General News

See this link for details and registration information on Dr. Andrew Randolph, technical director of ECR Engines, and his topic he’ll be discussing here at UNC Charlotte, The Automotive Industry and The Fuels That Are Moving Us Forward. Date: April 25, 2017 Time: 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: EPIC G256

Congratulations to Yue Peng and Hossein Shahinian who won 1st and 3rd places respectively in the Computer Science/Math/Engineering Oral presentations last week at the Graduate and Professional Student Government’s 17th Annual Graduate Research Symposium.

Hundreds of civil engineering students from throughout the southeast had a great time over the weekend, as they competed against one another in multiple events at the annual American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Carolinas Conference. A photo gallery of the events is below. Conference competition began March 31 with the concrete canoe, surveying and […]

The Lee College of Engineering is excited to announce that Dr. Michael S. Mazzola will be the third director of the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC). Dr. Mazzola is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Mississippi State University and the Jack Hatcher Chair for Engineering Entrepreneurship. He also served for two-years as […]

The Lee College of Engineering’s NASA Astrobotics team has launched a crowdfunding effort to help pay its way to this year’s competition at Kennedy Space Center. The team of eight multidisciplinary engineering students will compete in the 2017 NASA Robotic Mining Competition. The competition objective is to design and build an autonomous robot that can […]

Three engine engineers from Roush Yates Engines will talk about their careers in motorsports and their individual areas of specialty (valvetrains, cranktrain rotating assemblies, and electronic fuel injection (EFI) calibration). See the attached flyer for registration information. Date: 3/27/2017 Location: UNC Charlotte Duke 345 Time : 6:00pm-8:00pm Cost: Free but registration is recommended as space […]

Anthony L. “Tony” Brizendine of the UNC Charlotte William States Lee College of Engineering was recipient of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) 2016 National Educator of the Year Award. The award was presented at the CMAA National Conference Awards Ceremony in San Diego in October. According to CMAA President and CEO, Bruce D’Agostino, […]

Summer research apprenticeship opportunities for local students are available in Dr. Haitao Zhang’s group for summer 2017. One high school student and one undergraduate student will be supported by the High School and Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (HSAP/URAP) funded by Army Research Office (ARO). The HSAP and URAP are non-residence programs for commuting students only. […]

The National Ash Management Advisory Board (NAMAB) recognized members for distinguished service. Professor Susan Burns from Georgia Tech, Professor Lawrence Sutter from Michigan Tech and Professor Garrick Louis from the University of Virginia each received awards as they rotated into emeritus status. Also rotating but not present at the meeting were Dr. Patricia Galloway from […]