General News

The UNC Charlotte Alumni Association recognized eight individuals, including Dhiaa Jamil and Brett Tempest from the Lee College of Engineering, for outstanding contributions to their professions, their communities and the university at a ceremony April 9th. “Some of the most rewarding experiences we associate with our university actually begin at graduation, when former students enter […]

To meet the demand for more engineers in the growing profession of biotechnology, the Lee College of Engineering’s Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science Department has started a new undergraduate Concentration in Biomedical Engineering. The concentration began in spring 2015. It will have its first graduates in May 2016. “Biomedical engineers provide a great link between […]

Having assembled a team of fellow UNC Charlotte engineering graduates and other industry experts, Ryan Kennedy founded the company Atom Power, which is making revolutionary advances by creating the world’s first solid-state power distribution system for buildings. A 2004 Electrical Engineering graduate of The William States Lee College of Engineering, Kennedy has been involved in […]

Needing multiple units of an expensive piece of equipment to complete his doctoral project, Mechanical Engineering student Sajad Kafashi decided to invent and build his own. Now, in addition to finishing his Ph.D., he is commercializing his invention, which he calls the Saji Waveform Generator. Kafashi is working on a Center for Precision Metrology doctoral […]

Welcome to the electronic version of The William States Lee College of Engineering newsletter. This issue focuses on the college’s many energy-related activities. In the classroom, college of engineering students are preparing to become important players in the next generation of energy production. In research laboratories, college of engineering faculty are improving the efficiency of […]

With the purpose of teaching the science and engineering of solar energy and partnering with industry to research methods for producing more-efficient and lower-cost solar cells, the Lee College of Engineering has opened the new Photovoltaic Technology Research Laboratory.

For years scientists have been aware of the potential problems of antibiotics being present in wastewater, and the research of Dr. Olya Keen is now showing that treatments to clean wastewater may actually be creating new antibiotics and further contributing to the development of antibiotic resistance in the environment.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the graduation of UNC Charlotte’s first bachelor of engineering students, The William States Lee College of Engineering has a number of special events planned for 2015.

The bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs the Lee College of Engineering delivers today were built upon a foundation of earlier engineering and technology programs taught at Charlotte College. One of the many students who took advantage of these engineering classes in Charlotte was Sam Bell, who in 1959 and 1960 earned the associate’s degree that led to his further engineering studies and a 30-plus-year career as an energy engineer.

Dr. Johnny Graham, a former student and professor in The William Stats Lee College of Engineer, was inducted into the UNC Charlotte Alumni Hall of Fame on March 17, 2015.