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Eastman Chemical Company celebrated the grand opening of the East Innovation Center on Centennial Campus.
"We are in the beginning stages of a relationship that we expect will yield powerful results for our company," said Eastman Cha... READ MORE>>>
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GridBridge, a company that intends to modernize the electrical grid, therefore avoiding costly overhauls that would ultimately result in rate increases to consumers, has become the latest partner on Centennial Campus.
GridBridge, Inc. was formed in ... READ MORE>>>
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Rodney L. Carson, the Director of Economic Development for the Central Florida Development Council, has been hired by the Centennial Campus Partnership Office to oversee strategic partnerships for the research campus. Carson started in Januar... READ MORE>>>
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Perhaps the most exciting and important piece of property on Centennial Campus in a number of years opened its doors for the first time on January 2nd -- the James B. Hunt, Jr. Library.
Designed by Oslo-based architectural firm Snohetta ... READ MORE>>>
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The Centennial Campus Partnership Office (CCPO), which manages the relationships with current partners and prospects for new ones, recently moved to a new location. The group moved across the street from its previous location in the Monteith Research... READ MORE>>>
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Sue Cross, Centennial Campus's longtime partner services specialist, died recently after being struck by a truck in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. She was 55.
Cross had recently retired from NC State since working at the university beginning in 19... READ MORE>>>
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Capital Associates, a North Carolina-based development company, recently broke ground for a new apartment complex on Centennial Campus. The "Greens at Centennial" will hold 292 units and be located at the intersection of Main Campus D... READ MORE>>>
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Bandwidth, a fast-growing North Carolina company providing communication technology services to thousands of small businesses across the U.S., is the latest company to move its corporate headquarters to Centennial Campus.
The company has signe... READ MORE>>>
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Centennial Campus welcomed its newest corporate partner - Ming Yang Wind Power Company. The China-based company is opening a research and development outpost in the Venture IV building.
Ming Yang is one of the largest wind turbine manufacturer... READ MORE>>>
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Centennial Campus partner ABB unveiled its new Smart Grid Center of Excellence to corporate, government and university leadcers at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Center is the nation's first-of-its-kind demonstration center and testing lab using cutt... READ MORE>>>
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Saying that the bonds between his country and the U.S. have never been stronger, the French Ambassador to the U.S., Francois Dellatre, celebrated with North Carolina State University, local and state leaders on the first anniversary of a French busin... READ MORE>>>
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CentMesh, an experimental Wi-Fi network recently installed on Centennial Campus, is about to help NC State researchers and others better understand the potential of future wireless connections in defense, security, health and other disciplines. http:... READ MORE>>>
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Entrepreneurs, business leaders, government officials and NC State representatives came together in Raleigh to generate ideas to help move innovation forward. Initiated by Terri Lomax, Vice Chancellor of Innovation, Research and Economic Development ... READ MORE>>>
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WebAssign, a Centennial Campus partner, was featured in the News & Observer, a Raleigh-based newspaper. The article highlighted WebAssign's strong growth since emerging out of NC State's Department of Physics. Here is the full article -
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NC State staff, students and campus partners gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of University Housing's Centennial Campus Apartments project.
Scheduled to open fall 2013, the $129 million, 550,446 square-foot facility will feature 1,200 bed sp... READ MORE>>>
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Can a scientist-turned-entrepreneur benefit from a mentor?
She can if she’s also a company’s CEO and faced with a number of issues she’s never seen or dealt with before.
That was the dilemma facing Ann Black, founder a... READ MORE>>>
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Phononics, Inc., a partner on Centennial Campus, has been recognized by Vice President Joe Biden as one of five companies that has capitalized on Department of Energy seed funding and received private capital investment.
The company is... READ MORE>>>
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Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm visited Centennial Campus to participate in a demonstration of good driving habits to improve fuel efficiency.
Granholm, who is currently a senior advisor with the Pew Charitable Trusts and a Distinguished ... READ MORE>>>
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a memory device that is soft and functions well in wet environments – opening the door to a new generation of biocompatible electronic devices.
