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)
Engineering Departments in Other Colleges
 Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAE)
 Forest Biomaterials (formerly Wood and Paper Science)
 Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science (TECS)
NC State Engineering
Students
•
•
Enrollments Fall 2011
Undergraduate
5,968
Graduate
2,797
Degrees Awarded (2010-11)
Undergraduate
Graduate
1,069
742
 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
NC State Engineering
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
Centers, Institutes and Laboratories
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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)
Growth in Research Expenditures
Research Expenditures
$140,000,000
$120,000,000
$100,000,000
$80,000,000
$60,000,000
$40,000,000
$20,000,000
$0
FY 06-07
FY 07-08
FY 08-09
FY 09-10
• Research expenditures have grown from $103 million
to $129 million, or 26%
Growth in Research Awards
Research Awards
$90,000,000
$80,000,000
$70,000,000
$60,000,000
$50,000,000
$40,000,000
$30,000,000
$20,000,000
$10,000,000
$0
FY 06-07
FY 07-08
FY 08-09
FY 09-10
• Research Awards ($) have doubled over the last 4 years
Strategic Vision
Engineering Health Systems
Robotics & Sensor
Technology
Bioengineering
Emphasis on the
integration of
research and
education
Nanotechnology
Information &
Communications Technology
Security & Critical
Infrastructure
Advanced Materials
& Manufacturing
Energy & Environmental
Systems
Transportation &
Logistics
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
Solving Society’s Energy Challenges
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
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
NCSU Leaders
• NC State University (Lead)
• University of Michigan
Chief Scientist for
CASL:
Dr. Paul Turinsky
• 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
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
Funding: $1,600,000/yr
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
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
(proposed)
• $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
COE Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Total REU Students
250
• The number of students in
REUs has doubled in the last 4
years
200
150
100
50
0
Total Award Value
2001-05
2006-10
$1,800,000
$1,600,000
$1,400,000
• The award value of REUs has
tripled in the last 4 years
$1,200,000
$1,000,000
$800,000
$600,000
$400,000
$200,000
$0
2001-05
2006-10
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