General News

Professional Engineers and Surveyors Recognition

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The North Carolina Board of Examiners welcomed a new set of Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors on Wednesday, January 18, 2017. This catered evening event was for both the spring and fall 2016 licensees who successfully passed the PE or PS exam. The College of Engineering was proud to host this event for the final […]

Spring 2017 Motorsports Orientation

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Students, We invite you to attend Motorsports Orientation on Monday, Janurary 23 at 8:00 pm in Duke Centennial Hall, Room 345. If you are unable to attend on Monday, we will hold a second session on Wednesday, Janurary 25 at 8:00 pm in Duke 345. Students only need to attend one of the sessions. All […]

Research Teams Collaborating to Better Understand Wildfire Spread

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With a wall of fans six-stories high creating winds in a huge, one-of-a-kind laboratory, researchers from UNC Charlotte’s Fire Safety Engineering Technology program and the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) are burning building materials and wildland vegetation to study wind-driven wildfire embers. The large-scale tests are part of three-year study to understand, […]

Alberts Visit Lee College of Engineering

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Craig and Darla Albert, who established the Albert Scholars program in the Lee College of engineering in 2014, paid a visit to EPIC in November 2016, meeting with Dean Bob Johnson and the current Albert scholars. Craig Albert is a 1985 graduate of Mechanical Engineering at UNC Charlotte. He is currently the president of Bechtel […]

Fall 2016 MEES Ph.D. Research Symposium a Success

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The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science held its first-ever Ph.D. Research Symposium on December 2, 2016. MEES doctoral students presented the current status of their research to undergraduates, graduate students, staff, and faculty. An outstanding opportunity to showcase research results and exercise presentation and writing skills, the event was well-attended. Congratulations to our […]

Grant Supports Veterans Engineering Studies

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To increase participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) studies at the college level by tapping into the vast wealth of experience in the United States military, the Lee College of Engineering has won a grant to recruit and work with veterans. The grant adds an engineering specific initiative to UNC Charlotte’s strong collection […]

Motion Study Research Helps Athletes Prevent Injuries

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In his motion study research, Dr. Nigel Zheng has worked with subjects ranging from University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow to the entire New York Mets pitching staff. An assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, Dr. Zheng, along with his lab, are experts in biomechanics as related to the motion of the human […]

Brain-on-Chip Research Mimicks Brain Function

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With hundreds of billions of neurons and thousands of trillions of synaptic connections between them, the human brain is the most complex system on earth. This complexity makes studying the brain an almost overwhelming challenge with nearly infinite research options. “Unfortunately, there are no well-developed brain models to study the brain activities in either laboratory […]

New Program Offers Advanced Studies in Energy

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Offering advanced studies in energy, a new progam within the Master of Science in Engineering degree at UNC Charlotte provides non-engineers and engineers alike the chance to further their careers in power and energy. The energy study focus is open to all students with backgrounds in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields such as […]

Hammann’s Talents Combine to Make Him GT Academy Champ

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The reality of the competition was that to win, you had to excel at three tasks. Nicolas Hammann did, and he won, opening up incredible experiences for him across the world. He just couldn’t tell anyone. The competition was the United States GT Academy, which UNC Charlotte Mechanical Engineering junior Hammann won in 2014. The […]