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Sumedh Beknalkar

January 06, 2026

Grad Student Profile: Sumedh Beknalkar

Sumedh Beknalkar, a Ph.D. candidate in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at NC State’s College of Engineering, is also the president and co-founder of SLA Robotics. His research involves the development of an autonomous, multi-terrain, and amphibious robot from ‘concept to prototype’.
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January 05, 2026

Students Use Data Science Skills to Address USDA Ag Challenges

As USDA interns, five NC State graduate students applied data science skills to help build AI tools for agriculture.
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January 05, 2026

My Student Experience: Graduate Student Assistantships Prepare College of Education Students for Future Careers

From teaching and supporting pre-service teachers, to supporting recruitment and programs like Teaching Fellows and Students Advocating for Youth (SAY) Village, graduate students in the College of Education are making an impact while receiving funding for their degrees and gaining valuable, hands-on experience through graduate assistantships.
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December 18, 2025

NC State Equine Researcher Wins Young Investigator Grant for Steroid Studies

The Foundation for the Horse has awarded Dr. Kimberly Hallowell, a Ph.D. student in NC State’s Comparative Biomedical Sciences Program, a 2025 Young Investigator Grant to support her research into using metabolic indicators to predict which horses are at risk of developing laminitis after receiving steroid injections.

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Meet first-year Ph.D. student David Nguyen. David’s first semester in the Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media program has been about building community and relationships to ensure his success.

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