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Researchers Develop Wearable, Low-Cost Sensor to Measure Skin Hydration

<img width="1024" height="703" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/25-1024x703.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Researchers from NC State, including the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a wearable, wireless sensor that can monitor a person’s skin hydration for use in applications that need to detect dehydration before it poses a health problem. The device is lightweight, flexible and stretchable and has already been incorporated into prototype devices […]

Senior Design Day demonstrates Innovation and Creativity

<img width="1024" height="682" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/22-1024x682.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">On Friday, December 2, 2016, NC State Seniors in Electrical and Computer Engineering revealed their prototypes at Engineering Design Day. Four individual competitions were held, one for project proposal of in-progress projects (which will be prototyped in the Spring) and three for full-scale prototypes of finished projects. “We learned a lot about circuit components and […]

PowerAmerica Sponsors New STEM Boy Scouts Initiative

<img width="300" height="200" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/17.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">PowerAmerica is sponsoring the establishment of North Carolina's first STEM Scouts program at the Science House on Centennial Campus in conjunction with the Occoneechee Council, Boy Scouts of America.

Broken Barriers: EE Alumnus’ Varsity Sweater in Walk of Fame

<img width="350" height="232" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/16.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">University's first African-American graduate and the first African-American to play on a Wolfpack athletic team, Irwin Holmes donated his tennis varsity letter sweater to the new NC State Athletics Walk of Fame and History in the renovated Reynolds Coliseum.

Pitches, Prize Wheels and Presentations

<img width="992" height="558" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/4.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">What do you get when you combine a pitch competition with cash prizes, live demos that feature everything from the latest virtual reality technology to toys redesigned for children with special needs, and a prize wheel you can spin to win all the t-shirts your heart desires? Entrepalooza, NC State’s entrepreneurship and innovation festival, is […]

Hail, New Weather Station

<img width="992" height="558" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/weather-711-992x558.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">If you're interested in a truly local weather report, check out the real-time data available from a new weather station installed atop Engineering Building 2. NC State's WeatherSTEM provides up-to-the-minute readings on temperature, wind, humidity, ozone, ultraviolet radiation, barometric pressure and other key metrics.

Garcia one of 31 NC State students to score NSF Fellowships

<img width="1024" height="681" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NCSU-Energy-011314-241-1-1024x681.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">In a hallmark success for NC State, a record-breaking 31 students received Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation this year. Of those, an impressive ten engineering students, including Kristen Garcia, a graduate student in Electical Engineering, were honored as Fellows.

ECE Student Shares Krispy Kreme Challenge Experience

<img width="328" height="184" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_1417-e1455301105777_thumb.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy">Graduate School Webmaster Darren White organized a #GradPack team of students to collect video and share their graduate student experience during the race.