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January 8, 2026 Academics, General, Newswire, Research

Creating Real-World Transformers at NC State

By Staff Five questions with Assistant Professor Jaemin Lee

January 6, 2026 Academics, Homepage Feature, Newswire, Research, Students

A medium-to-wide shot of a smiling man with a beard and glasses, standing in a brightly lit engineering lab. He is wearing a maroon quarter-zip pullover and khaki pants, with his left hand in his pocket. To his left, on a workbench, are several complex mechanical prototypes featuring metal frames, gears, and red cylindrical rollers. The background is filled with laboratory equipment, including shelves packed with tools, boxes, electronic components, and a whiteboard with diagrams.

Grad Student Profile: Sumedh Beknalkar

By Staff Sumedh Beknalkar, a Ph.D. candidate in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at NC State’s College of Engineering, is also the president and co-founder of SLA Robotics.

December 19, 2025 Awards, General, Newswire, Research

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A Look Back at 2025

By Staff From new milestones to career-defining awards, faculty, staff and students at NC State continue to lead the pack into a new year of innovation and success.

October 29, 2025 General, Newswire, Research

A close-up shot of two small, rectangular blocks of a silver-colored metal foam composite held in a person's hands over a wooden surface. Both blocks are riddled with dark, uniformly sized spherical pores. The larger block on the right shows a high density of pores, giving it a sponge-like appearance, while the smaller, more reflective block on the left is angled to show the pore structure.

Some Like It Hot: Composite Metal Foam Proves Resilient Against High Stresses at High Temperatures

By Staff Coupled with the material’s high strength-to-weight ratio, the finding suggests that CMF could be used in applications ranging from automobile engines to aerospace components to nuclear power technologies.

October 10, 2025 General, News Releases, Research

‘Chinese Lantern’ Structure Shifts Into More Than a Dozen Shapes for Various Applications

By Staff Jie Yin Ι [email protected] Yaoye Hong Ι [email protected]Ι Matt Shipman Ι [email protected] Researchers have created a polymer “Chinese lantern” that can snap into more...

October 8, 2025 Academics, General, Research

#NCStateMAE, Mechanical Engineering Rise in Latest U.S. News Rankings

By Colleen Brown #NCStateMAE’s undergraduate program in Mechanical Engineering now ranks #24 in the nation, up from #29 in 2025, in the 2026 U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges Rankings.

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