Departmental News

UNC Charlotte has received approval from the UNC System to offer the PhD in Civil Engineering. We are awaiting approval from SACSCOC to begin enrolling students. This is the university’s 24th doctoral program. The new degree will provide doctoral-level education for students seeking civil engineering careers in practice, research and teaching/academia. “I think we are […]

Dr. Scott Smith, chair of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science at UNC Charlotte, was honored with the Lifetime Service Award by the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (NAMRI/SME), at the 46th annual North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) held in College Station, Texas. NAMRC is an international forum for […]

Building and operating a 1/8-scale hydrogen-powered locomotive named the ‘Hydrogen Hero’, a team of engineering students from UNC Charlotte and the University of Birmingham, England, were the top student team and third-place team overall at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Railway Challenge held in Leicestershire, England, in July. Recent Mechanical Engineering graduates Noah Weiss and […]

Congratulations to Tumininu (Tumi) Lawanson, for being named a Young Clean Energy Innovator of the Year by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) at its Intersolar North American ceremony on July 11, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Originally from Nigeria, Lawanson is seeking to improve electricity access and reliability in her home country. She worked […]

To support and encourage underrepresented minorities in the educational, professional and even social aspects of studying advanced engineering and technology, the Lee College of Engineering has a new program called Engage ME. The name stands for ‘Engage Multicultural Engineers,’ and the program brings together students, faculty, professionals and alumni of all races, cultures and genders. […]

Check out the upcoming fall events for Lee College of Engineering alumni, and meet our new Director of Alumni Affairs Christine Biela. Alumni Happy Hour Wednesday, September 12 6:00-8:00pm Heist Brewery, 2909 North Davidson Street, Charlotte, NC 28205 RSVP link: https://webforms.uncc.edu/engrunccedu-alumni/fall-alumni-happy-hour 5th Annual Bob’s Bash Football Tailgate Saturday, October 13 2:00-3:30pm, 3:30pm Homecoming Game vs […]

1980s Steve Morris, BSCE ’86, MSCE ’93, retired from ED&T in April 2016 after 26 years of forensic consulting. His work took him across the United States consulting on losses in Oregon, Montana, Massachusetts, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, Virginia, New York, Maryland, Maine, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Arkansas and Puerto Rico. […]

The spring of 2018 was a successful and adventurous one for the 49er concrete canoe team. Success started with victory at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Carolinas Conferences, which qualified the team for nationals in San Diego. Even after the semester had ended, the team kept practicing in preparation for going to the […]

At The William States Lee College of Engineering, our students, faculty and alumni are engaged in a multitude of activities that are advancing solar energy. In classrooms, our students are studying the principles of photovoltaics and tackling hands-on learning projects that teach them to work with solar energy. In laboratories, our researchers are designing improved […]

A constant issue with large solar farms is controlling vegetation growth around solar panel arrays. In the true spirit of a farm, solutions to this challenge even include using goats and sheep to eat the grass and other plants. The problem with goats and sheep, though, is they also tend to chew wires and important […]