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Q. What does your company do? A. We have a full portfolio of clean (CO2 free) energy solutions – highlighting our full nuclear energy supplier spectrum and renewable portfolio. Q. What academic degrees do you hold? A. B.S. in Architecture and a B.S. in Civil Engineering both in 1981 from the University of Illinois Q. […]

Q. What is your current job? A. I am chief engineer for Hybrid & Electric Powertrain Engineering. My role is to lead the architecting, designing, development and integration of hybrid and electric propulsion systems into General Motors future vehicles. My current focus is on the imminent start of production of the Chevrolet Volt, the first-ever […]

Q. What does your company do? A. Economic development for Union County, North Carolina. Q. What academic degrees do you hold? A. B.S. in Economics and Business from Appalachian State University, 1969. Q. What is the purpose of the board of advisors? A. The board is the connection between the business/engineering “real” world and the […]

Q. What does your company do? A. We provide civil engineering services in the area of land development, facilities, infrastructure, transportation, utilities and economic development . Q. What academic degrees do you hold? A. Bachelor of Science in Urban and Environmental Engineering (now Civil) from UNC Charlotte, 1984. Q. What is the purpose of the […]

Q. What does your company do? A. HDR is a full service engineering and architecture firm. We provide design and consulting, architectural, engineering, environmental services and economic analysis for public and private clients. Business sectors include water, wastewater, transportation, environmental, civic, healthcare and science and technology architecture, and federal projects. Q. What academic degrees do […]

Q. What does your company do? A. We provide engineering consulting to the electric power industry, specializing in the analysis, inspection and lifing of critical pressure components in nuclear and fossil power plants. We also do failure investigations and use the outcomes of these investigations to develop remediation programs to assess the potential and prevent […]

The WiSE hall will house sophomores, juniors and seniors. Its purpose is to provide a strong support group of peers with similar educational and career interests. Participants will benefit from in-house academic and professional development activities, and from developing friendships that can last well beyond their academic careers. The WiSE residence hall will be located […]

The Outstanding Alumnus Awarded was given to Dr. Smith “for excellence and innovation in manufacturing research, resulting in substantial societal benefit, and for outstanding educational and professional leadership.”

Rebecca Sawyer, who graduated in May 2010, will be using the fellowship grant to study electrical engineering at Stanford University. Richard Blackmon, who graduated in May 2009, is now pursuing his Ph.D. in Optical Science and Engineering at UNC Charlotte.

The spring Mechanical Engineering junior design project was to design and build a remotely controlled robot that could transport mock fuel-rod casks from one place to another, while traversing an obstacle course. The robots had to be lightweight, well-balanced and cost-effective. Each had to have a crane that could easily engage, raise and lower the […]