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Civil engineering junior one of only six to receive award through professional association
James Amburgey, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Olya Keen, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, have been honored by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) for innovation, naming them “Senior Members.” The announcement, made on February 20, 2025, honors distinguished academic inventors whose achievements in patents, licensing and commercialization have led to and have the potential to create meaningful differences in our world.
Hurricane Helene victims in western North Carolina desperately need access back to their community. UNC Charlotte students and Ashe County volunteers are partnering together to provide them that access.
A grad school romance led to a med-tech breakthrough that may save the lives of millions of patients suffering from mitral regurgitation.
UNC Charlotte’s B.S. in Fire and Safety Engineering Technology contributed to the university’s rise to the No. 1 online degree ranking across all North Carolina. Ranking UNC Charlotte now at the No. 3 spot in the nation, the “U.S. News & World Report’s” 2025 Best Online Bachelor’s Degrees rankings were released Jan. 21. The Fire and Safety degree, listed among the university’s ten fully online programs, provides a comprehensive curriculum focused on fire behavior, protection systems and principles of research investigation, and is offered both online and on-campus.
Jordan Landis focuses the microscope to get a better view of particulates that are magnified 100x beneath the lens. She is not surprised to find multiple pieces of debris in the 1ml water sample. While these non-biodegradable microplastics are tiny, Landis understands they can hold much larger impacts: the invisible-to-the-naked-eye sized plastics may negatively impact public health.
The William States Lee College of Engineering congratulates Courtney Smith-Orr on her appointment as assistant dean for student experiences and director of the Office of Student Development and Success, or OSDS. Smith-Orr replaces Cathy Blat, who will retire in February 2025.
Niner Engineer Axel Knoll didn’t fly to Germany so he could learn to brew beer. It just happened to be an unexpected bonus of his recent exchange program. Knoll, along with fellow students Steve Freinstein and Matthew McGrew, enrolled in an exchange program with Germany’s Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, also known as Hochschule Karlsruhe (HKA), to earn course credit, and came home with so much more.
Two years ago, Niner Engineer Scott Stewart Jr. had a casual conversation with his father. The son jokingly mentioned that his father should join him at UNC Charlotte once he concluded his career in the U.S. Air Force.
UNC Charlotte’s William States Lee College of Engineering welcomes new faculty to help support growing research activity and academic enrollment (Fall 2024 was Charlotte’s largest enrollment ever for first-year engineering students).
These new faculty bring expertise in the expanding fields of advanced manufacturing, connected vehicles, computer architecture, applied optics, materials science, quantum mechanical modeling, construction engineering, environmental engineering focusing on natural hazards and more.