Pictures from the Fall Open House on October 20, 2007
NCSU held an open house for prospective students on October 20 at Carmichael Gym and in the Witherspoon Student Center. The weather was perfect, and many people came to see what we had to offer.
Crowd between Carmichael Gym and Witherspoon Student Center.
Looking at a crossection of an helicopter blade. The blade is made of composite materials
which allow it to be both strong and flexible.
Crowd around the MSE booth.
Jagannadham Kasichainula explains the properties a material sample.
An aircraft part which was fabricated from powdered titanium sintered using an electron beam.
Students gather around the micrograph display.
Mark Luo shows a student a diagram of the nanoscale.
Crowd around MSE booth.
Blocks various types of materials.
An MSE alumnus talks with an MSE graduate student
Extreme closeup of a material on a plasma display at open house. The picture was taken as part of a class project.
A micrograph (a picture of a material taken using a microscope) shown on a laptop and streamed to a plasma TV.
Department head Mike Rigsbee contemplates the structure of a material with Yusef Fahmy.
A lovely parting gift: One of the MSE highlighters given out at the open house.
Joe Tracy describes the wonders of materials science.
Joe Tracy and Roger Russell describe the wonders of materials science.
Considering the possibilities.
Last department standing: MSE faculty and students talk to just a few more visitors.
MSE graduate student Andy Newell displays brochures.
Crowd between Carmichael Gym and Witherspoon Student Center.