General News

Students from UNC Charlotte’s Lee College of Engineering won the top three spots at the 2017 npower Forecasting Challenge, a competition that included 26 international teams and an additional 19 teams from the United Kingdom. Twelve other UNC Charlotte students placed in the top 25.

The William States Lee College of Engineering held its fall semester Senior Design Expo on Dec. 8, 2017.

Power electronics is undergoing a promising transition, with wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor power devices enabling high-frequency power electronics systems. These systems have unprecedented performance compared to conventional silicon-based power electronics in terms of power density, efficiency and control bandwidth. In order to monitor and control the wide-bandgap devices, Dr. Babak Parkhideh and his research team in the Electrical and Computer Engineering are developing ultrafast sensors optimized for high-voltage power electronics systems operating beyond 1 MHz.

In a November issue of the journal Theriogenology and in the November Smithsonian Insider, a team of researchers from UNC Charlotte and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) announced the first successful drying and rehydration of domestic cat spermatozoa using a rapid microwave dehydration method.

The Lee College of Engineering awarded its top honors for teaching, the Undergraduate and Graduate Excellence in Teaching Awards, on Nov. 28.

The William States Lee College of Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is proud to announce the addition of our new faculty members for 2017. As educators and researchers, these individuals bring a wealth of experience and training from some of the best academic institutions and companies in the world.

An essential part of the United States and North Carolina economies, the continued success of manufacturing is dependent on innovation, and that innovation is driven by a diverse workforce that relies on the engineering, technological and scientific talents of women. That message, and discussions on how women will continue to impact and build successful careers in manufacturing, were topics of the Women in Manufacturing Summit held at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Oct. 11.

The American Physical Society (APS) has selected the Society’s 2017 Fellows, including Dr. Yong Zhang of the Lee College of Engineering. Dr. Zhang is the Bissell Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UNC Charlotte.

Six UNC Charlotte alumni including 2012 Civil Engineering graduate Mellissa Oliver are among Charlotte Agenda’s 2017 class of “30 Under 30.” These individuals are “young people who are leaving their marks on the city like never before,” according to the website.

The fall 2017 Senior Design projects are now underway with a record 326 students working on 61 projects, 45 of which are sponsored by industry.