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Ruijuan Xu has been selected as a Fellow for the 2025–2027 Scialog: Quantum Matter and Information initiative that brings together early-career researchers to accelerate breakthroughs in quantum science

The 2025 COMPASS Grand Challenge united 91 researchers from 15 African nations to tackle global scientific problems using AI, with keynote inspiration from NC State MSE’s Martin Thuo

Peter Liaw, Ivan Racheff Chair of Excellence at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will deliver the 4th annual Koch Lecture on Oct 31

Dr. Donald Brenner, MSE Department Head at NC State, has been named Chair of the University Materials Council for the 2025–2026 term, succeeding Dr. Izabela Szlufarska of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

NC State MSE proudly celebrates Professor Martin Thuo’s election as one of the 2024 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.

MSE Assistant Professor Martin Seifrid has been selected to receive the 2025 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Award, recognizing his focus on advancing automation in chemical laboratories.

A new study describes both the mechanism and the material conditions necessary for superfluorescence at room temperature.

NC State University’s College of Engineering launched a new initiative that will lead efforts to advance research in battery and energy storage systems and develop new courses and curricula in support of North Carolina’s growing energy sector.

NC State MSE faculty Drs. Ruijuan Xu and Yin Liu have enhanced thin-film techniques for compressing infrared light, achieving fourfold longer propagation, broader wavelength compatibility, and seamless integration on diverse substrates.

NC State MSE faculty and students made a global impact at the Science in the Savannah nanotechnology conference in Kenya, organized by MSE Professor Martin Thuo, where Professor Martin Seifrid was recognized as a rising star in interdisciplinary science.

On Friday, May 2, 2025, the department held its spring recognition of the graduates in the Hunt Library Auditorium. The 71 conferred degrees comprise 33 undergraduates, 22 graduate students, and 16 doctoral candidates.

As he wraps up his Master of Materials Science and Engineering at NC State, Jonah Bridges isn’t slowing down: he’s staying with his research group to pursue a Ph.D. and dive deeper into the world of semiconductors and simulations.

Sophia Isacco, a Virginia native and soon-to-be graduate of the MSE program , has proven that following your passions and pursuing opportunities can lead to extraordinary accomplishments.

For Nethra Vasudevan, a love for biology and engineering led her on an unexpected but rewarding journey to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at NC State.

Aram Amassian represented NC State MSE at the National Academy of Engineering’s 2025 Regional Meeting, hosted at Georgia Tech, where leaders in science and industry gathered to address one of the most urgent challenges of our time: accelerating clean energy manufacturing.