Category: Research
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Recreating the Web of Blood Vessels That Keep Human Tissue Alive
March 21, 2016Michael Daniele from NC State’s Electrical & Computer Engineering and Frances Ligler from Biomedical Engineering at NC State and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are both being recognized for creating technology to make the customized blood vessels necessary to support tissue generation.
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.
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Algorithm Makes Hyperspectral Imaging Faster
February 18, 2016Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Delaware have developed an algorithm that can quickly and accurately reconstruct hyperspectral images using less data.
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Bozkurt receives NSF CAREER Award
February 4, 2016Dr. Alper Bozkurt, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The award, known as the NSF CAREER Award, is one of the highest honors given by NSF to young faculty in science and engineering.
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Baliga to be Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame
November 17, 2015B. Jayant Baliga, Distinguished University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
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ECE Researchers Advance the Technique of Making Holograms
November 11, 2015Top Row: Three images of the NC State logo as viewed through a geometric phase hologram, in this case a lens, where each corresponds to one of the three possible wavefronts. Bottom Row: Illustrations, simulation, and microscope picture showing the liqu …
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ECE Ph.D. Candidate Is A Winner In 3 Minute Thesis Competition
October 30, 2015Tahmid Latif’s winning research uses roach-bots Tahmid Latif, under the advisement of Dr. Alper Bozkurt, placed second in The Graduate School’s inaugural 3 Minute Thesis competition, a test of both his engineering and communication skills. Tahmid’s Ph …
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Using Lasers to Print in Four Dimensions
October 23, 2015Michael Escuti received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study and make novel hologram technologies. He created a tool that did much more. The technology he developed offers a new way to manipulate light, with applications from studying alien worlds to making cellphones more energy efficient.
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Developing Economical Controllers for Next-Generation Power Systems
October 20, 2015Dr. Aranya Chakrabortty and Dr. Alexandra Duel-Hallen (Sasha) have been awarded $600,000 from the Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) of the US National Science Foundation to develop an advanced design architecture that will enable integration of high-speed communication networks with wide-area control of large power systems using Synchronized Phasor Measurements (or “Synchrophasors”).
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Filling the Wearables Gap
October 13, 2015Researchers at the Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) – a National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center (ERC) led by NC State – are working to pull these wearables into the future through dramatic reduction in power consumption and novel sensor and low-power computing technologies.
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FREEDM Center Has Energizing Seventh Year
October 12, 2015FREEDM, a National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center (ERC) headquartered on Centennial Campus, received positive feedback from NSF during a spring site visit and learned that the center will be fully funded through year 10.
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New Performance Cloning Techniques to Boost Chip Memory Design
October 1, 2015ECE researchers have developed software using two new techniques to help computer chip designers improve memory systems.