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The Mars Mission Research Center
College of Engineering
One of eight University Space Engineering Centers established by NASA in 1988. The goal of the Center is to focus on research and educational technologies necessary for planetary exploration, especially transportation to and from Mars

Mass Transfer in the Binary Star Algol
College of Phisical and Mathematical Sciences
Description of computer modeling of mass being transfered from one star to another in a binary system.

Materials Science and Engineering Research Centers, Facilities, and Groups
An index of activities related to research of MSE.

Mathematical Physics
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Home page for mathematical physics. Has no links to research. It does have links to good images of some mathematicians an physicists.

Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Course
College of Engineering
This page describes the purpose and scope of the Senior Design Course. It includes links to QuickTime movies of past projects.

NCSU Meteorology Weather Server
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Extensive listing of weather data throughout the North Carolina.

Micro Climate Analysis Laboratory
College of Textiles
Measures the heat and moisture transfer properties of fabrics related to thermal comfort.

NC State Microgravity Science
College of Engineering
This page describes four aerospace engineering students from NC State University floating aboard a NASA research aircraft as part of the NASA-funded 1998 Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program. The page has numerous outside links to related sites.

Minerals Research Laboratory Home Page
MRL
The lab is located in Asheville. Its primary focus is research into preparing minerals for uses in industry.

Christopher B. Moore
Poultry Science
Christopher's research is on the effects of the pineal hormone,Melatonin, on the cellular and humoral immune system.

Multimedia Laboratory Home Page
The Multimedia Lab is primarily a support organization. However it does research also. It has links to its research on the home page.

National Textile Center
College of Textiles
This center acts as a national clearing house for textile research

Nitrogen x Phosphorus Factorial in Established Stands
Forest Nutrition Cooperative
In 1984, the Cooperative initiated establishment of the Regionwide 13 study, a nitrogen (N) x phosphorus (P) fertilizer trial, designed to reduce much of the uncertainty concerning fertilization of midrotation loblolly pine plantations.

NPK Fertilization in Established Stands
College of Forestry
The Regionwide 15 study was initiated to investigate the possibility that other nutrients besides Nitrogen and Phosphorus may limit growth in midrotation loblolly pine plantations.

Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory
TUNL
TUNL is a laboratory serving NC State, UNC, and Duke Universities. Research programs include nuclear reactions, neutron behavior, and nuclear astrophysics.

Nuclear Reactor Program Home Page
NRP
This is a support facility for researchers using the nuclear reactor.

Operations Research
OR
Operations Research (OR) is the use of scientific methodology in studying those systems whose design or operation require human decision making.

Optical Image Laboratory
College of Textiles
Studies microscopic details of fabrics.

Orbital Debris Radar Calibration System
ODERACS
A compliation of several articles about the projectwith NASA to design a device for launching steel balls from the space shuttle.

Pfiesteria piscicida
NCSU Aquatic Botany Laboratory Homepage
The Aquatic Botany Lab, part of the Department of Botany, is doing intensive research on the organism Pfiesteria piscicida.

Physics Courseware Evaluation Project
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Describes a project in association with AAPT that evaluates and publishes physics education software.

Polymer Membrane Research Home Page
College of Engineering
The focus of this group is polymeric membrane research and developing semipermeable polymers. The page lists their research projects.

Research & Extension Activities in Animal Waste Management
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
This page indexes and links to an extensive list of research reports related to managing animal waste.

Research at the College of Veterinary Medicine
This page lists and briefly describes the research done at CVM.

RESEARCH IN PHYSICS
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Department research page

Research Program Sites
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Page indexes and links to various research sites managed by College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

Response of Midrotation Loblolly and Slash Pine Plantations to Vegetation Control and Fertilization.
College of Forestry
Recent results suggest that growth of southern pine stands may be limited by nutrients other than N and P, such as potassium (K), manganese (Mn), and boron (B). Additionally, southern pines have exhibited positive growth responses to both woody and herbaceous competing vegetation during the first few years following planting.

Retinal Prosthesis Project
College of Engineering
This page has links completely describing a project to design an artifical retina. It includes many images and movies.

SCALE-UP Project
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
A description of a project of using small disscuasion groups within the framework of large introductory physics classes

School of Design
The home page for the School of Design

Schools are for Fish
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Schools are for Fish is for kindergarten through 5th-grade students. It is a series of fun activities that encourage children to mimic schooling fish, flocking birds, automobile traffic and other natural phenomena that are familiar but surprisingly full of good scientific questions. The activities can be used indoors or outdoors, can involve a lot of running and physical exercise, are well-suited to large groups and require a minimum of equipment.

The SERVIT Group
The Science Education Research in Visual Instructional Technology Group is a research group of science educators affiliated with the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education.

Silvicultural Options for Plantation Establishment
College of Forestry
The Regionwide 7 study was designed to examine the influence of site preparation, fertilization, weed control, and their interactions, on loblolly pine survival, growth, and nutrition.

NC Solar Center Home Page
Supports reserach and education in using solar energy.

Space Construction
College of Engineering
This link to Space Construction would probably be of most interest to teachers of space science. Excavation on the moon, compaction for lunar road construction and a lunar transportation system projects are described in detail. The pages have many images and diagrams.

State Climate Office
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
This extensive site describes the purpose of the SCO, research, extension and education. Climate and meterological data can be obtained from this site for locations throughout the state. It also has links to current weather data.

Synchrotron Radiation
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Short description of work with Synchrotron radiation. (SR) is a powerful source of ultraviolet and x-ray photons. Modern SR sources have not only extended the capability of standard techniques such as x-ray diffraction but have also spurred the development of many new techniques such as x-ray absorption spectroscopy, x-ray microscopy, and others.

Theoretical Atomic Physics
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Theoretical studies for atomic systems containing several electrons.

Theoretical Nuclear and Particle Physics
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Page describes each group member's major research interest.

Thermal Protection Laboratory
College of Textiles
This lab tests protective qualilties of fabrics against intense heat and flame.

Tips for Preparing and Delivering Scientific Talks and Using Visual Aids
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Detailed instructions for delivering a scientific talk. The instructions are good for any kind of presentation.

Textile Protection and Comfort Center
T-PACC
T-PACC conducts research related to the comfort and protective quality of garmets.

VideoGraph Development Project
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Describes a project that uses software to analyze motion.

Water Resources Institute
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
This is the site for the Water Resources Institute. Their mission is to promote research related to water quality and to transfer these results to be used. They have an large number of water related reserch reports online. These can be easily accessed using the search page

Wildlife Management
Center for Transportation and the Environment Funded Research
Describes a research project involving wildlife populations along stretches of I-40. The populations are surveyed, improvements are made to improve habitat and then the stretch is resurveyed. The project described could easily be replicated at the school level. It would also be a good project to involve many schools cooperating through telecommunications.

WWW Assign
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Describes a system that is being developed to assignment, completion and grading of homework problems over the net.

X-Ray Emission and Modeling of Cassiopeia A
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
This site is a detailed report of a study of Cassiopeia A.

Young Southern Pine Responses to NPK
Forest Nutrition Cooperative
The Regionwide 14 (Silviculture Options for Plantation Establishment) study was developed to supplement results from the Regionwide 7 study, further identifying site types where young loblolly pine stands will respond to P, as well as examining the potential for N and K limitations.

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