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Students build a prototype of their sustainability solution during NC State's Make-a-thon.

Jan 30, 2018

During Make-a-thon, students create sustainability solutions

In this unique NC State innovation competition, students design and prototype solutions to sustainability challenges. 
(From left) NC State students Nick Conlon, Goutham Subramanian, Hartley LeRoy and Nick Sischo are founders of Trashr, a startup company aiming to improve waste collection.

Jan 26, 2018

NC State students launch company to modernize dumpsters

Through a startup called Trashr, these NC State students want to create a smarter dumpster that improves the efficiency of waste collection. 

Jul 13, 2017

Net-Zero Near Antarctica

A unique building design competition provides NC State engineering students with real-world experience. 
Students collaborate in the game lab in the Hunt Library.

Sep 7, 2016

NC State scores for video game design

NC State ranks among the top schools in the nation for undergraduate courses related to video game design, according to the Princeton Review’s Best 381 Colleges 2017, a popular annual survey of U.S. colleges and universities. 

Feb 23, 2016

Students Design Sustainability Solutions

At NC State's inaugural Make-A-Thon, 42 students on 11 teams competed to create new solutions to campus sustainability challenges. 

Jul 27, 2015

College of Engineering students advancing sustainability at NC State

Twenty students from NC State’s College of Engineering have been selected as NC State Stewards — the university’s student sustainability ambassadors — for the 2015-2016 academic year. 

Jun 24, 2015

Distributed technique for power ‘scheduling’ advances smart grid concept

Researchers from NC State University have developed a new technique for “scheduling” energy in electric grids that moves away from centralized management by tapping into the distributed computing power of energy devices. The approach advances the smart grid concept. 

Feb 13, 2015

NC State researchers land UNC System research grants

The University of North Carolina General Administration has awarded six three-year grants totaling nearly $9 million to support game-changing faculty research in areas of strategic importance to the state – and North Carolina State University is a partner in five of the six research initiatives.