graduate students

Jul 10, 2017

Think Magazine, Summer 2017

How are our NC State graduate students and alumni changing the world? Better equipment for firefighters, new technologies to fight Zika, support for flood victims and a best-selling novel adapted for a television series. 

Jul 10, 2017

A Message From the Dean

"Just when I think I couldn't be more impressed by our students, I realize that achievement knows no boundaries." -- Maureen Grasso 

Jul 10, 2017

Pragya Adhikari

Pragya Adhikari from Nepal is trying to breed a tomato that is tastier and more resistant to plant diseases. 

Jul 10, 2017

Shahnee Haire

Graduate student Shahnee Haire says that her certificate program helped prepare her for assisting those in her county who lost everything after Hurricane Matthew. 

Jul 10, 2017

Chandler Maness

Chandler Maness, a master's student in textiles, wants to make firefighters safer by developing materials and gear designs that protect them from particulates in smoke. 

Jul 10, 2017

Sophia Webster

Graduate student Sophia Webster is trying to fight Zika by engineering mosquitoes that won't spread the disease. 

Jul 10, 2017

Andrea Brandt

PhD student Andrea Brandt is seeking a prosthesis that can adapt to an amputee's movement, rather than amputees having to adapt to their prostheses. 

Jul 10, 2017

Brianna Hess Massie

Brianna Massie Hess is looking for simple solutions to help hog producers deal with lagoon waste. 

Jun 13, 2017

Spotlight on Jacob Krause

Ph.D. student Jacob Krause is exploring reasons for the decline of weakfish over the past 10 years. 

Jun 12, 2017

Science Behind Bars

A research team of forensic psychologists -- including a graduate student and graduate alumna -- are investigating the incidence of mental illness in the Wake County Jail population.