Category: Alumni
Advising a Tech Giant
August 2, 2023Wilson White ’03 brings his computer engineering background and a law degree to work as a vice president at Google.
ECE Alumna, Karen Jansen, Named Head of the Poole College’s Department of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
July 7, 2023Karen Jansen is returning to NC State as the head of Poole College’s Department of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship after receiving her undergraduate degree in computer engineering, right here at NC State.
#ThrowbackThursday ECE Alum Cracks the Mars Rover Code
July 1, 2023Over two years ago, NC State ECE Alum cracks the hidden code NASA planted on Mar’s Rover robot.
Alumna Christina Koch to Orbit the Moon on Artemis II
April 3, 2023Christina Koch (BS EE ’01; MS EE ’02) named to NASA’s Artemis II crew, venturing around the Moon on a 10-day mission
_pace, the Final Frontier
February 7, 2023In a triumphant return to Astronomy Days at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, astronaut Christina Koch spells out how even a simple game of Scrabble can take an unexpected turn when you’re floating in zero gravity.
ECE Alum, Shree Nayar, awarded Okawa Prize for contributions to digital photography
January 5, 2023ECE Alum, Shree Nayar, has changed the way visual information is captured and used by both machines and humans. He is honored with 2022 Okawa Prize.
ECE Professor and Alumna Receive IEEE-USA Award
January 3, 2023Leda Lunardi, ECE Professor, and Alice Parker, ECE alumna, have received the IEEE-USA Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Public Understanding and the Advancement of the Engineering Profession.
ECE alumnus honored for supercomputing innovations
December 21, 2022Jim Fischer, ECE alumnus, was a key player in several groundbreaking initiatives during his 40-year career at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Learn more about his work.
Announcing the 2022 ECE Alumni and Community Awards
October 21, 2022At an induction ceremony on October 21, 2022, 5 members of the seventh class of inductees were honored and joined the ranks of the ECE Alumni Hall of Fame, out of over 17,000 alumni, and were joined by two new awards.
Engineering Entrepreneurship
July 6, 2022Get to know Freshspire, an electrical and computer engineering alumni startup.
First-generation ECE graduate returns success
November 2, 2021Growing up in a blue-collar family in eastern North Carolina, Maurice Partin thinks his parents knew the only way he’d get to college was with a scholarship. And now he’s helping first-gen college students follow in his path.
Welcoming 2021 Inductees to Alumni Hall of Fame
October 22, 2021At an induction ceremony on October 22, 2021, 9 members of the sixth class of inductees were honored and joined the ranks of the 95 members of the ECE Alumni Hall of Fame, out of over 16,000 alumni.