Rachana Gupta

Rachana Gupta serves as the Director of the ECE Senior Design Program and a Teaching Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. She holds a Ph.D. (2010), M.S. (2006), and B.E. (2002) in Electrical Engineering from NC State University and the University of Pune, India, respectively.

Her research focuses on educational design innovations in engineering, sensor systems, and networked control systems. She has pioneered work in capstone design methodologies, interdisciplinary collaboration between entrepreneurship and engineering, and industry-academia partnerships. Her technical contributions include advancements in LIDAR-based vehicular monitoring, infrasound measurement systems, and wearable ECG sensors.

R Gupta has received numerous teaching awards, including the 2019 William F. Lane Outstanding Teaching Award and the 2022-23 CoE George H. Blessis Advising Award. She led the development of the 'Four-step Method' for product requirement gathering in capstone teams and co-designed the industry-based team review process. Her IBM Faculty Award (2013–2020) supported research into secure networked control systems.

As an educator, she advises senior design teams and mentors students in multidisciplinary projects such as the award-winning 'Handheld Noninvasive Cocoa Bean Moisture Meter.' Her work bridges technical innovation with pedagogical excellence, emphasizing practical engineering solutions for real-world challenges.