“We’ve created ... READ MORE>>>
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The FREEDM Systems Center, NC State's premier research center dedicated to smart grid technology, has been highlighted in the Raleigh News & Observer newspaper. The story focuses on one of the Center's promising technologies -- solid-state transf... READ MORE>>>
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The National Science Foundation-funded FREEDM Systems Center was recently featured in a story in the U.S. News & World Report. Specifically, the article talked about the recent advances FREEDM researchers have made with sold-state-transformers (S... READ MORE>>>
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Business leaders convened on Centennial Campus to discuss the obstacles and opportunities surrounding the energy and smart grid industries as part of the White House Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
The breakout session was one of five in ... READ MORE>>>
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BlueLine Associates, a New Hampshire-based consulting firm specializing in Lean Six Sigma business process improvement and project management, has opened a new office on Centennial Campus.
The new office will be led by Seth Cotner, BlueLine’s ... READ MORE>>>
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Imagine if workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan had remote and wireless detectors attached to their clothes that could have monitored radiation and toxic gas levels in real time. With that kind of information, supervisors could have ... READ MORE>>>
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NC State’s Small Animal Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) treats more than 20,000 small animal patients every year. That’s a lot of dogs, cats, turtles, birds, hamsters and fish; in fact, it’s about 11,000 patients a year more than... READ MORE>>>
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For many practical applications involving lasers, it’s important to be able to control the direction of the laser beams. Just ask Han Solo, or the captain of the Death Star. Researchers from NC State's Centennial Campuis have come up with a ver... READ MORE>>>
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The Blackstone Charitable Foundation and a consortium of major Triangle universities today announced the launch of the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network, a new five-year initiative to help North Carolina’s Research Triangle become headquarters f... READ MORE>>>
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The Venture Center complex located on Centennial Campus has received The Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) Award for 2011 by the southern region of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA). The complex won in the “suburban low ... READ MORE>>>
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Did you know that pencil lead may just end up changing the world? Graphene is the material from which graphite, the core of your No. 2 pencil, is made. It is also the latest “wonder material,” and may be the electronics industry’s n... READ MORE>>>
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Researchers from NC State have created a range of soft, elastic gels that change color when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light – and change back when the UV light is removed or the material is heated up.
The gels are impregnated with a type of ... READ MORE>>>
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Researchers on Centennial Campus have investigated the viability of a technique called “spincasting” for creating thin films of nanoparticles on an underlying substrate – an important step in the creation of materials with a variety... READ MORE>>>
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Carbon nanofibers hold promise for technologies ranging from medical imaging devices to precise scientific measurement tools, but the time and expense associated with uniformly creating nanofibers of the correct size has been an obstacle – unti... READ MORE>>>
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Agile Sciences, a Centennial Campus company focused on commercializing technologies to inhibit and disperse biofilms, has received notice that its first licensed patent has been approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. U.S. Patent No.... READ MORE>>>
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ImmunoReagents, a manufacturer of high quality secondary antibodies used by researchers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies around the world, has announced the appointment of Microtech as its new distributor for Italy.
The exclusive de... READ MORE>>>
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Researchers on Centennial Campus have developed a cheap and easy method for assembling nanowires, controlling their alignment and density. The researchers hope the findings will foster additional research into a range of device applications using nan... READ MORE>>>
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Phononic Devices, an early stage company located on NC State University's Centennial Campus, has closed on $10 million Series B financing to fund growth and commercialization of its high efficiency thermoelectric modules. The financing was led ... READ MORE>>>
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Researchers on Centennial Campus have developed a faster, easier way to create microelectrodes, for use in microfluidic devices, by using liquid metal. Microfluidic devices manipulate small amounts of fluid and have a wide variety of applications, fr... READ MORE>>>
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The Venture Center complex located on NC State University’s Centennial Campus has received The Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) Award for 2011 by the Raleigh-Durham chapter of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA). The comp... READ MORE>>>
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A North Carolina State University endowment fund established to bridge pure research and product commercialization for entrepreneurs has awarded grants to two new promising technologies in wireless RFID communications and biomedical engineering. ... READ MORE>>>
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ImmunoReagents, a manufacturer of high quality secondary antibodies used by researchers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, has announced a partnership with Athens Drive High School in Raleigh, North Carolina, to participate in the school's ... READ MORE>>>
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Gallium nitride (GaN) material holds promise for emerging high-power devices that are more energy efficient than existing technologies – but these GaN devices traditionally break down when exposed to high voltages. Now researchers on Centennial... READ MORE>>>
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Computer engineers on Centennial Campus have developed hardware that allows programs to operate more efficiently by significantly boosting the speed at which the “cores” on a computer chip communicate with each other.
