Category: Alumni
Supporting the Future of ECE
March 25, 2019Investing in NC State ECE is one of the most essential ways to get involved. Support your Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering on Day of Giving 2019!
Blasting Off Into History
March 7, 2019NC State ECE alumna will live and work on the International Space Station for six months, taking with her mementos from NC State.
Alumnus named ambassador to Botswana
March 5, 2019Craig Cloud (BS EE ’86) is the new United States Ambassador to Botswana, continuing a journey from tinkering with appliances to representing the country abroad.
Alumna Astronaut Prepares to Launch to the ISS
February 20, 2019NASA astronaut, and NC State ECE alumna, Christina Hammock Koch is set to launch on a Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft to ISS from Baikonur Cosmodome in Kazakstan at 3:14pm EST on March 14, 2019.
J Turner Whitted made 2019 IEEE Fellow
January 10, 2019J Turner Whitted (Ph.D. 1978), a 2015 ECE Hall of Fame inductee has been named an IEEE Fellow, being recognized for contributions to computer graphics.
Where His Career Began: Irwin Holmes
November 1, 2018At the dedication of Holmes Hall on November 1, 2018, Irwin Holmes shares how his exemplary career began with the help of faculty while a student in the Department of Electrical Engineering at NC State.
Department Inducts Members of 2018 Alumni Hall of Fame
October 25, 2018At an induction ceremony on October 19, 2018, 13 members of the fourth class of inductees were honored and joined the ranks of the 77 members of the ECE Alumni Hall of Fame, out of over 15,000 alumni.
Holmes Hall Honors Groundbreaking ECE Graduate
October 15, 2018Irwin Holmes, NC State’s first black graduate, with a degree in electrical engineering will be honored for his perseverance and dedication to the university when the University College Commons is renamed Holmes Hall.
ECE Alumnus Mattauch Receives IEEE Microwave Pioneer Award
July 24, 2018Dr. Robert J. Mattauch, NC State ECE Alumni Hall of Fame inductee in 2017, has been selected to receive the 2018 Microwave Pioneer Award of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society.
Alumni Stories: David Whitley
June 16, 2018David Whitley had an interest in all things electronic from an early age, and now he’s giving back to the University where he got started.
Alumna Assigned to Pilot Spacecraft to ISS
May 25, 2018NASA astronaut, and NC State ECE alumna, Christina Hammock Koch has been assigned to the prime slot as rocket pilot for a spaceflight to the International Space Station, scheduled to launch in 2019.