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Self-Driving Lab Discovers Catalysts That Switch Products on Demand

Prof. Milad Abolhasani and his colleagues developed a self-driving chemistry lab that autonomously accelerates catalyst discovery for industries ranging from pharmaceuticals to fuels.

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Meet the 2025 James K. Ferrell Awardees

Sina Jamalzadegan (Ph.D. ’25) and Sobhana Sripada (Ph.D. ’24) have been selected as the winner and honorable mention recipients, respectively, of the 2025 James K. Ferrell Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate Award.

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Wei & Team Win Outstanding Early Career Research Award

An interdisciplinary research team led by Prof. Qingshan Wei has been recognized by the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Sensors & Diagnostics. 

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The 2026 CBE Research Art & Image Contest Winners

Congrats to CBE grad students Crystal Magezi Ndamira, Cole Hodges and Toprak Eraslan on their first, second and third place wins!

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Undergraduate Admissions

Join the Wolfpack and work with world-renowned faculty and major industry partners to forge your path into the field of chemical engineering.

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Distance Education

Core CHE Concepts I and II is a two-semester chemical engineering sequence offered in both the Fall/Spring & Spring/Summer sessions through Engineering Online at NC State.

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Graduate Admissions

By working alongside leading researchers and educators, our graduate students advance in their field and find solutions to pressing problems.

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