College of Engineering
$1.1M Grant Funds Underrepresented STEM Ph.D. Students
NC State has joined a select group of National Science Foundation – Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (NSF–LSAMP) institutions that will sponsor 12 students for two years.
“Hidden Figure” Dr. Christine Darden Visits
The College of Engineering welcomed Christine Darden on Thursday, August 17, 2017 for a seminar at Hunt Library. One of the African American women NASA hired as a “human computer” to compute numbers for the engineers, Darden holds a B.S. in mathematics from Hampton University, a master’s degree in applied mathematics from Virginia State College and a doctorate in mechanical engineering from George Washington University.