Outreach
Pre-College and Community
Connecting with K-12 Educators
We are building out offerings of a range of opportunities to K-12 educators to inspire students about STEM fields, careers, and how electrical and computer engineering provides their pathway.
ECE hosts summer camps and programs designed for educators and students, offering immersive experiences in engineering principles through interactive and practical activities.
For educators, building connections with university faculty, industry professionals, and other peers help to foster a community of support and inspiration in STEM education.
These opportunities aim to equip educators with the knowledge and tools needed to ignite students’ interest in STEM and set them up for success as electrical or computer engineers.
Coding, Collaboration and Career Clarity: Meriam Ali ‘27 at John Deere
Computer engineering student Meriam Ali ’27 spent her summer at John Deere, where she quickly mastered CAN bridging and integrated her C# code into a complex, partially undocumented system. The experience confirmed her passion for embedded systems and showed her how collaboration and adaptability drive technical progress.
Hayden Flo ‘26 Gains Technical and Business Experience at Analog Devices Internship
Hayden Flo ’26, a computer engineering major, interned at Analog Devices in Massachusetts, where he developed a forecasting tool for aerospace and defense customers. The experience gave him technical skills, business insight and valuable mentorship.
Hiking Toward a Better Grid: Maria Stubbendick ’25 Finds Purpose on the Trail
Electrical engineering student Maria Stubbendick ’25 is walking through mountains this summer with something bigger in mind: a more resilient and sustainable energy future.
From Defense Labs to Mountain Villages: Calvin Duong’s Summer of Service and Systems
Whether working with advanced defense technologies or building latrines in rural Guatemala, Calvin Duong ’27 is finding purpose at the intersection of engineering, adaptability and service.
Quantum Code: Breana Samonte Jump into Next-Gen Computing
First-year computer engineering student Breana Samonte ’29 earned a spot in Winston-Salem State’s Quantum Science Boot Camp this summer. Her intensive training is already shaping her academic and career trajectory in quantum computing.
Where Sales Meet Silicon: Emma Pollak’s Role at TI
Electrical engineering student Emma Pollak ’26 is spending her summer in Boston as a Technical Sales Engineer Intern with Texas Instruments. Her internship blends people skills with product insight, giving her a new perspective on what it means to be an engineer.
Grad Student Aatman Patel Innovating In-Car Connectivity at BMW North America
Aatman Patel ’25 is revolutionizing in-car connectivity during his co-op internship at BMW North America. His work with the Car Connectivity DLI team is shaping his career in automotive tech and wireless communications.
Skills Up Workshop: Empowering ECE Students with Essential Hands-On Skills
The Skills Up Workshop at NC State ECE equipped newly CODA’d and ECE 200 students with essential hands-on skills in soldering, breadboarding, and lab equipment, providing them with a strong foundation for the upcoming semester.
ASSIST Center
ASSIST is developing leading-edge systems for high-value applications such as healthcare and IoT by integrating fundamental advances in energy harvesting, low-power electronics, and sensors with a focus on usability and actionable data. We do this by bringing together multidisciplinary researchers, practitioners, and industry partners in a diverse and inclusive ecosystem that encourages innovation with a focus on education and outreach.
The ASSIST Center has developed strategic outreach partnerships with 11 middle and high schools to enhance teachers’ engineering content knowledge and teaching methods, bring nanosystems engineering concepts into the classroom, involve high school students in ASSIST research, and thereby increase the diversity and enrollment of domestic students in university engineering degree programs.
ASSIST Day Camps
The ASSIST Center at NC State is bringing sensors to life with summer camps for high school students in grades 9-12. NC State faculty will share their research with the students and teach data-gathering and analysis techniques. This summer experience is geared toward students with an interest in computer science and biology.
Following the steps of the Engineering Design Process, students will learn about global One Health issues that affect humans, animals, and the environment and how they can use open-source platforms and simple sensors to detect and mitigate these issues. During the camp, students will experiment and study human physiology using multiple platforms.
Wearable Device Challenge
The Wearable Device Challenge integrates the One Health Initiative concepts and the Grand Challenges of Engineering to create a competition where students will be tasked with designing a wearable device to monitor the health of a human or animal based on environmental factors and/or disease transmission.
Juntos at NC State
Mussels play a crucial role in maintaining water quality, but their populations are declining. At NC State, Professor Edgar Lobaton and his team are pioneering AI-driven solutions to monitor and conserve these vital creatures.
This summer, high school students from the Juntos Academy joined our mission, learning about ecosystem conservation, computer vision, and AI modeling. They built innovative imaging systems and brought their creativity to life.
“It was inspiring how interested the students were in building these systems. They were fascinated by the applications and technology, and they expressed their creativity by decorating their platforms,” said Lobaton.
NC State launched the Juntos Program in 2007, with a plan to provide high school Latino students and their families with the knowledge, skills, and resources to ensure high school graduation and increase college access and attendance rates.
Showcasing Voices
ECE students, faculty, staff, and alumni come from all walks of life, from every corner of the state of North Carolina and the world. They come together with a shared purpose to create a better world for all.
We take pride in acknowledging our different backgrounds, perspectives, and identities, while acknowledging the challenges our community faces and doing all we can to support them and embody our values.
ECE Summer Camps
NC State University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is thrilled to announce that we will be hosting summer camps for Summer 2025. These camps are designed to inspire and educate the next generation of engineers with hands-on projects and engaging activities.
Stay tuned for more details about registration, dates, and camp offerings!
ECE Open House
October 18, 2025Join us to experience ECE
When you come to NC State, you’re not just here to go to class. Our campus community and amenities will bring you into the heart of the Wolfpack. NC State is a leading research university that readies students for lifelong success.
Join ECE
October 18, 2025
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Join Electrical and Computer Engineering for Open House!
Explore labs, MakerSpaces, and student organizations. Check out exciting research projects and chat with students and faculty about their experiences in ECE.
Along with information sessions in Engineering Building II, you’re welcome to explore the following:
- ECE MakerSpaces
- Senior Design capstone projects
- AquaPack Underwater Robotics Club
- Active Embedded Systems Lab
- BenchBot
- ForaBot
- Embedded Machine Learning Club
- Women in ECE Club
- ASSIST Center (body-powered wearable health devices)
- FREEDM Center (future of the power grid)