spring/summer 2023
![Aerial view of The Oval and surrounding Engineering buildings and Hunt Library on NC State's Centennial Campus.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/BK17887-1.jpg)
From the board
![Artistic rendering of Dean Louis Martin-Vega in reds and grays.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/louis-martin-vega-colorized.jpg)
Better than he found it
![An illustration of the self-sustaining, circular system of "microcleaners." The soft dendricolloids (orange) are functionalized with peptides that bind to the colored microplastic pieces. These microplastics are then consumed by engineered microbes (green) to be used as fuel or to be made into more microcleaners.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Microplastics-illustration.jpg)
Reduce, reuse, recycle
![Colorful illustration of two stylized figures hugging symbolizing support for mental health.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Mental-health-illustration.jpg)
Culture of care
![Ed and Deb Fitts](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Ed-and-Deb-Fitts.jpg)
Home repairs
![From left: Quint Barefoot, Dan Pleasant and Mark Wyatt.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/NCSU_Engineering_Awards_Dinner-7317.jpg)
Three receive Distinguished Engineering Alumnus award
![Hand holding a red card with an outline of a howling wolf cutout so as to see the view of the brick building and landscape behind. Day of Giving 3/22/2023 #GivingPack is written in white letters on the card.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Window-Into-the-WolfpackRT-edited.jpg)
COE students and faculty members are the real winners on record-setting Day of Giving
![Volunteer leaders meet to discuss strategies and share ideas in a large conference room seated at a series of tables arranged in a square.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/3F9A8378RT-edited.jpg)
Inaugural COE Key Volunteers Day results in ways to advance NC State Engineering
![As the coxswain, Saul sits facing her team to guide them through the race.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Katherine-Saul-coxswain.jpg)