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New Initiative Aims to Put NC State at the Forefront of Viral Vector Manufacturing

Posted on March 8, 2023 | Filed Under: Research

An initiative launched by NC State University professors Stefano Menegatti and Michael Daniele brings together broad, multidisciplinary expertise from universities and industry partners across the Triangle — and will offer hands-on training …

Blog: My Internship at Robinhood

Posted on March 7, 2023 | Filed Under: Undergraduate Students

Junior in electrical engineering, Matt Murray, shares his experience as an intern at Robinhood.

Marshall Brain recognized with the John S. Risley Entrepreneur of the Year award

Posted on February 22, 2023 | Filed Under: Awards and Faculty

The chancellor celebrates innovation and entrepreneurship at “The Point” where Marshall Brain received the Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Sanskriti Deva Takes an International Stage

Posted on February 16, 2023 | Filed Under: News and Undergraduate Students

Sanskriti Deva, an inspiring junior in computer engineering, is stepping up to the global stage this week at the United Nations Association Global Engagement Summit and Harvard’s WECode Conference.

Providing FREEDM Through a Better Power Grid

Posted on February 8, 2023 | Filed Under: Faculty

Iqbal Husain, director of NC State’s FREEDM Systems Center and a distinguished professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, is on a mission to make the world cleaner, greener and easier to travel in.

_pace, the Final Frontier

Posted on February 7, 2023 | Filed Under: Alumni

In 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.

Department Head Stancil to step down, remain on faculty

Posted on February 6, 2023 | Filed Under: Faculty

Serving as 9th department head for ECE at NC State, Dan Stancil is returning to faculty at the end of the 2022-23 academic year, and Veena Misra will serve as Interim Head.

Bhattacharya receives two first-place paper awards at ECCE 2022

Posted on February 6, 2023 | Filed Under: Awards and Faculty

Subhashish Bhattacharya received two first-place paper awards at the ECCE 2022 conference from the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS).

ECE graduate students cut path forward with innovative invention

Posted on February 3, 2023 | Filed Under: Graduate Students and News

Electrical and computer engineering graduate students, Sam Marcom and Dario Muller, and their mechanical engineering teammate, Josh Cooper, are laying the groundwork for the future of the manufacturing industry. Their new innovative inventi …

ECE GSA Research Symposium 2023 Finalists

Posted on January 20, 2023 | Filed Under: News

The 2023 ECE Graduate Research Symposium was hosted by the ECE Graduate Student Association on January 20.

What is being done to prevent power grid attacks?

At the FREEDM Systems Research Center, some of the state’s brightest minds are leading the way to improve how we power our lives.

Posted on February 23, 2023

White House science advisor visits NC State to see student innovation

On Friday, President Joe Biden’s top adviser on science and technology visited North Carolina State University to see firsthand how students are creating cleaner and more efficient energy systems.

Posted on February 10, 2023

Securing Cryptography in the Quantum Computing Era

DesignCon keynote will discuss challenges of developing cryptography standards that withstand quantum computing attacks.  Keynote session speaker Aydin Aysu, Assistant Professor and Head of the Hardware Cybersecurity Research Lab (HECTOR) at Electrical & Computer Engineering Department of North Carolina University, says that quantum computers have the potential to break existing cryptography algorithms, which in some cases date back 40 years. “We have mathematical evidence this can potentially occur,” Aysu told Design News in an interview.

Posted on January 27, 2023

ComEd and NC State receive $200,000 US DOE grant for SiC-based XFC project

Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd, a unit of Chicago-based energy provider Exelon Corp), in partnership with North Carolina State University’s FREEDM Systems Center, has been awarded a $200,000 federal research and development grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to help fund a $5m research project focused on improving the efficiency of, and reducing the cost of, extreme fast charging (XFC) for electric vehicles (EVs).

Posted on October 24, 2022

“A game changer”: With CHIPS Act, NC is poised for a new manufacturing boom

The new law includes $13.2 billion for research and the training of people to work in the development, design and manufacturing of semiconductor wafers and the chips that are built on them. The R&D funding could be a boon to North Carolina’s research universities, especially N.C. State. John Muth, a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, said other states dominate in the design and production of silicon-based chips, but N.C. State is at the forefront of developing a new generation of silicon carbide semiconductors that can endure higher temperatures and higher voltages, qualities that will be increasingly needed in electric automobiles, data processing centers and clean energy production. “In general, we need to do more manufacturing, do it cleaner and employ people with better paying jobs and the CHIPS Act helps out with that,” he said.

Posted on October 13, 2022

In race toward quantum computing, North Carolina takes center stage

Governments, businesses and universities worldwide are spending heavily to prepare for quantum. And in the past few years, the three corners of North Carolina’s Research Triangle—Duke University, North Carolina State University, and UNC—have each made distinct contributions to this emerging field, turning the state into a legitimate quantum hot spot.

Posted on October 6, 2022