General News

UNC Charlotte Provost Joan Lorden has announced that Dr. Robert Keynton is the new dean-elect of The William States Lee College of Engineering. Dr. Keynton will succeed Dr. Bob Johnson, who is stepping down in June after more than 20 years as dean. Dr. Keynton comes to UNC Charlotte from the University of Louisville, where […]

The Senior Design Expo schedule for May 1, 2020, has been moved to a “Virtual Expo” format due to the COVID-19 situation. The Virtual Expo will have narrated posters for our Semester 1 students and Project videos for our Second Semester students. Due to the “Stay at Home” orders, the second semester students lost access […]

The Lee College of Engineering has awarded the 2020 John H. Maxheim Faculty Fellowship to Dr. Linquan Bai of the Systems Engineering and Engineering Management Department. The Maxheim Fellowship recognizes and promotes the career development of tenure-track junior faculty in the Lee College of Engineering, assisting them with their development and growth as educators and […]

The National Science Foundation has awarded Graduate Research Fellowships to Lee College of Engineering Mechanical Engineering students Patrick Bounds and Marc Duemmler. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. Since the program began in 1952, more than 35,000 fellows have been selected. […]

Researchers in The William States Lee College of Engineering won 20 grants totaling more than $2 million in the first quarter of 2020. A listing of the new grants is here.

With campus laboratories closed for the semester, Lee College of Engineering Facility and Laboratory Safety Engineer Eric Huhn decided to try and make the best use of surplus personal protective equipment (PPE). He put out a call asking faculty and staff from across campus for protective gloves and masks, and ended up with a trunk […]

Engineers Week 2020 is underway, and students from The William States Lee College of Engineering are busy with a number of activities, bringing their enthusiasm and excitement for engineering and other STEM disciplines to children and adults in the Charlotte area. Founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) in 1951, Engineers Week is […]

The Lee College of Engineering has awarded its top honors for teaching, the Undergraduate and Graduate Excellence in Teaching Awards for 2019. The winner of the undergraduate teaching award is Dr. Regina Vrikkis of the Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science Department. The winner of the graduate teaching award is Dr. Jake Smithwick of the Engineering […]

Andrew Stephen Denbow, aka “Thundercat,” died in a tragic dirt-bike accident on February 3, 2018, at the age of 23, just three months shy of graduation. He was a treasured member of the Lee College of Engineering, and was looking forward to earning his BS in Mechanical Engineering degree with a concentration in Motorsports. In […]

Eric Huhn has joined The William States Lee College of Engineering in the new position of Facility and Laboratory Safety Engineer. Huhn is a 2008 Mechanical Engineering graduate of the Lee College of Engineering. He comes back to UNC Charlotte having spent time professionally as a mechanical engineer in the R&D and manufacturing sectors. He […]