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From left: Krista Walton, Yaroslava Yingling, Jim Pfaendtner, Roger Narayan and Chris Frey. Yaraslava and Roger are holding framed awards.

Narayan and Yingling Honored with 2025 R.J. Reynolds Awards

Roger Narayan and Yaroslava Yingling each received the 2025 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension, the most prestigious award the College of Engineering at NC State University presents to individual faculty members.
From left: College of Engineering Dean Jim Pfaendtner, Paul Besser and former Chancellor Randy Woodson holding up the wolfie hand sign.

Generous Estate Gift From Engineering Alum To Create Lasting Change in the MSE Department

When Paul Besser ’88 was a scholarship recipient at NC State, he knew that, if he could, he wanted to one day help students attend the College of Engineering with less financial stress. That’s why Besser and his wife, Kathy, recently finalized a $2.5 million estate gift to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering that supports student scholarships and establishes endowments for a professorship and for K-12 outreach.
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From Ph.D. to Postdoc

Working with fellow students and postdoctoral researchers, Kamiyama is developing advanced methods for bulk and epitaxial crystal growth, polarity control and defect management with the goal of creating the next generation of optoelectronic and power devices.

Meet Michael Lastovich

My name is Michael Lastovich, and I’m a fifth year PhD candidate in the Materials Science Program. I work with Dr. Bharat Gwalani in the Lab for Agile Manufacturing and…
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Research Round Up: Responsive Materials 

NC State University leads the development of responsive materials engineered to sense and react to stimuli in exciting, innovative ways. Remarkably versatile, these advanced materials can harvest energy from friction, self-repair structural damage, assemble themselves into electronic devices — and more.