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Oct 22, 2024

An Interview With AIF’s New Associate Director, Raymond Unocic

We are thrilled to welcome our new Associate Director, Dr. Ray Unocic, to the AIF team! Ray joined NC State this fall as an associate professor in MSE. His research…

Oct 21, 2024

AIF User Spotlight

Huimin Qiao is currently a postdoctoral research scholar in Nina Balke’s Group within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at NC State University. Her primary research focuses on nanoscale…

Oct 9, 2024

Meet Lauren Dunlap: AIF’s New Student Worker

We’re excited to welcome Lauren Dunlap to our team as a new student worker! Lauren is a fourth-year student at NC State, double majoring in Materials Science and Engineering and…

Oct 1, 2024

Celebrating Excellence: Toby Tung Wins the Outstanding NNCI Staff Member Award!

We are thrilled to announce that one of our lab managers, Toby Tung, has been honored with the prestigious Outstanding NNCI Staff Member Award! This award recognizes the exceptional efforts of NNCI site staff members who go above and beyond to provide outstanding service and support to our network users.

May 30, 2023

AIF Celebration Success

Dear attendees and sponsors, We would like to take a moment to express our sincerest gratitude for your presence and support at our recent 100 year anniversary celebration. Your participation…

May 30, 2023

Meet Venkata Bhuvaneswari Vukkum 

I am Venkata B. Vukkum, a Ph.D. student in the Material Science and Engineering department at North Carolina State University. Currently I am in my third year and working with Dr.…

Apr 26, 2023

Meet Matthew deJong

My name is Matthew deJong and I am a 2nd year graduate student in the materials science and engineering department, but I conduct my research in the nuclear engineering department.…

Apr 26, 2023

New Undergraduate Student Worker

Please welcome AIF’s newest undergraduate student worker, Caitlyn Obrero. Caitlyn will be assisting Toby Tung and Ruksana Baby with X-ray tomography over the next few months. If you’d like to…

Mar 29, 2023

AIF Celebrating 100 Years

Did you know the Analytical Instrumentation Facility is turning 100 years old this year? Originally named the Engineering Experiment Station in 1923, the facility has undergone several moves, renovations, and…

Mar 29, 2023

Meet Joseph Gutierrez

I am Joseph Gutierrez. I am a graduate student from the Departments of Forest Biomaterials and Textile Engineering, Chemistry, and Science at NC State. I have a background in Chemical…