mechanical engineering
![Kaia Spero, dressed in a red graduation gown and white dress, strikes a celebratory pose in front of brick building with columns.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Kaia-Spero.jpg)
A little too busy, but a fun four years
![Maya Clinton smiles while wearing red graduation cap and gown. She is standing next to Mr. and Mrs. Wuf, NC State University mascots.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/20230504_170446-cropped-resized.jpg)
Maya Clinton is the first Black woman to graduate from her program, but not the last
![NC State mechatronics students work on a robot while outdoors in a sandlot.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG-8930-cropped-resized.jpg)
Asheville-based mechatronics engineering program produces well-rounded engineers and a close community
![Abigail Wucherer headshot](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/abigail-wucherermah0394-1-scaled-1.jpg)
Beyond extraordinary
![Zaire Garner receiving his high school diploma. He is dressed in a light blue cap and gown.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Zaire-Garner-at-his-high-school-graduation.jpeg)
First-year Zaire Garner is ready for college
![Ashley Crickard](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/crickard.jpg)
Spotlight on our students: Ashley Crickard
![Student working on senior design project.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-18-at-2.59.04-PM-1600x802-1.png)
MAE senior design week 2022
![Logo of Abilihand team (a light blue circle with a white handprint in the center; white text above and below hand within the circle).](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Abilihand.png)
EEP team represents NC State at the 2022 ACC InVenture Prize Entrepreneurship Competition
![The NC State belltower on main campus at sunset.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MAH0061_v1.jpg)