Category: News
From the Brickyard to the Moon: Christina Koch Through the Years
April 1, 2026Ahead of her moon-bound NASA mission, explore a timeline of Christina Koch’s life and career.
The Right Stuff
March 31, 2026In 2016, NC State magazine profiled Christina Hammock Koch ’01, ’02 MS as she had been named to NASA’s 21st class of astronauts. Revisit her story as this week she joins the Artemis II mission, NASA’s first trip to the moon in over five decades.
Grad Students Build Bridges for Agricultural Innovation
March 27, 2026The N.C. PSI’s BRIDGE Symposium provided a window into the bold ways graduate students are collaborating across academic fields to solve a range of agricultural challenges.
Leading the Pack in Robotics at NC State
March 23, 2026At NC State’s first annual Robotics Symposium, faculty envision the College of Engineering at the forefront of a rapidly growing field.
Powering Up the COE’s Battery Initiative
March 17, 2026The inaugural NC State Battery and Energy Storage Systems Symposium brought together faculty, researchers, industry partners and students to explore emerging applications in batteries and energy-storage technologies.
ECE, FREEDM, M.C. Dean Host Workshop on Energy Needs for AI Data Centers
March 16, 2026The workshop, held at Hunt Library, convened experts from utilities, data center developers, tech companies, government and academia to build a shared understanding of data center challenges and to identify practical solutions.
Not Your Average Greenhouse
March 11, 2026From the outside, the steel-and-glass structure on top of NC State’s Plant Sciences Building looks like an ordinary greenhouse, but inside the computer-controlled facility, researchers work year-round to tackle big agricultural challenges.
Using AI and Advanced Sensors To Transform Feed Production
March 11, 2026A collaborative workshop hosted by the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative and the Food Animal Initiative sparks feed milling research for increased food animal health and productivity.
From Engineer to Entrepreneur
March 11, 2026Sometimes, entrepreneurship finds people in unique and unexpected ways. For Sumedh Beknalkar, a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering with a minor in electrical engineering, that is exactly how he got…
Competing Across Continents: Students from NC State and Universities in Japan Team Up on ‘Robot Gliders’
March 11, 2026It’s not every day university students have the opportunity to collaborate across continents. But thanks to a decades-long partnership, NC State Department of Electrical and Computing (ECE) students participated in a friendly competition with students …
Accelerating NC State’s Research Position
March 11, 2026NC State faculty are conducting groundbreaking research that makes an impact throughout our state, across the nation and around the world. In an effort to better compete for large-scale proposals, advance research and support growth, the university will leverage the Office of Research and Innovation’s (ORI) infrastructure and resources in order to strategically align efforts at…
COE Faculty Members Level Up in Applied AI
March 11, 2026The first cohort of College of Engineering (COE) faculty members to receive funding from two new award programs launched last year are expanding interdisciplinary research efforts and individual expertise in applied AI.