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Take a Closer Look at the 6 Latest NC State Materials Science Startups

Close up of researcher in lab
Dr. Jay Narayan directs the National Science Foundation Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures at NC State.

In the past eighteen months, no fewer than six startups have sprung from groundbreaking discoveries in NC State’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). Those six companies join more than a dozen other big names founded on the department’s research — including Kyma, HexaTech, Nitronex, and multinational lighting and electronics giant Cree.