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	NC State alum Christina Koch Skypes from space with Wolfpack students August 31, 2019 A lot of North Carolina students are feeling inspired to take their dreams to new heights, and some are even thinking about reaching for the stars.It’s not every day you get to Skype with someone from outer space, but that’s exactly what more than one thousand students at North Carolina State University got to do on Friday. “It was amazing to see Christina on the screen I couldn’t believe that she was actually hearing us and talking to us to see her zoom around on the international space station was really amazing,” said Ana Sofia Uzsoy, a junior at NC State majoring in Physics and Computer Science. “It’s kind of insane that [she came] from where I am right now.”
	Christina Koch, Tar Heel of the Month, explores from the International Space Station August 26, 2019 The NC State University graduate always has been adventurous, pushing herself to channel her fears into sharp focus to accomplish her goals. And her historic path from growing up in Eastern North Carolina to outer space has been unconventional — with a few stops in the arctic between her NASA jobs.
	Automating Construction Progress Monitoring with Husky UGV and NC State August 13, 2019 With the development of automation and robotics, the modernizing world has reached unprecedented levels of productivity. While this is best seen in industries like manufacturing, others, like construction, have struggled to see the same dramatic improvement. A team of researchers from the Construction Automation and Robotics Lab (CARL) at NC State University, in collaboration with the Active Robotic Sensing (ARoS) Laboratory and the Laboratory for Interpretable Visual Modeling, Computing and Learning (iVMCL), believes that the lack of advanced automation in construction is to blame.
	Bosnian Haris Arnautovic attended One of the most influential Gatherings of Professionals July 21, 2019 One of the most influential gatherings of professionals in the world, two universities, three cities, four days of learning and exploring and numerous inspirational individuals, including Dr. Greg Byrd from NC State.
	As moon landing anniversary arrives, astronaut Christina Koch makes history of her own July 1, 2019 “Most kids probably dream of becoming an astronaut. I was just the one that never grew out of it,” said Koch in an interview Monday with The News & Observer from the space station. Koch, a graduate of N.C. State University, left for space March 14 and has been in orbit for just over 100 days as a flight engineer for NASA’s expedition 59 and 60.
	AI: Friend or Foe? June 12, 2019 Engineers may worry that artificial-intelligence (AI) and machine-learning (ML) algorithms will eventually replace them as circuit designers. A panel session, including Paul Franzon at the 2019 IEEE International Microwave Symposium tackled that touchy subject. The opinions were generally positive for engineers, but panelists acknowledged that AI/ML will change analog/RF engineering jobs but not necessarily replace engineers.
	NCSU creates method to teach AI to learn without forgetting May 21, 2019 N.C. State University has created a method for artificial intelligence (AI) systems to learn more without forgetting – a crucial step in making adaptive AI systems that can learn much like humans.
	Army-funded research boosts memory of AI systems May 20, 2019 A project funded by the U.S. Army with researchers at NC State has developed a new framework for deep neural networks that allow artificial intelligence systems to better learn new tasks while forgetting less of what they have learned in previous tasks.
	NASA astronaut speaks to NC State grads from outer space May 10, 2019 NC State ECE graduates received out of this world advice when NASA astronaut Christina Koch spoke to them from the International Space Station.
	NC State, Texas researchers create new way to track malware April 26, 2019 Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Texas at Austin have developed a technique for detecting types of malware that use a system’s architecture to thwart traditional security measures. The new detection approach works by tracking power fluctuations in embedded systems.
	New technique uses power anomalies to ID malware in embedded systems April 25, 2019 Researchers from NC State University and the University of Texas at Austin have developed a technique for detecting types of malware that use a system’s architecture to thwart traditional security measures. The new detection approach works by tracking power fluctuations in embedded systems.
	Women in Science April 10, 2019 Women have come a long way in enriching the scientific community – yet there’s still more to be achieved. We are recognizing women researchers who, through the scope of their work have contributed towards the development in STEM research. Featuring Dr. Leda Lunardi and Alice Cline Parker (ECE Alumni Hall of Fame 2017)
	New study demonstrates radio signal benefits from decades-old theory April 2, 2019 “You can always improve signal quality by using a larger antenna, but that’s simply not practical for many wavelengths,” says Jacob Adams, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at NC State University and senior author of a paper on the work. “For example, antennas operating in the high-frequency range — 3 to 30 megahertz (MHz) — would be 5 meters long or longer. We’ve shown that DAM can improve signal quality dramatically when using much smaller antennas. How much smaller can vary, but we’ve demonstrated the concept using antennas one-third the size of a conventional antenna for a given wavelength.”
	NCSU graduate Koch wraps up her first space walk; another set April 8 March 31, 2019 Spacewalking astronauts hustled through battery hookups outside the International Space Station on Friday in a major upgrade of the solar power grid. NASA’s Christina Koch and Nick Hague successfully installed a set of new and stronger batteries, continuing replacement work that began a week ago.
	NC State grad heads into space Thursday, will be in the first all-female spacewalk March 14, 2019 A North Carolina State University graduate is taking off Thursday for the International Space Station, where she is expected to make history.

In the News

NC State alum Christina Koch Skypes from space with Wolfpack students

Christina Koch, Tar Heel of the Month, explores from the International Space Station

Automating Construction Progress Monitoring with Husky UGV and NC State

Bosnian Haris Arnautovic attended One of the most influential Gatherings of Professionals

As moon landing anniversary arrives, astronaut Christina Koch makes history of her own

AI: Friend or Foe?

NCSU creates method to teach AI to learn without forgetting

Army-funded research boosts memory of AI systems

NASA astronaut speaks to NC State grads from outer space

NC State, Texas researchers create new way to track malware

New technique uses power anomalies to ID malware in embedded systems

Women in Science

New study demonstrates radio signal benefits from decades-old theory

NCSU graduate Koch wraps up her first space walk; another set April 8

NC State grad heads into space Thursday, will be in the first all-female spacewalk