| June 2024 | 49er Rocketry Team | NASA Student Launch | 3rd place overall in NASA competition (claiming a podium spot 7 straight years) |
| May 2024 | Layne Riggs | NASCAR Truck Series | Mechanical engineering student finishes in 3rd in NASCAR Truck Series race |
| May 2024 | Astrobotics Team (49er Miners) | NASA Lunabotics Challenge | 49er Miners win 1st place in Presentation and Demonstrations |
| May 2024 | 49er Racing Formula SAE Internal Combustion Team | Formula SAE Internal Combustion | 49ers Racing FSAE IC takes 2nd place among 113 international schools |
| April 2024 | ASCE Team | Concrete Canoe, Steel Bridge, Surveying, Sustainable Solutions | UNC Charlotte’s ASCE chapter wins 10 awards at the 2024 Carolinas ASCE Student Symposium |
| January 2024 | URBAN GREEN NINERS Team | Jump into STEM | 1st place for the Challenge “You and Me, Carbon Free” |
| October 2023 | ASCE Team | ASCE Innovation Contest | UNC Charlotte ASCE team wins national Innovation Contest |
| June 2023 | Robotic Mining Team | Robotic Mining Challenge | UNC Charlotte Robotic Mining Team continues tradition of innovation and awards |
| May 2023 | Formula SAE Team | FSAE International Collegiate Competition | 49ers Racing speeds into top 10 in international FSAE competition |
| April 2023 | 49er Rocketry Team | NASA Student Launch | Rocketry team places 2nd overall |
| October 2022 | ASPE Team | ASPE Student Challenge – Optical Profilometry | Precision metrology PhD students win first place in national competition |
| June 2022 | 49er Rocketry Team | NASA Student Launch | 1st place again this year in NASA competition |
| May 2022 | WATER BROS | Waves to Water Prize | UNC Charlotte team of researchers and students finish 2nd in U.S. Department of Energy competition |
| June 2021 | 49er Rocketry Team | NASA Student Launch | 1st place for first time for 49er rocketry team |
| July 2020 | 49er Rocketry Team | NASA Student Launch | 2nd place in U.S. for third year in a row |
| May 2019 | 49er Rocketry Team | NASA Student Launch | 2nd place in NASA competition |
| May 2018 | 49er Rocketry Team | NASA Student Launch | 2nd place – highest award to date for rocketry team |