Partners and Community

At NC State, we know that world-changing research and scholarship are built on innovative partnerships. We’ve shown time and time again that those partnerships create jobs and improve lives by driving cutting-edge discoveries to market.

How do we thank our partners?
By preparing our graduates to work for them.

Corporate Partners Program

Interested in partnering with the department to design, develop and sustain strong collaborations between the business community and the MAE department?

Reach out to us at [email protected] to schedule a time to meet and discuss options.

Who hires our graduates?

Opportunities are many, from private companies to federal agencies.

• Look at our list of employers that hire MAE graduates.
• Many of our partners are hiring at NCSU’s college level Engineering Career Fair.
• MAE now runs a departmental career fair for those employers looking specifically for hires with AE or ME degrees. Learn more about the MAE Career Fair.
• Want to help MAE fund more students and partnerships? See our opportunities for giving back to the college.

Capstone Senior Design with Industry-Sponsored Projects

Senior design is a year-long hands-on engineering design and build project required of all senior undergraduate students. Fall is the start of the project and involves prototype design. In the Spring they build and test those prototypes before presenting them to the Sponsor. Learn more about Senior Design.