The core, or centra... READ MORE>>>
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A new grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will support North Carolina State University efforts to develop new technologies essential to the development of a “smart grid” that ... READ MORE>>>
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The operating system (OS) is the backbone of your computer. If the OS is compromised, attackers can take over your computer – or crash it. Now researchers on Centennial Campus have developed an efficient system that utilizes hardware and softwa... READ MORE>>>
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Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are an increasingly popular technology for use in energy-efficient lighting. Researchers on NC State University's Centennial Campus have now developed a new technique that reduces defects in the gallium nitride (GaN) film... READ MORE>>>
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Nearly two years after jumpstarting an initiative to provide bioprocesses and analytical services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, the Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center (BTEC) on Centennial Campus continues to s... READ MORE>>>
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SKEMA, one of France's top business schools has begun classes at Centennial.
Nearly 250 students began attending classes, which are all taught in English, in mid-January. This is the first location in North America for SKEMA, which has five other si... READ MORE>>>
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Researchers on Centennial Campus have developed a new device that represents a significant advance for computer memory, making large-scale “server farms” more energy efficient and allowing computers to start more quickly.
Traditionally, ... READ MORE>>>
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have created the first coils of silicon nanowire on a substrate that can be stretched to more than double their original length, moving us closer to incorporating stretchable electronic devices into clot... READ MORE>>>
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Major power outages are fairly infrequent, but when they happen they can result in billions of dollars in costs – and even contribute to fatalities. Now studies from Centennial Campus researchers at North Carolina State University have led to t... READ MORE>>>
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Veterinary cardiologists at NC State University's Colege of Veterinary Medicine on the Centennial Biomedical Campus have created an interactive heart-care resource to help veterinarians and pet owners across the country support dogs and cats with hea... READ MORE>>>
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The James B. Hunt, Jr. Library, currently under construction on Centennial Campus, celebrated a milestone with a "topping out" ceremony. The event marks the completion of the steel frame of the new 139,000-square fo... READ MORE>>>
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The so-called “superstreet” traffic design results in significantly faster travel times, and leads to a drastic reduction in automobile collisions and injuries, according to North Carolina State University researchers located on Ce... READ MORE>>>
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Centennial Campus plans to carry over the momentum it built up in 2010 into the New Year by adding new partners, starting construction on several projects and expanding the innovation and research services the university offers to spinout and startup... READ MORE>>>
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Agile Sciences, an early-stage, university spin-out company providing commercial solutions to those industries plagued by the effects of biofilms, has moved into larger office and laboratory space on Centennial Campus.
Agile ha... READ MORE>>>
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Longtime donors, Lonnie and Carol Johnson Poole, are donating $40 million to the University, the largest donation in the history of the land-grant university. The bulk of the donation will go to the College of Management. Here is the full story -&nbs... READ MORE>>>
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Dr. Warwick A. Arden has been named provost and executive vice chancellor at North Carolina State University.The appointment was made by Chancellor Randy Woodson and approved today in a meeting of the NC State Board of Trustees’ Academic Affair... READ MORE>>>
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The prevalence of global positioning system (GPS) devices in everything from cars to cell phones has almost made getting lost a thing of the past. But what do you do when your GPS isn’t working? Researchers from North Carolina State University ... READ MORE>>>
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Researchers from North Carolina State University and IBM have invented a way to update computer systems packaged in virtual machines in a computer “cloud” – even when those programs are offline.
