General News

Cliff Daniels ’10 grew up racing late model cars with a dream to work in NASCAR. That dream led him to UNC Charlotte due to its location in the heart of motorsports country.  Now, as one of NASCAR’s youngest crew chiefs, Daniels not only is living out his dream of putting to good use his […]

When Rob Keynton arrived at the start of the 2020-21 academic year to lead The William States Lee College of Engineering at UNC Charlotte, he applied the same expert problem-solving skills he uses to tackle puzzles — a favorite pastime. Dean Keynton explains his passion for engineering education and research in the video below.

The William States Lee College of Engineering has announced that Dr. Brigid Mullany will be the College’s new Associate Dean for Research. Currently a professor in the Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science Department, Dr. Mullany will begin her new role for the College on February 1st, 2021. Dr. Mullany is nationally and internationally recognized for […]

BigDEALPanel: Career After Studying Energy Analytics In an online symposium, graduates from Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (SEEM), shared their experiences as member of the department’s BigDEAL group. Study in the lab was demanding they said, but has led to exciting and rewarding careers in the fields of energy forecasting and statistical analysis. BigDEAL (Big […]

U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) has awarded UNC Charlotte’s Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) a $3.6 million grant to improve the resilience and reliability of the regional electrical grid. Dr. Badrul Chowdhury, who holds a joint position as professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and the Systems Engineering […]

Researchers in the William States Lee College of Engineering won 31 grants totaling almost $4.35 million in the fourth quarter of 2020. A listing of new grants is here.

Sometimes unique research brings with it unique hazards. Which is why it is important to have strong partnerships with local emergency responders. Tuesday morning, representatives from Charlotte Fire Department, UNC Charlotte Police and Public Safety, and UNC Charlotte Facilities Management toured the Albert and Freeman Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC). Facility and Laboratory Safety […]

Senior will be presenting their innovative and creative design solutions to engineering challenges at the fall 2020 Senior Design Expo, which will be held virtually on Dec. 17th. One of the teams participating will be the FPGA Secure Design Flow team, which has developed a new encryption method for programmers customizing hardware applications. The team […]

As the 2020 president of IEEE-USA, Dr. Jim Conrad’s year started pretty much as he anticipated, with lots of travel and meetings. When everything changed in March, he and the entire IEEE organization immediately shifted gears to make their traditional services, events and conferences available in non-traditional ways, and to expand their professional development programs […]

The research of Akintonde Abbas, an Electrical Engineering Ph.D. student at UNC Charlotte, has won first place in the UNC Charlotte Center for Graduate Life 3-Minute Thesis competition, and first place in a Duke University energy research poster competition. A student of Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Badrul Chowdhury, Abbas’s presentation on how home air […]