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The UNC Charlotte Formula SAE team is raising money to design and build a formula-style race car and compete at the Michigan International Speedway. The team of engineering and like-minded students collaborate to build the FSAE car from scratch and develop the performance of the vehicle to be competitive. The team is seeking $7,500 for […]

The members of IEEE-USA, an organizational unit of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, have elected Dr. Jim Conrad of The William States Lee College of Engineering to serves as their president for 2020. Dr. Conrad, a professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, will serve as president elect in 2019. IEEE is the world’s […]

As part of their coursework, students in Energy Analytics have been competing very successfully in international energy forecasting competitions. This fall the course instructor decided the Lee College of Engineering would host a competition of its own, and 142 data scientists from 26 countries have formed 81 teams for the first ever UNC Charlotte BigDEAL […]

At the recent Airport Engineering Onsite Seminar, W.S. Lee College of Engineering alumnus Ashton Watson was a speaker/panelist for a technical sessions and led a tour of Charlotte Douglas International Airport’s ongoing $2-billion capital project. Below is a story about Watson and his role as airport’s lead engineer on the project. As the lead engineer […]

The Airport Engineering Onsite Seminar hosted by UNC Charlotte’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and Infrastructure, Design, Environment and Sustainability (IDEAS) Center was held Oct. 15-16 at the Carolinas Aviation Museum. The seminar featured presentations by industry, government and academic experts in airport design, construction, operation and maintenance. Held in partnership with Charlotte Douglas International […]

Alumni from The Williams States Lee College of Engineering were recognized for their professional and community achievements by UNC Charlotte’s Young Alumni Chapter and Black Alumni Chapter on Oct. 12, 2018. The UNC Charlotte Young Alumni Chapter presented its 10 Under Ten Award to honor alumni who have graduated within the past 10 years and […]

The Lee College of Engineering celebrated UNC Charlotte’s 2018 Homecoming with the annual college picnic on Friday and Bob’s Bash tailgate party before kickoff on Saturday. A photo gallery of the events is here.

Researchers at UNC Charlotte have been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Smart and Connected Communities program to co-develop technology to support public safety. The $1.9 million, four-year grant will develop an optical sensing platform that uses artificial intelligence to detect and prevent street crime without the use of profiling. The technology will […]

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $942,000 to EPIC, UNC Charlotte’s energy engineering research center, to develop an innovative solution related to curbside charging of electric vehicles. Lee College of Engineering faculty members who will be involved in the research include principle project managers Dr. Rob Cox and Dr. Mike Mazzola (who is […]

UNC Charlotte’s Lee College of Engineering is hosting a free educational and networking event on Wednesday Oct. 24, 2018, entitled “Creating and Developing More Diverse Engineering Leaders”. (Event timeline: 2:00 check in, 3:00 programming, 7:00 closing remarks). Open to all UNC Charlotte students, alumni, faculty and staff as well as industry folks (women and underrepresented […]