Research Week at NC State

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Talk Nerdy To Me | Melissa Marshall

Sharing proven strategies that she’s used to help the world’s top technical professionals and thinkers convey their work, Melissa Marshall showcased how to communicate complex ideas to any audience.

Faculty Lightning Rounds

The Research Leadership Academy (RLA) hosted three sessions of the Faculty Lightning Rounds, where research scholars and faculty presented their work under tight time constraints. Recordings have been edited to feature only the presentations.

Be sure to connect with the presenters to learn more and find future collaborations!

• 10.21.25 Morning Session
  • The Effects of Personal Taxes on Organization Performance: Evidence from NIL Rules | Nathan Goldman | Slides
  • Tariffs in Accounting Research | Carly Burd | Slides
  • Using Boolean Modeling to Create More Cartoon-Like Characters in CG Animation | Marc Russo | Slides
  • Building Historical Thinking Through Learning Trajectories: The Library of Congress TPS Project | Meghan Manfra | Slides
  • Less Lonely, More Active: The Role of Sport in Healthy Aging | Jonathan Casper | Slides
  • Light Mode vs Dark Mode | Adam Gaweda | Slides

• 10.21.25 Afternoon Session
  • Planning for Community-Led Relocation in an Era of Climate Change | Gavin Smith | Slides
  • Quantum Computing for Combinatorial Optimization | Greg Byrd | Slides
  • How Are You Engaging Undergraduates In Research? | Angela Allen | Slides
  • Translational Research in Pain (TRiP) | Duncan Lascelles | Slides
  • Trust in AI: Who (or What) Is Lurking Behind the Curtain? | Roger Mayer | Slides
  • Applied AI with Applications to Radar, Remote Sensing, and Communications | Ali Gurbuz | Slides

• 10.22.25 Session
  • Did the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Affect Domestic Tax Planning for US Multinational Firms? | Christina Lewellen | Slides
  • Navigating Stakeholder Perceptions of Emerging Agri-Food Tech | Katie Sanders | Slides
  • The Laboratory of Soft Materials & Green Chemistry: Rumpelstiltskin Science | Lucian Lucia | Slides
  • Who Gets the Bonus? High School Admission Reforms in China | Umut Dur | Slides
  • Operations Research | Adolfo Escobedo | Slides

PDU@Lunch Webinar Series

The Proposal Development Unit (PDU) offers insights and techniques to think strategically about grant writing by balancing general guidance with specific examples.

• Leveraging Supplementary Documents for Maximum Impact | Slides | Recording
• Register for DOD@NC State
  • PDU is hosting a two-part virtual Department of Defense (DoD) series to help NC State investigators secure external DoD funding for interdisciplinary research, development and training interests.

A Morning with the NC State IRB

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) protects participant welfare by reviewing research proposals that involve humans to ensure that the planned research activities are ethical in practice and compliant with the federal regulations governing research with human subjects.

The IRB offered a half-day event that addressed current and critical issues, including the ethical design and documentation for research using AI, a practical assessment of participant risk and data security, and an open forum for audience-driven discussion and project consultation.

• Use of AI in human subjects research regulated by the IRB
• Research with immigrants, migrants, and displaced populations 
• Data Security and the IRB
• Identifiable Datasets and the IRB
• Collection and reporting of demographic information 
• Mandated Reporting Guidance 
• Risks and Benefits in human subjects research regulated by the IRB

Budget Justifications

The Research Education and Training team hosted a viewing party to re-explore the National Council of University Research Administrators’ webinar Developing Compelling Budget Justifications.

Envisioning Research Image Contest: 10 Year Celebration

Explore a decade of scientific observations, explorations and discoveries captured visually by the NC State research community

Spotlight Resource | NC Cooperative Extension

There are hundreds of NC State Extension employees across North Carolina who can be leveraged to help drive interdisciplinary projects and accelerate the delivery of agricultural solutions.

Contact Sarah Dinger for more information.

How Extension Agents Accelerate Research

Extension Agents serve as a vital link between university research and stakeholder needs, offering three key areas of collaboration:

1. Research Collaboration: Collaborate early with Agents to align your research directly with stakeholder needs.
2. Beta Testing: Bring your technology or research to the field for early data collection and identify potential improvements. Agents work with growers on-farm at the local level.
3. Stakeholder Feedback: Collect feedback from end-users on technology and research to ensure alignment with stakeholders.