North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

College of Engineering Points of Pride

North Carolina A&T State University’s College of Engineering will cultivate leaders for solving the technical and societal challenges of the world, and be a globally, competitive college that achieves excellence in academics, innovation, and research.

College of Engineering faculty researchers attracted over $11 million in total annual research dollars during the 2013-2014 aca-demic year. The College ranks No. 2 in annual research dollars among the four North Carolina public engineering schools.

The College of Engineering contin-ues to hold its consistent ranking as No. 1 in the nation for the num-ber of degrees awarded to African Americans at the undergraduate level for 14 consecutive years, and has been the leading producer of African American female engineers at the baccalaureate level in the U.S. for at least nine consecutive years (source ASEE).

Dr. Salil Desai an associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engi-neering was awarded United States Patent No. 8,573,757. His invention provides a method of generating scalable micro to nano patterned features on a substrate.

As part of its outreach opportuni-ties, N.C. A&T serves as the affiliate partner for NC FIRST Robotics and manages all regional and state competitions for FIRST LEGO League and FIRST Tech Challenge.

In 2013, a total of 300 teams competed in 15 qualifiers, involving more than 2,500 students

Kris Wiedenheft, a mechanical engineering major, is among 100students selected from around the country to be named a winner of the 2014 Buick Achievers Scholarship. As part of this honor, Wiedenheft wascongratulated by NC Gov. Pat McCrory and General Motors representatives on August 12.

Wiedenheft is also a recipient of the 2014 Goldwater Scholarship from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program.

In 2013, the University of North Carolina (UNC) Board of Governors announced the approval of a new Ph.D. program in computer science at North Carolina A&T State University. The Ph.D. in Computer Science Program provides research opportunities in cyber security, cyber identity protection and privacy, data science (Big Data), social networking, artificial intelligence and human-cen-tered computing. The program pre-pares students to be leaders in 21st century computing within industry, government and academia.

Chemical engineering professor, Dr. Yusuf Adewuyi was named 2014 Senior Researcher of the Year at N.C. A&T. Adewuyi’s research explores novel chemical engineering and environmental science approach-es, including the use of nanoscale materials and ultrasound to sustain-ably produce energy and control toxic environmental pollutants.

Aggie Baja Racing Team has been desiging, building and racing off-road vehicles sinces 1992. The team finished 3rd place out of 119 teams in the sled pull event at the Baja SAE Kansas competition in May at Pittsburg State University.

N.C. A&T’s Center for Cyber Defense is redesignated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assur-ance/Cybersecurity through 2021.

N.C. A&T was named a 2014 recipient of the Innovation Award by the APLU for the largest increases in successfully transferring intellectual property into new products, processes, applications, materials or services that have been successfully taken to market from 2012-2013 through 2013-2014.

College of Engineering Points of Pride and Quick Facts

Dr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley, asso-ciate professor with a joint appoint-ment in the departments of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering and Chemical, Biolog-ical and Bio Engineering received the 2014 ASEE DuPont Minorities in Engineering Award in recogni-tion of her distinguished accom-plishments in engineering.

Luster-Teasley is featured in the September 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Prism Magazine, in the “20 Under 40” cover story.

Among her numerous distinctions, Luster-Teasley was awarded an American patent for her devel-opment of a controlled release chemical oxidation polymer sys-tem for the remediation of waste-water becoming the first female African-American faculty member to be named inventor on a patent issued to N.C. A&T.

North Carolina A&T’s doctoralengineering student, Leon White,was among the 75 undergraduate,graduate and professional studentschosen by the White House Initia-tive on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (WHIHBCU) for its first class of HBCU All-Stars. This initiative recognizes students for their accomplishments in academics,leadership and civic engagement.White, a recipient of a Title III, PhDFellowship funded by a grant fromthe U.S. Department of Education,is a doctoral student majoring inmechanical engineering.

Civil engineering students traveled to The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., on March 6, to participate in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Carolina Student Conference. The annual conference showcases student projects, technical presen-tations and competitions including concrete frisbee, canoe and surveying. The N.C. A&T team placed second in the surveying competition and third in concrete frisbee.

Engineering student Brianna Ben-edict presented a futuristic Boeing Urban High Rise Rescue Vertical Take off and Lift System (VTOL) at the White House Maker Faire in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24.Benedict was responsible for researching regulatory compliance, safety and human factors as a part of a collaborative senior project with engineering students from A&T and Iowa State University. The aircraft cabin prototype, is designed for an urban high-rise rescue based on probable technologies available for production in 2040. The White House Maker Faire celebrates students learning STEM skills and entrepreneurs launching new businesses to innovators powering the renaissance in American manufacturing.

QUICKFACTSDepartmentsCivil, Architectural & Environmental EngineeringChemical, Biological & Bio EngineeringComputational Science & EngineeringComputer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngineeringIndustrial & Systems EngineeringMechanical Engineering

Five COE Cross Departmental Research StrengthsEnergy & SustainabilityHealthcare ApplicationsMultiscale Materials Development & AnalysisAerospace & Transportation SystemsCyber Security & Network Operations

Enrollment 2013-141,278 undergraduates students 337 graduates students

Degrees OfferedArchitectural Engineering (BS)Bio Engineering (BS, MS)Biological Engineering (BS)Chemical Engineering (BS, MS)Civil Engineering (BS, MS)Computer Engineering (BS)Computational Science & Engineering(Interdisciplinary) (MS & PhD)Computer Science (BS, MS & PhD (2014))Electrical Engineering (BS, MS & PhD)Industrial & Systems Engineering (BS, MS & PhD)Mechanical Engineering (BS, MS & PhD)

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North Carolina A&T State UniversityDr. Robin N. Coger, DeanCollege of EngineeringMcNair Hall1601 East Market StreetGreensboro, NC 27411

2014 - COE Points of Pride

Computer science professor, Dr. Justin Zhan, was named 2014 Outstanding Junior Research-er at N.C. A&T. Zhan’s research focuses on big data, information assurance, social computing, and biomedical computing.