Category: Events
Gift Creates New Opportunities for Veterans Studying at NC State
November 30, 2016Supporting student veterans at NC State University is a cause close to Mark Carter’s heart. As a radar technician in the Marine Corps, Carter realized he had an aptitude for electronics and knew he wanted to further his education in NC State’s Departme …
PowerAmerica Sponsors New STEM Boy Scouts Initiative
November 14, 2016PowerAmerica is sponsoring the establishment of North Carolina’s first STEM Scouts program at the Science House on Centennial Campus in conjunction with the Occoneechee Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Broken Barriers: EE Alumnus’ Varsity Sweater in Walk of Fame
October 26, 2016University’s first African-American graduate and the first African-American to play on a Wolfpack athletic team, Irwin Holmes donated his tennis varsity letter sweater to the new NC State Athletics Walk of Fame and History in the renovated Reynolds Coliseum.
ECE Student is Finalist in 3 Minute Thesis Competition
October 21, 201610 finalists in the Graduate School’s second annual 3 Minute Thesis competition will demonstrate who is most capable of describing their Ph.D. research in just three minutes and with only one slide. Ph.D. candidates who have completed their confirmation milestone, was narrowed to 10 finalists, including one from Electrical and Computer Engineering – Tanvir Arafat Khan.
Pitches, Prize Wheels and Presentations
September 12, 2016What do you get when you combine a pitch competition with cash prizes, live demos that feature everything from the latest virtual reality technology to toys redesigned for children with special needs, and a prize wheel you can spin to win all the t-shi …
Successful Inaugural 3D-PEIM Symposium
August 22, 2016A true success – on June 13-15, 2016, over 80 participants, 11 from outside the US, attended the 1st International Symposium on 3D Power Electronics Integration and Manufacturing (www.3D-PEIM.org) in Raleigh, North Carolina. The symposium offered 39 presentations in 11 sessions, and was led off by three tutorials that focused on “The World of Packaging Technologies and Critical Issues” taught by Professors Douglas Hopkins, Guo-Quan Lu, and Patrick McCluskey.
ECE Team Wins Spectrum-Sharing Radio Contest
June 14, 2016Soaring past the anticipated-favorite teams from Tennessee Tech and the University of Crete, a team of students from NC State’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering emerged the winner of the Spectrum-Sharing Radio Contest hosted at Virginia Tech.
Misra selected for TEDxRaleigh 2016
March 16, 2016Two NC State faculty members are among 13 locals selected to present at TEDxRaleigh 2016, an event designed to showcase the best and the brightest of Raleigh thinkers, tinkers and revolutionary visionaries.
ECE Student Shares Krispy Kreme Challenge Experience
March 1, 2016Graduate School Webmaster Darren White organized a #GradPack team of students to collect video and share their graduate student experience during the race.