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NSF CAREER Award

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Jun 18, 2025

MAE’s Lee Receives NSF CAREER Award

Andrew Lee has received a highly competitive Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation to support groundbreaking research on the behavior of deployable shell structures 
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May 7, 2025

Forest Biomaterials Professor Nathalie Lavoine Wins NSF CAREER Award

Lavoine will use the five-year, nearly $750,000 grant to advance her research on cellulose nanocrystals for the creation of sustainable colors and materials for various products. 

Apr 7, 2025

Xu Wins NSF CAREER Award

Dr. Ruijuan Xu, an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. 
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Feb 7, 2024

Liu wins NSF CAREER Award

Assistant Professor Yin Liu has been awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for his research in electronic and photonic materials. 
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Jun 6, 2023

Faculty highlights

The latest awards and honors earned by faculty of the College. 
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Jan 10, 2023

Nathan Crook receives NSF CAREER Award

Professor Nathan Crook has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for his proposal, “Enhancing Probiotic Yeast Colonization for Stable in Situ Biomanufacturing.” The NSF describes CAREER awards as among its “… most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.” 
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Dec 1, 2022

Faculty highlights

The latest awards and honors earned by faculty of the College. 
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Jun 2, 2022

Cabas Mijares receives NSF CAREER Award

Ashly Cabas Mijares, assistant professor in NC State’s Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The award is one of the highest honors given by NSF to young faculty members in science and engineering. 
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May 20, 2022

Faculty highlights

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