The FREEDM Systems Center has developed a systems demonstration of the FREEDM concept with three fully functioning low voltage solid…
Research Initiatives
Research Education Commercialization Policy Kenan Institutes Collaboratory Past Programs
NC Biotechnology Center (NCBC) Collaborative Funding Grant (CFG) Program
The NC Biotechnology Center (NCBC) Collaborative Funding Grant Program (CFG) is designed to encourage collaboration between academia and industry, helping…
Gordon-Kenan Graduate Research Seminars (GKRS)
The Gordon Research Conferences (GRC) grew its offering of Gordon Research Seminars from 88 in 2013 to 147 Gordon Research…
Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI)
SAMSI brings together researchers from applied mathematics, statistics and numerous areas of science to foster joint research and collaboration. It…
Bioseparations / Bioprocessing Development Center (BBDC)
State funds allocated to BTEC are aimed primarily to support its educational and training program, which are based on hands-on…
NC State Research and Innovation Seed Funding (RISF) Program
NC State’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic Development (ORIED), in collaboration with the Kenan Institute,…
Research Triangle MRSEC on Soft Matter
The Research Triangle Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (RT MRSEC) is a national resource for materials science and engineering…
Hybrid Solar Redox Process
Led by NC State Chemical Engineering professor Fanxing Li, research on a hybrid solar-redox process, which converts solar energy and…
NC Sea Grant Community Collaborative Research Grant Program
Led by NC Sea Grant (NCSG) Director Dr. Susan White and her colleagues Dr. John Fear, Dr. Jack Thigpen, and…
National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL)
Prof. Ruben G. Carbonell, Director of BTEC, is one of the lead investigators that led to the establishment of NIIMBL,…
NC State Game Changing Research Initiative Program (GRIP)
GRIP is a new, interdisciplinary research initiative launched by the Office of the NC State Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation…
NASA Use of Satellite Measurements to Validate and Improve Air Quality Predictions of Ammonia and Fine Particulate Matter
Led by NC State Professor Dr. Viney Aneja, this initiative is a 3-year integrated atmospheric composition and air quality project…
Multi-Scale Modeling of Fluids and Solids
Led by PIs Dr. Keith Gubbins and Dr. Erik Santiso of NC State’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, this…
Coastal Ocean Dynamics GRC
NC State Professor Roy He is the Chair of the 2017 Coastal Ocean Dynamics Gordon Research Conference, which took place…
Kenan Visiting Scholar – Moti Herskowitz
Professor Moti Herskowitz, Director of the Blechner Center for Industrial Catalysis and Process Development and Israel Cohen Chair in Chemical…
Dynamic Model Downscaling of Climate Change and Its Impacts on Marine Environmental Conditions off North Carolina
Climate change may lead to two types of sea level rise: 1) the rise due to a warming climate, which…
A Field-Portable Thermoplasmonic Plant DNA Extraction Device for Emerging Plant Disease Diagnosis
Phytophthora infestans (P. infestans) causes a serious disease on potato and tomato, known as late blight, and was responsible for…
Modular Liquid Fuel and Power Co-Generation System for Shale Gas Upgrading
“Wet” components of shale gas, i.e. hydrocarbons that are heavier than methane, are imposing new challenges to natural gas producers…