By Charles Hall<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Belltower-1024x576.jpeg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Belltower-980x551.jpeg 980w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Belltower-480x270.jpeg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw">Growing up in a blue-collar family in eastern North Carolina, Maurice Partin thinks his parents knew the only way he’d get to college was with a scholarship. And now he's helping first-gen college students follow in his path. |Alumni
By Charles Hall<img width="1024" height="768" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_1595-1024x768.jpeg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_1595-980x735.jpeg 980w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_1595-480x360.jpeg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw">At an induction ceremony on October 22, 2021, 9 members of the sixth class of inductees were honored and joined the ranks of the 95 members of the ECE Alumni Hall of Fame, out of over 16,000 alumni. |Alumni
By Charles Hall<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ryan-unger-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ryan-unger-980x551.jpg 980w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ryan-unger-480x270.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw">Ryan Unger, ECE '20, received support from the Student Emergency Fund after losing his home and job in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, he was able to give $2,500 to help students facing similar struggles. |Alumni
By Charles Hall<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/gradmask_1-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/gradmask_1-980x551.jpg 980w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/gradmask_1-480x270.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw">For spring commencement, a local entrepreneur from NC State ECE is donating thousands of masks using material created at NC State. |Alumni
By Charles Hall<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Untitled-design-5-1024x576.png" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Untitled-design-5-980x551.png 980w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Untitled-design-5-480x270.png 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw">Frankie Myers (BS EE & CPE 2006), director of engineering at Lucira Health led the design and development of the first at-home rapid COVID-19 test-kit -- check out his insights into their innovative process! |Alumni
By Charles Hall<img width="1024" height="682" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ALUMNI.BLDG_.218-1024x682.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ALUMNI.BLDG_.218-980x653.jpg 980w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ALUMNI.BLDG_.218-480x320.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw">Tawana Dillahunt, a computer engineering alumna and associate professor at the University of Michigan named the inaugural recipient of the CRA-WP Skip Ellis Early Career Award. |Alumni
By Staff<img width="1024" height="708" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/seaforth-capture-1024x708.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/seaforth-capture-1024x708.jpg 1024w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/seaforth-capture-980x677.jpg 980w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/seaforth-capture-480x332.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw">A pain-point noted by an ECE alumnus facing the construction industry that led to the launch of a new venture – Bedrock Wireless, a company aimed to bring data-forward solutions to construction sites. |Alumni
By Charles Hall<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Madren-family-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Madren-family-980x551.jpg 980w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Madren-family-480x270.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw">Alumnus Frank Madren’s love of electrical engineering resulted in an endowed scholarship in his name to ensure future undergrads in financial need have the opportunity to join the field. |Alumni, inclusion
By Charles Hall<img width="1024" height="576" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/31812989228ca8a922dcek-1-e1586187315155-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/31812989228ca8a922dcek-1-e1586187315155-980x551.jpg 980w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/31812989228ca8a922dcek-1-e1586187315155-480x270.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw">Timothy Humphrey ’96 recently created two endowments with one extraordinary goal: promoting opportunities to create a more diverse, inclusive campus. |Alumni
By Charles Hall<img width="1024" height="512" src="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/49464133183_f5a6af3bd0_k-e1580999282901-1024x512.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/49464133183_f5a6af3bd0_k-e1580999282901-980x551.jpg 980w, https://ece.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/49464133183_f5a6af3bd0_k-e1580999282901-480x270.jpg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw">Setting a record for the longest single spaceflight in history by a woman, NASA astronaut Christina Koch returns to Earth after orbiting the planet 5,248 times.