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Aysu Wins DAC Under-40 Award

Posted on September 25, 2026 | Filed Under: Faculty and Features and News and Newswire

Aysu, who leads the HECTOR Lab at NC State, was honored for his work in hardware-based cybersecurity.

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Shane Fogarty, right, a student intern working as construction project manager, takes a look at solar panels installed on the Fitts-Woolard Engineering building on Centennial Campus with Jim Rains, construction manager, center, and Raheem Ariwoola, energy engineer, left.

NC State Energy Week Returns Oct. 1 – 7

Posted on September 24, 2026 | Filed Under: News

From Oct. 1–7, NC State will celebrate Energy Week with 16 events that put energy in focus.

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NC State Engineering Climbs National Rankings

Posted on September 24, 2026 | Filed Under: News

U.S. News and World Report ranked the College of Engineering at NC State University No. 18 among public institutions in its 2027 list of best undergraduate engineering programs. 

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Christina Koch peers out of a window on the Orion spacecraft, looking back at Earth from space. Image Credit: NASA

The Science and Engineering of Space Travel

Posted on September 24, 2026 | Filed Under: News

NASA astronaut Christina Koch used the physics and engineering skills she gained at NC State during the Artemis II mission.

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Celebrating Centennial: POP Back 2026

Posted on September 14, 2026 | Filed Under: News

Despite a rain delay, students gathered in the hundreds to enjoy free food, games and the opportunity to meet with dozens of student groups and employers. 

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Hantao Cui Wins IEEE PES Prize Paper Award

Posted on September 8, 2026 | Filed Under: Awards and Faculty and News and Research

Cui’s paper, “Virtual Inertia Scheduling (VIS) for Real-Time Economic Dispatch of IBR-Penetrated Power Systems”, focuses on maintaining power grid stability during the transition to clean energy sources.

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ECE Welcomes New Faculty Members

Posted on September 1, 2026 | Filed Under: Faculty and Features and News

ECE welcomes two new faculty members for the start of the 2026-27 academic year, Assistant Professors Brittany N. Smith and Wei-Hsi Chen.

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NSF Award Fuels NC State’s Research in AI-Powered Wireless Networks

Posted on September 1, 2026 | Filed Under: AI/ML and Faculty and News

“AI-native RAN MANageability and Intelligence for Next Generation Networks” (ARMANI) utilizes AI to let networks make smart, reliable decisions on their own. As 5G and 6G systems grow more complex, this kind of automation is increasingly wh …

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Christina Koch at NC State.

A New Name at Home

Posted on August 24, 2026 | Filed Under: News

NASA astronaut Christina Koch returned to the campus where she earned three degrees, welcomed by a cheering crowd, a renamed building with her name on it and a limited-edition taste of her own Howling Cow ice cream.

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NC State, New York Power Authority and EPRI Demonstrate Solid State Transformer Success Under Real World Conditions

Posted on August 18, 2026 | Filed Under: News

The demonstration underscores the technology’s potential to improve energy efficiency, losing half as much power as conventional transformers.

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