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Students watching state trooper's helicopter flight demonstration

Aerodynamics Class Lifts Off

On Monday, November 10, a group of 35 students from NC State went to learn the fundamentals of how helicopters fly. Darius Carter’s VSTOL Aerodynamics...
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

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.
A split photograph showcasing student achievement. The left side features a female gymnast wearing a red NC State jacket emerging from a tunnel amidst fireworks. The right side shows three women standing together in front of a large NASA logo.

Raina Gandhi Defies Gravity

Balancing rigorous aerospace engineering courses, Division I gymnastics and a NASA internship might seem impossible for most college students, but not for Raina Gandhi.