The new cloud computing patch... READ MORE>>>
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North Carolina State University celebrated its achievements in innovation and entrepreneurship for 2010 – including 32 U.S. patents issued and four start-up companies launched – with the inaugural presentation of its Innovator of the Year... READ MORE>>>
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6fusion, a company that has developed a system to take control of third party computing resources and create a single utility to meet the needs of the IT Service channel, is the latest company to become a partner on NC State University's Centennial C... READ MORE>>>
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have patented technology that is expected to revolutionize the global energy and communications infrastructure – and create U.S. jobs in the process.
The researchers have developed the means to,... READ MORE>>>
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Imagine a tool that uses sound waves to help identify land mines, roadside bombs or suicide bombers. North Carolina State University has received a grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to turn that idea into a reality.
“The idea ... READ MORE>>>
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A team led by a North Carolina State University researcher has shown that water-gel-based solar devices - "artificial leaves" - can act like solar cells to produce electricity. The findings prove the concept for making solar cells that more... READ MORE>>>
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The U.S. Department of Interior has announced that NC State has been picked as a hub for climate change research in the Southeast. The center will be located on Centennial Campus.
NC State won the center based on the broad skills and knowledge... READ MORE>>>
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NC State's College of Textiles is opening a state-of-the-art Textile Management Science Laboratory that will provide students and faculty with a global connectivity to learn and conduct research in a business environment and facilitate collaboration ... READ MORE>>>
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ABB, a provider of power and automation technology, products and services, is investing $10 million in a new “Smart Grid Center of Excellence” at Centennial Campus.
ABB maintains its U.S. headquarters in Cary.
The company recently... READ MORE>>>
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North Carolina State University has expanded its international connections after signing an agreement with French business school SKEMA (School of Knowledge Economy and Management) which selected NC State over several other locations for its U.S. cam... READ MORE>>>
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Phononic Devices, an early-stage company commercializing advanced thermoelectric materials and devices, is the latest company to partner with Centennial Campus, North Carolina State University's research park and campus.
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North Carolina State University has promised by 2012 to double the number of startup companies it launches each year, creating much-needed jobs for workers statewide. NC State’s new innovation “hub,” called the Springboard Innovatio... READ MORE>>>
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The latest building to open on NC State's Centennial Campus is an engineering student's dream. With state-of-the-art laboratories and equipment, the 248,000-square-foot building features two wind tunnels and the campus's first green roof.
"This... READ MORE>>>
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Atrial fibrillation is a heart disorder that affects more than two million Americans, and is considered a key contributor to blood clots and stroke. Now researchers from North Carolina State University are developing a new computerized catheter... READ MORE>>>
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A researcher at NC State University’s Centennial Campus and colleagues have figured out a way to make an aluminum alloy, or a mixture of aluminum and other elements, just as strong as steel.That’s important, says Dr. Yuntian Zhu, pr... READ MORE>>>
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NC State's Office of Technology Transfer, a leader in fostering innovation and entrepreneurship, is pleased to announce its 2010-2011 outreach events. This years TechRevolution Seminar Series will cover the topics of entrepreneurship, social and sust... READ MORE>>>
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Green Energy Corp (GEC), a technology company that provides open-source software solutions and engineering services to smart energy, communication and utility companies, is the latest corporate partner to locate an office at the NC State Univer... READ MORE>>>
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A business incubator for student entrepreneurs called "The Garage" has opened on Centennial Campus.
Outfitted by Red Hat and run by the Entrepreneur Initiate, the former office space in the Research II building is designed to h... READ MORE>>>
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Green grid research just got a little brighter on Centennial Campus.
Research scientists with the Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center intend to use a recently installed solar system on the roo... READ MORE>>>
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Centennial Campus has added another partner to its growing list of companies, government agencies, and non-profit organizations collaborating with the university. All Systems Broadband (www.allsystemsbroadband.com) is a provider of custom-engineered ... READ MORE>>>
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NC State University library officials say they intend to transform how students learn and create in the 21st century, using the new library under construction on Centennial Campus as a test bed.
