2024

Sep 9, 2024

Precision Sensors: An Innovative Future for Agriculture

At the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative, NC State researchers are advancing sensor technology to help farmers face challenges such as emerging plant diseases and climate change.

Sep 7, 2024

Newest Trolinder Award Winners Named

Two North Carolina State University Ph.D. students pursuing research aimed at plant disease detection were recently named 2024-25 winners of the Norma L. Trolinder N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative Graduate Student Endowment…

May 28, 2024

WolfSens Receives NSF Convergence Accelerator Phase I Award

Professor Qingshan Wei is the principal investigator (PI) for a Phase I Convergence Accelerator Track L award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Convergence Accelerator program “addresses national-scale societal…

May 16, 2024

User-Inspired Olfactory Sensors: From Lab to the Field Workshop

We are thrilled to announce WolfSens recent workshop titled “User-Inspired Olfactory Sensors: From Lab to the Field” was extremely successful! The workshop explored cutting-edge sensor technology and its applications in…

Mar 4, 2024

NC State Scientists Fast-Track R&D for Sensors That Detect Plant Diseases Early

NC State University researchers are taking rapid steps to bring promising plant disease detecting technologies out of the laboratory and into the commercial marketplace. With a one-year National Science Foundation grant…

Feb 20, 2024

ASSIST and IConS Researchers Part of NSF Convergence Accelerator Grant

It seems almost impossible to imagine replicating the impressive olfactory sensing abilities of animals. Indeed, jewel beetles can detect a burning tree 50 miles away, and dogs can sniff out…

Feb 13, 2024

NSF Spurs Technology Development of Biological & Chemical Sensing Applications

The NSF Convergence Accelerator program invests more than $10 million in 16 teams to develop novel technologies and solutions to challenges posed by hazardous chemicals.