial production of benzenes.