![2024 NC State graduate Shaun Deardorff poses in the Raleigh Founded location on Centennial Campus, with lightbulbs shining in the background.](https://mae.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/shaun-deardorffmah4067.jpg)
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![2024 NC State graduate Shaun Deardorff poses in the Raleigh Founded location on Centennial Campus, with lightbulbs shining in the background.](https://mae.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/shaun-deardorffmah4067.jpg)
Zhu named inaugural recipient of ASME Bažant Medal
A professor at NC State University’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering was recently selected as the inaugural recipient of a new prestigious award from the American...![Kaia Spero, dressed in a red graduation gown and white dress, strikes a celebratory pose in front of brick building with columns.](https://mae.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kaia-spero.jpg)
A little too busy, but a fun four years
Kaia Spero, mechanical engineering ‘24, took full advantage of the academic and social opportunities at a large ACC school.![Image is a composite of four images of Dr. Jerome Lavelle with four students; Dr. Lavelle is on the right of each photo. From top to bottom, left to right: Rosie Fisher, Robert Kobrin, Zane Shockley and Abigail Wucherer.](https://mae.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-outstanding-senior-award-composite.jpg)
College names Outstanding Senior Award winners
Four College of Engineering seniors received 2024 Outstanding Senior Awards for their exceptional achievements and contributions and undergraduate students during a ceremony on campus on April 17.NASA’s Earth-Observing Mission, PACE, Releases First Set of Data to Public
On February 8, 2024, NASA launched its newest Earth-observing satellite, the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The first of the mission’s data was just made available to the public.![](https://mae.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mah6465-scaled-1.jpg)