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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.