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Adapting to online: A remote master’s defense
Posted on April 30, 2020 | Filed Under: Grad Students
ECE Master’s student Ryan Spurney learned to pivot to a [successful] remote defense in just two weeks with committee member Cranos Williams.
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Seeking to Change the Stigma in STEM
Posted on April 22, 2020 | Filed Under: Campus Life
As a sophomore in ECE, Lauren White knows how difficult it can be adjusting to college. As a female member of the LGBTQ community from out of town, the task of fitting in seemed extra daunting…
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Better Predicting the Unpredictable Byproducts of Genetic Modification
Posted on April 13, 2020 | Filed Under: Research and Smart
How a new model may pave the way for more efficient research in the fields of genetic modification and forestry.
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The Insider on Undergraduate Research
Posted on April 10, 2020 | Filed Under: Undergrad Students
Hear from Britanya Wright, one of ECE’s seniors and Goodnight Scholars as she recounts her journey or curiosity beyond the classroom while undertaking undergrad research in the NNF.
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Algorithmic Research Could Reduce Testing Quantities Needed by 85%
Posted on April 10, 2020 | Filed Under: Research
A team led by Dror Baron at NC State ECE is working on a sophisticated algorithm estimated to reduce the number of tests required for group coronavirus testing by up to seven times.
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Daniele Recipient of 2020 Outstanding Global Engagement Award
Posted on April 9, 2020 | Filed Under: Awards
Congratulations to Michael Daniele, a 2020 recipient of the NC State Global Engagement Award for his vast collaborations, as well as his work with the SensUs international competitions.
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Engineering a More Inclusive Campus
Posted on April 7, 2020 | Filed Under: Alumni
Timothy Humphrey ’96 recently created two endowments with one extraordinary goal: promoting opportunities to create a more diverse, inclusive campus.
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Remembering Tony Mitchell, Asst. Dean Emeritus
Posted on April 2, 2020 | Filed Under: Faculty
We fondly remember Tony Mitchell, Assistant Dean of Engineering (emeritus) and Associate Professor of ECE who sadly passed away on April 1, 2020.
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Teaching ECE from the Living Room
Posted on March 31, 2020 | Filed Under: Campus Life
As classes shift entirely online for the remainder of the semester, ECE faculty shift into high gear to leverage online tools and adapt (sometimes even household items) to dramatically different teaching needs.
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Researchers Develop Faster Way to Replace Bad Data With Accurate Information
Posted on March 27, 2020 | Filed Under: Research and Smart
A new model from ECE and the ARO could aid in displacing false information about anything from computer security to public health.
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Christina Koch is headed to the moon, exactly like she dreamed she would
In 2025, she will be one of four astronauts who will head to the moon as a part of Artemis II. The North Carolina State University graduate stopped by the WUNC studio during a recent visit back to the Tar Heel State.
Posted on May 9, 2024
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Injectable Microchip Tracks Animal Health
Around the world, many pets and working animals are microchipped. It’s a simple process: A tiny transponder with an identification number is enclosed in a rice-grain-sized cylinder and injected under the skin, so that if an animal is lost it can be identified. This new devices does more, including tracking and reporting heart rate, breathing, movement, and temperature sensing in a 4-mm-wide package.
Posted on March 12, 2024
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NC State innovation on display at CES 2024 in Las Vegas
Posted on January 11, 2024
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Stress Monitors for Plants Can Spot Dehydration
In a forthcoming paper to be published in IEEE Transactions on AgriFood Electronics(TAFE), James Reynolds, a postdoctoral research scholar at NC State’s iBionicS Lab and first author of the paper, and fellow researchers at North Carolina State University explored how plant tissue’s impeding of electrical current can be monitored to identify plants under stress with relative immediacy—less than an hour, in some cases.
Posted on December 11, 2023
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‘We’re hitting new limits.’ NC quantum computing bullish on a coveted breakthrough
Superconductors, the other prominent approach to quantum computing, are the focus of North Carolina State University and its partner corporation, IBM. Nicknamed “chandeliers,” IBM’s machines are gold-plated, multi-level apparatuses with a progression of wires and tubes funneling down to single silicon processor chips. While Duke has ion-trap computers in the Triangle, NC State researchers remotely access the chandeliers, which are housed at the IBM facility in Yorktown Heights, New York. “Each technology kind of has its strength,” said Daniel Stancil, executive director of the IBM Quantum Hub at NC State. “I think there have been some significant developments in the hardware in the past year.”
Posted on December 4, 2023
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Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up
Wearable devices, like nearly every other piece of tech, need energy. Fortunately, though, at wearables’ modest power budgets, energy is effectively everywhere. It’s in the sun’s rays and radio waves, the skin’s sweat and body heat, a person’s motion and their footfalls. And today, technology is maturing to the point that meaningful amounts of these energy giveaways can be harvested to liberate wearables from ever needing a battery. Which seems plenty attractive to a range of companies and researchers.
Posted on November 1, 2023