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May 16, 2022

Congratulations MSE Graduates!

No pandemic could stop the pride and excitement we have for our 2022 graduating class. Our graduates overcame many challenges thrown at them since 2020, but they have been offered…

May 11, 2022

Professor Roger Narayan elected 2022 MRS Fellow

Professor Roger Narayan, MD, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill, has been elected a fellow of the Materials Research…

May 9, 2022

College awards distinguished faculty, staff and seniors during first in-person ceremony since 2019

On Tuesday, April 26, 2022, the College of Engineering held its first in-person awards ceremony since spring of 2019. Current seniors and distinguished faculty and staff were honored during the hour-long ceremony.

May 9, 2022

MSE senior Katie Shaffer helps make STEM fields more inclusive, diverse

Katie has been a key fixture in the MSE department since her first year, starting in spring 2019. “I became an undergraduate researcher in my second-semester first year under Dr. Cuomo. He was able to introduce the world of MSE research before my first MSE class,” says Katie.

May 9, 2022

Krispy Kreme Challenge Meets $2 Million Commitment

Park Scholars celebrate an achievement nearly two decades in the making. The funds directly impact North Carolina children and families at UNC Children’s Hospital and NC State Park Scholars Children’s Specialty Clinic.
blonde college woman in front of NC State

Apr 27, 2022

MSE Spotlights Senior Katie

Katie Shaffer is a fourth-year undergraduate majoring in materials science and engineering. Katie learned about MSE early: in high school. “Materials science and engineering was something I discovered in high…

Apr 25, 2022

Graduate student Alex Hsain participates in an Alternative Service Break and shares her love for science in Hoonah, Alaska

By Alex Hsain, MSE Ph.D. Candidate “Woah, this is like magic.” A sixth grader beams as she dips a slip of photosensitive paper into a beaker of water. She watches…

Apr 21, 2022

Celebrating Our Excellence

By Niki Jennings, MSE Communications Specialist On Thursday, April 14, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering held a first-of-its-kind event. Taking place at the grand Dorothy and Roy Park…