Distinguished Professorship

Sep 29, 2017

New Manufacturing Process Opens Market to More Competition

NC State researchers led by Jay Baliga, Distinguished University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, are rolling out a new manufacturing process and chip design for silicon carbide (SiC) power devices, which can be used to more efficiently regulate power in technologies that use electronics. 

Sep 2, 2017

Inventor Shares Tech Transfer Tips

Fran Ligler, Lampe Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering and holder of 31 U.S. patents, recently shared tips for licensing and commercializing intellectual property with a rapt audience of inventors and investors on Centennial Campus. 

Aug 14, 2017

A Life-Changing Leader

Tom Miller — the McPherson Family Distinguished Professor of Engineering Entrepreneurship at NC State — channels philanthropy to provide extraordinary student experiences including the Engineering Entrepreneurs Program and an annual spring break trip to Silicon Valley. 

Jul 31, 2017

High-Temperature Superconductivity

Researchers led by Jay Narayan, the John C. Fan Distinguished Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at NC State, have significantly increased the temperature at which carbon-based materials act as superconductors. 

Jul 31, 2017

Stancil Named to Leadership Post

Daniel D. Stancil, Alcoa Distinguished Professor and department head of electrical and computer engineering at NC State, has been named president of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association, a nonprofit membership organization comprised of decision makers at nearly 300 institutions across North America and Canada. 

Jul 25, 2017

NC State Helps Lead Manufacturing USA

Led by top faculty including Ruben Carbonell, Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, NC State is directly involved in seven of the 14 public-private institutes that make up the Manufacturing USA network — the most involvement of any university in the country. Launched in 2015, the network focuses on various fields of technology with the goal of securing the future of manufacturing in the U.S. through innovation, collaboration and education. 

Jul 21, 2017

Professor Talks Managing Risks in Business

Mark Beasley, the Deloitte Professor of Enterprise Risk Management in the Poole College of Management, is researching how organizations navigate the many sources of uncertainty and risk that affect their success. 

Jul 17, 2017

Ristaino Wins Fulbright Research Award

"Jean Ristaino, the William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Plant Pathology at NC State, has a passion for ensuring food security for a fast-growing world population. Her next stop: Italy. " 

Jun 27, 2017

Public Science Researcher Named to Distinguished Professorship

NC State's Jean Goodwin has been named SAS Institute Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric and Technical Communication. The professorship is made possible through the generosity of the SAS Institute Inc. and the State of North Carolina’s Distinguished Professors Endowment Fund. 

Jun 9, 2017

Can Tiny Plumbing Fix Broken Hearts?

Frances Ligler, Lampe Distinguished Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill, writes about exciting collaborative work to understand new ways of repairing the human body and cutting-edge experiments to further regenerative medicine therapeutics.