Getting a jumpstart on this transformation, the ... READ MORE>>>
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The first building on Centennial Campus to include a green roof has been completed. The 248,000-square foot Engineering Building III will begin accepting students in August as part of the beginning of the academic calendar year. The roof of... READ MORE>>>
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Centennial Campus unveiled the latest building to be built on campus. Called the Keystone Science Center and located at the corner of Varsity Drive and Main Campus Drive, the 72,000-square foot facility will house corporate and university partn... READ MORE>>>
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Three eighth grade students at the Centennial Campus Middle School participated in an experiment to build and launch a "floating island" of plants designed to naturally remove contaminants from a pond at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course. The... READ MORE>>>
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One of France's largest business schools have chosen Centennial Campus as its first satellite campus in North America. SKEMA will be bringing 300 students to campus this fall, eventually growing the program to 600 students. Details are still being wo... READ MORE>>>
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A team led by researchers from North Carolina State University has published a paper that describes the use of a technique called atomic layer deposition to incorporate “biological functionality” into complex nanomaterials, which co... READ MORE>>>
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Researchers from NC State's College of Engineering have created a computer program that allows a car to stay in its lane without human control, opening the door to the development of new automobile safety features and military applications that coul... READ MORE>>>
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A team led by researchers from North Carolina State University has published a paper that describes the use of a technique called atomic layer deposition to incorporate “biological functionality” into complex nanomaterials, which could lead to a ... READ MORE>>>
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Undergraduate students enrolled in entrepreneurship classes taught in the North Carolina State University College of Management have been sharing their passion and growing knowledge of the subject with students at the Centennial Campus Middle School.... READ MORE>>>
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Researchers at NC State's College of Engineering have developed a new analytical method that opens the door to faster processing of large amounts of information, with applications in fields as diverse as the military, medical diagnostics and homeland... READ MORE>>>
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A North Carolina State University engineer has received the U.S. Army Commander’s Award for Public Service for research that has helped American forces remotely counter roadside bombs, efforts that have saved hundreds of soldiers’ lives in Iraq a... READ MORE>>>
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Centennial Campus has added two new partners to its growing list of companies and organizations located on campus -- Handsfree Networks and Tego Data Systems.
HandsFree Networks is a global provider of software and services that automate the reso... READ MORE>>>
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I-Cubed, a Centennial Campus partner that provides engineering software and services, is celebrating its 25th year anniversary. Founded in 1984 by NC State alum, Grant Willard, the the privately owned company now employees 38 people and recently expa... READ MORE>>>
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The Defense and Security Technology Accelerator (DSTA), a business accelerator located on Centennial Campus, is conducting a pilot study with NC State's Ergonomics Center to test two types of armor systems for defense contractor.
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Phononic Devices, a startup company commercializing advanced thermoelectric materials designed to dramatically improve the conversion efficiency of waste heat into electric power, cooling, and refrigeration, is the latest company to open an office on... READ MORE>>>
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Dr. Thomas W. Peterson, head of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering, visited North Carolina State University Nov. 19 and toured the Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center.
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Ten North Carolina State University engineering faculty were recognized during the 2009 Innovation Showcase and Awards Ceremony hosted by the NC State Office of Technology Transfer and the Council for Entrepreneurial Development on Dec. 8.
Researc... READ MORE>>>
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Centennial Campus was recently mentioned in a cover story article in SITE Magazine. The article, which focused on North Carolina's continued success in economic development, quoted Associate Vice Chancellor Dennis Kekas in relation to his work with h... READ MORE>>>
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In conjunction with its 25th anniversary, Centennial Campus has been featured in NC State's College of Engineering magazine (Fall, 2009). The article, called "Centennial Campus Turns 25" revolves around the impact engineering has had in the developme... READ MORE>>>
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Centennial Campus has announced that two more partners will be locating to NC State's research park and campus.
The Viatec Research Center for Internet Business Engineering (VRCIBE) conducts research initiatives and executive education programs t... READ MORE>>>
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ClearConnex, a company that provides wireless engineering services for companies who must meet aggressive time-to-market schedules for wireless applications, has opened an office on Centennial Campus. The company is located in the Technology Incubato... READ MORE>>>
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Centennial Campus celebrated its 25th anniversary with the groundbreaking of the James B. Hunt, Jr. Library. The 200,000 square-foot Hunt Library, named for former N.C. Governor, will help alleviate overcrowded conditions in university library spac... READ MORE>>>
