NC State Engineering

Research Overview Richard F. Keltie

Associate Dean, Graduate Programs and Research

Engineering Academic Departments Biomedical Engineering (BME) Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) Computer Science (CSC) Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Nuclear Engineering (NE)

Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) Forest Biomaterials (formerly Wood and Paper Science) Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science (TECS)

Engineering Departments in Other Colleges

Among all U.S. engineering colleges*:

4th largest undergraduate enrollment

11th largest graduate enrollment

7th in number of BS degrees awarded 14th in number of MS degrees awarded

13th in number of PhD degrees awarded

* ASEE figures for 2009

Students NC State Engineering

• Enrollments Fall 2011 Undergraduate 5,968 Graduate 2,797 • Degrees Awarded (2010-11) Undergraduate 1,069 Graduate 742

Faculty - 726 faculty and staff, including 275 tenured and

tenure-track faculty members

- 10 members of the National Academy of Engineering

- 2 National Medal of Technology recipients

- 1 US Army Commander’s Award recipient

- 1 Emmy Award winner

- 1 Electronic Design Hall of Fame member

- 3 among AIChE 100 Engineers of the Modern Era

- 88 Presidential and NSF recognitions, including - 62 NSF Career Awards - 4 Presidential Mentoring Awards

NC State Engineering

Centers, Institutes and Laboratories - Advanced Transportation Energy Center (ATEC) - Analytical Instrumentation Facility (AIF) - Applied Energy Research Laboratory (AERL) - Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center

(BTEC) - Center for Efficient, Scalable and Reliable Computing

(CESR) - Center for Engineering Applications of Radioisotopes

(CEAR) - Center for Nuclear Power Plant Structures,

Equipment and Piping (CNPPSEP) - Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (CRIM) - Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) - Constructed Facilities Laboratory (CFL) - Ergonomics Center of North Carolina (ECNC) - Furniture Manufacturing and Management Center

(FMMC) - Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and

Management Systems Center (FREEDM)

- Institute for Computational Science and Engineering (ICSE)

- Institute for Next Generation IT Systems (NEXT) - Institute for Transportation Research and Education

(ITRE) - Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Institute (IMSEI) - Minerals Research Laboratory (MRL) - Nanofabrication Facility @ NCSU (NNF) - North Carolina Solar Center (NCSC) - Nuclear Reactor Program (NRP) - Power Semiconductor Research Center (PSRC) - Precision Engineering Center (PEC) - Semiconductor Power Electronics Center (SPEC) - Silicon Solar Research Center (SiSoC) - Silicon Wafer Engineering and Defect Science

Center (SiWEDS)

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Research Expenditures

• Research expenditures have grown from $103 million to $129 million, or 26%

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Research Awards

• Research Awards ($) have doubled over the last 4 years

Strategic Vision

Emphasis on the integration of research and

education

Bioengineering

Advanced Materials & Manufacturing

Information & Communications Technology

Transportation & Logistics

Energy & Environmental Systems

Nanotechnology

Security & Critical Infrastructure

Robotics & Sensor Technology

Engineering Health Systems

NAE Grand Challenges for the 21st Century • Sustainability make solar energy more economical provide energy from fusion develop carbon sequestration methods provide access to clean water manage nitrogen cycle

• Health advance health informatics engineer better medicines reverse-engineer the brain

• Security restore and improve urban infrastructure prevent nuclear terror secure cyberspace

• Joy of Living enhance virtual reality advance personalized learning engineer the tools of scientific discovery

FREEDM--Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management Systems

$18.5 Million National Science Foundation grant

Creating the “Internet for Energy”

Director: Dr. Alex Huang

Solving Society’s Energy Challenges

Lead Institution

NC State University

Partner Institutions

Arizona State University

Florida A&M University

Florida State University

Missouri University of Science & Technology

CASL: The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors

A DOE Energy Innovation Hub for Modeling & Simulation of Nuclear Reactors

Core University Partners • NC State University (Lead)

• University of Michigan

• MIT

Core National Lab Partners • Idaho National Laboratory

• Los Alamos National Laboratory

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• Sandia National Laboratories

• Electric Power Research Institute

Core Corporate Partners • Tennessee Valley Authority

• Westinghouse Electric Company

Vision Create a virtual

reactor for predictive simulation of Light

Water Reactors

NCSU Leaders Chief Scientist for

CASL: Dr. Paul Turinsky

Education Chairman:

Dr. John Gilligan

Technical Leadership in Validation and

Uncertainty Quantification: Dr. Dan Cacuci

Osseointegrated Prosthetics Collaboration between the Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems

Engineering and the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Ola Harrysson, ISE

Dr. Denis Marcellin-Little, CVM

• Novel, permanent custom prosthetics

• Bone fuses with prosthetic

• More like a natural arm or leg

• Successfully tested in cats and dogs

• Working with Duke U. for human testing

Rehabilitation Engineering Topics: biomechanics, assistive devices, relearning, tissue engineering

Led by Biomedical Engineering and interfaces with: NCSU Depts: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Systems

& Engineering UNC-CH Depts: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy,

Exercise and Sports Medicine, Occupational Therapy

Funding: $1,600,000/yr

Internet Privacy and Security • Addressing the critical shortage of information security and privacy

professionals in the US

• Founder and director of ThePrivacyPlace.org

• Students graduating with PhD and JD

• Doctoral students receive national recognition

• Helps shape national policy by serving on a number of national advisory committees on privacy and security

Dr. Annie Anton

Protecting Soldiers from IEDs Dr. Michael Steer, DARPA research

• Research on ways to detect roadside bombs

• Develop technologies to prevent remote detonation

• Dr. Steer received Army Commander’s Award for Public Service, one of the highest Army civilian awards

Digital Games Research Initiative

• Focal point for educational and research activities in games across campus

• 15 faculty from five colleges: Engineering, Design, Management, Education, Humanities & Social Sciences

• $7M+ in active funding, including NSF, ARO and industry support

• Impact on state • Explicit draw for industry locating in the

state • Advise on public policy and legislation

with Commerce and State Legislature

(proposed)

• The number of students in REUs has doubled in the last 4 years

COE Research Experiences for Undergraduates

• The award value of REUs has tripled in the last 4 years

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Academic Rankings of World Universities*

2011 Ranking of Engineering Colleges

NC State’s College of Engineering ranks:

• 30nd among all engineering colleges in the world

• 25th among all US engineering colleges

• 17th among US public engineering colleges

* Ranking developed by the Center for World Class Universities and the Institute of Higher Education of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China