NC State's Centennial Campus is one of the premier research campuses in North America and is home to more than 75 companies, governmental agencies and non-profits.

2. ๏ TOP provider of new graduates to
Cisco, IBM, NetApp, SAS, Duke
Energy, Schneider Electric &
Boeing
๏ 4th largest undergraduate
engineering program in the U.S.
๏ FLAGSHIP engineering and tech
university for UNC system
๏ 100 startups and spinoffs from
NC State technology
34,000 Students
2,336 Faculty
10 Colleges + Grad School
NC STATE AT A GLANCE

3. NC STATE AT A GLANCE
Compared to 70 Peers
with no Medical Schools
(2015)
2nd
Licenses and
Options Executed
3rd
U.S. Patents Issued
& Startups
8th
License
Income
5th
Total Research
Expenditures
MIT
Johns Hopkins
Georgia Tech
Purdue

4. ๏ College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
๏ College of Design
๏ College of Education
๏ College of Engineering
๏ College of Humanities and Social Sciences
๏ College of Natural Resources
๏ Poole College of Management
๏ College of Sciences
๏ College of Textiles
๏ College of Veterinary Medicine
๏ The Graduate School
COLLEGES AT NC STATE

5. Strategic Research Areas
HEALTH &
WELL-BEING
ENERGY &
ENVIRONMENT
SAFETY &
SECURITY
EDUCATIONAL
INNOVATION
NC STATE
Economic
& Societal
Benefit
๏ Advanced Computing, Analytics & Networking
๏ Innovation & Entrepreneurial Network
๏ Advanced Materials & Manufacturing
๏ Evaluation, Policy & Leadership

7. 1984 1989 1990 2000 2004 2005 2009 2011 2013 2015 2016
Land transferred
to NC State
First building opens
First corp.partner
Engineering Bldg. I opens
First townhouses open
Golf course opens
Veterinary Center opens
Hunt Library opens
Student housing opens
First apartments open
Centennial History
First private office bldg.
• Alliance opens
• Hotel/Conference Center
construction begins
• North Shore expansion starts
Middle School opens
Dialogue on
expansion
CTI Construction begins
Biomedical Partnership
Center construction begins

8. Biomedical Campus
214 Acres
Central Campus
577 Acres
Centennial Campus
1,013 Acres
๏ 45 buildings
๏ $1 billion in infrastructure
๏ 94% occupancy rate
๏ 98% engagement rate

9. Present
• 4 million sq. ft.
• 75 partners
• 14,000 people
Projected
• 9 million sq. ft.
• 130 partners
• 30,000 people
Centennial By The Numbers
3,264 employees
2,029 faculty/staff/post-docs
8,464 students
6,000 students Sat.
& Sun in Hunt Library

11. Hotel & Conference Center
Opens in 2017
Privately owned and operated
Branded with NC State treatment

12. Private
Development
State
Appropriated Funds
University
Revenue Bonds
Fundraising Governmental
Building Financing Models

13. “PARTNERING IS A CONTACT SPORT.”
Claude McKinney
Dean, College of Design (1973 -1988)
Assistant to Chancellor and Director of Centennial Campus (1985 – 2000)

14. Proximity & Access to Talent
The Real Centennial Advantage

15. Current Partners
Government 26%
Industry 70%
Non-
profit 4%

17. SKEMA
Lille, France
ABB
Zurich, Switzerland
All Systems Broadband
Livermore, California
Grifols
Barcelona, Spain
Pentair, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
AnimalScan
Easton, Pennsylvania
Juniper Networks
Sunnyvale, California
USDA
Washington D.C.
LexisNexis
New York, New York
Eastman Chemical
Kingsport, Tennessee
Mann+Hummel
Ludwigsburg, Germany
Example of Partners
National and Global Presence
Nike
Beaverton, Oregon
Bemis
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Gates Rubber
Denver, Colorado
Pepsico
Purchase, New York
BASF
Ludwigshafen, Germany

18. ๏ Informal consulting and discussions
with faculty
๏ Using students as part-time workers
๏ Hiring graduates
๏ Basic lab and equipment sharing and use
๏ Contractual consulting with faculty
๏ Joint development and sponsorship of
seminars and lecture series
๏ Sponsoring Senior Design projects
๏ Hiring co-ops
๏ Mentoring and volunteering with students
Partnership Opportunities

19. ๏ Serving as adjunct faculty, members
of advisory teams or guest lecturers
๏ Joining Centers
๏ University spin-outs/equity
and royalty positions
๏ Space/equipment donations
๏ Collaboration on new standards,
test protocols, etc.
๏ Facilitating spin-outs
๏ Support for grant appropriations, new
initiatives and connectivity with others
๏ Joint research and laboratories
Partnership Opportunities

20. ๏ Partnering on projects including pilots
๏ Collaborative grants and projects
๏ Participation in formal programs
like Hi-Tec
๏ Sponsoring research
๏ Licensing technology
๏ Joint curriculum input and development
Partnership Opportunities

21. Key Strengths

22. Entrepreneurship
Technology Incubator
Entrepreneurship Initiative (The Garage)
Chancellor’s Innovation Fund
College of Engineering
Engineering Entrepreneur
Program
Technology Entrepreneurship and
Commercialization (TEC)
Lulu eGames
Technology Transfer

23. Advanced Analytics
Department of

24. Laboratory for Analytical Sciences
(LAS)
Industry/Government/Academic Partnership
๏ Focus on Big Data & Analytics
๏ $63 Million Grant

25. Alternative Energy & Power Electronics

26. Next Generation Power Electronics
Manufacturing Institute
Industry/Government/Academic Partnership
๏ $146 Million
๏ Industry/Government/A
cademia
๏ Produce breakthroughs
in wideband gap
electronics
manufacturing

27. Sensors & Nanotechnology
NCSU Nanofabrication
Facility

28. Innovation Centers

29. Industry Alliances
๏ Master Research Agreements ๏ Common Negotiation Areas
๏ New IP Models

30. What’s Next?

31. 94 PARTICIPANTS

32. Vision 2034

33. Innovation DestinationTM

34. Imagine…
Centennial Campus as a Proving Ground

35. Imagine…
Centennial Testing & Developing Advanced
Transportation Technology Systems

36. Imagine…
Centennial with Bold, Collaborative Spaces & Places

37. Imagine…
Centennial Igniting Bold, Breakthrough Collisions in Science & Art

38. Imagine…
Scholarly Recognition of NC State Inventors & Innovators