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Mintz named executive director of Industry Expansion Solutions (IES)

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Oct 21, 2025

Bridging Students and Rural Communities

Hiring engineers in manufacturing fields remains a top priority for rural employers. Through Rural Works!, NC State was one of the first universities to try to meet rural employers’ needs and address the shortage of engineers in these areas.
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Dec 6, 2022

Q&A: Questions for Phil Mintz

Phil Mintz is the executive director of NC State University Industry Expansion Solutions (IES) and director of the North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership. He has a B.S. in engineering operations from NC State and an M.S. in industrial engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

Apr 19, 2021

Industry Expansion Solutions leads local businesses to success

NC State’s Industry Expansion Solutions helps North Carolina businesses face challenges head-on, offering deep, engineering-based expertise that sparks success.
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Nov 11, 2020

Asheville’s Minerals Research Laboratory remains rock solid

The Minerals Research Laboratory (MRL) was established in Asheville in 1946 as a joint venture between the state of North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). TVA eventually discontinued its support of the laboratory, and in 1954 the operation was transferred to the then-School of Engineering. The MRL is still a part of the College of Engineering; since 2004 it has been part of Industry Expansion Solutions, the College’s extension service.
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Apr 21, 2020

Industry Expansion Solutions helping fight the COVID-19 virus

In mid-March, NC State’s Phil Mintz received a request from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) asking for “volunteers who can donate and provide and/or produce within two weeks large-scale quantities of critical supplies to help the nation respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.” Since then, his phone hasn’t stopped ringing.
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Jul 5, 2017

Mintz named executive director of Industry Expansion Solutions (IES)

Dr. Louis A. Martin-Vega, dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University, has appointed Phillip (Phil) Mintz as executive director of Industry Expansion Solutions (IES).