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The William States Lee College of Engineering graduated 576 students at UNC Charlotte’s spring 2018 commencement over the weekend. The graduates included with 386 bachelor’s degrees, 172 with master’s and 18 with Ph.D.s. A photo gallery of the Order of the Engineer ceremony, commencement and graduation reception is here.

For their innovative research on safety and fire protection strategies for tall wood structures, three graduate students from The William States Lee College of Engineering were chosen to present their work at the 2018 Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) International Conference on Performance Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods in Honolulu, Hawaii, in […]

The William States Lee College of Engineering held its spring-semester Senior Design Expo on May 3, 2018. Teams who started in fall 2017 presented their completed two-semester projects, while teams who started in spring 2018 presented their first-semester design-concept posters. The three completed projects judged the best were: First Place – NASA University Student Launch […]

The Graduate School has named Xiaoxue (Lisa) Chen, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, as a 2018 outstanding graduate teaching assistant (TA). The Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards recognize students nominated by faculty supervisors for their work as teaching assistants. The awards, presented at the doctoral and master’s levels, recognize outstanding and innovative teaching techniques. For 2018, there […]

A team of Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology students from UNC Charlotte placed 3rd in the 2017 ACI/ASCC Concrete Construction Competition, an international competition sponsored by the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC). This year’s Lee College of Engineering team from UNC Charlotte was comprised of ETCM students […]

Making use of shared digital fabrication spaces on campus, a new UNC Charlotte club is fulfilling its mission of engaging and connecting students, as they design and build useful items for area nonprofits and university projects. The DigiFab Club started in fall 2017, and is made up primarily of engineering and architecture students. The club […]

The UNC Charlotte American Society of Civil Engineers team had great results at the 2018 Carolinas Conference, with highlights including an overall victory in the Concrete Canoe competition, 2nd in the Steel Bridge and 2nd overall for the conference. The Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge teams also qualified for the national championships in their events. […]

In fall 2107, all second-semester senior design teams had to submit a video about their project. This was the first time videos had been required as part of the senior design process. The videos were judged, and the winner was the Autocross SD2 Race Car Development Team video. To see more winning videos and all […]

Dressing out in head-to-toe white coveralls (affectionately know as bunny suits) to do laboratory work in the Cameron Center clean room has been a traditional experience for UNC Charlotte Electrical and Computer Engineering undergraduates for years. A new energy-related component has been added to the lab this semester, as students are now designing, fabricating and […]

The William States Lee College of Engineering at UNC Charlotte is pleased to announce the opening of the fall 2018 Senior Design Program for project candidate submissions. Senior Design is a two-semester academic course where students work on an industry partners design challenge. Project teams consist of four to six students across the engineering disciplines, […]