Awards

Feb 5, 2025

Join Us at the NC State Catalyze Conference – Where Innovation Meets Opportunity

CATALYZE is a full-day commercialization conference sponsored by the Comparative Medicine Institute (CMI) in partnership with ASSIST and iCONs. Its goal is to allow for the commingling of ideas and the formation of teams for commercialization at the earliest stage.

Feb 3, 2025

Two NC State Faculty Named National Academy of Inventor Fellows

NC State faculty members Dr. Martin Thuo and Dr. Victor Veliadis have been named National Academy of Inventors Fellows, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to academic inventors. Collectively, NAI…

Oct 9, 2024

NC State Highlights Innovation and Entrepreneurship

NC State University is a national leader in generating impactful research innovations. Our talented faculty and student researchers have made discoveries we’ve helped transform into real-world solutions ranging from new…

Oct 5, 2023

NC State Celebrates Innovation and Entrepreneurship

NC State held its 32nd Celebration of Innovation Tuesday to recognize the achievements of faculty inventors and startup founders, as well as announce an innovator of the year and an…

Aug 7, 2020

Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Supports Six Promising Projects

Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Supports Six Promising Projects that range from safer treatments for human and animal health to novel manufacturing methods for toilet paper, lightweight car frames and synthetic fuel.…

Oct 11, 2016

NC State Celebrates Innovation and Entrepreneurship

NC State held its 27th Celebration of Innovation and Entrepreneurship to recognize the outstanding achievements of its faculty inventors over the last year. With over 500 products to market and…

Nov 17, 2015

Baliga to Be Inducted Into National Inventors Hall of Fame

B. Jayant Baliga, Distinguished University Professor of Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University, will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame – adding to a string of…

Nov 16, 2015

NC State Holds Celebration of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

NC State has a long history of driving economic growth through the commercialization of its research discoveries, with over 500 products to market and 100 startup companies launched. The Office…

May 19, 2015

Co-founder of NC State Startup, BENANOVA Inc., Awarded 2015 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

Alexander Richter, a graduate student in North Carolina State University’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has won a $15,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for work to improve agricultural pest control…

Apr 28, 2015

Aseptia Wins Gold at 2015 Edison Awards™

NC State startup Aseptia won Gold at the 2015 Edison Awards™ in the “Food Processing & Preparation” category for their Microwave-assisted Aseptic Processing technology. Aseptia utilizes microwave technology to deliver rapid pasteurization…