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The students designed and built several engineering innovations into “UrbanEden,” UNC Charlotte’s Solar Decathlon house. The integration of these innovations made each more efficient, which caught the notice and praise of the judges, who named UrbanEden one of the best engineered houses in the international competition.

Determining the most efficient ways to operate buildings, the Sustainably Integrated Buildings and Sites (SIBS) program is helping businesses reduce energy consumption, which saves them money and at the same time decreases greenhouse gas emissions. SIBS is a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC) program.

Designing, building and testing data systems for a balloon that flew into the stratosphere brought challenges of operating in the environments of both space and of earth.

Dr. Johan Enslin, former chief technology officer at Petra Solar, has been named director of the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) at UNC Charlotte. EPIC, headquartered in a new $76-million building nearing completion on the Charlotte Research Institute campus, will train a new generation of engineers and conduct research in new energy technologies.

While building a business and raising a family, Steve Browning also found the time to keep passing on his knowledge of structural engineering, by teaching part time at UNC Charlotte. He found the time for 42 years.

Gathering 20 years after his death, the teammates of Alan Kulwicki shared a number of colorful stories about the hands-on engineer who was the driver and owner of his NASCAR Winston Cup Championship team.

An email from Jason Early, Electrical Engineering, 2007: “I am in the test field in Erlangen, Germany. Pretty cool and the work environment is ‘where the rubber hits the road’. Crazy thing, Jessica (Jacey) Rogers walks in as a process engineer to run some tests! On top of that, Hannah (Austin) Arrington, David Ghali and Shelby Small are here in Europe. That’s five UNC Charlotte alumni coming together internationally and working on projects together even though we graduated at totally different times. I think this speaks miles for UNC Charlotte.”

Competing with more than 40 other projects, the team of Andrew Gould, Thiec Rahlan and Joshua Smith won the top award at the Spring 2013 Senior Design Exposition for their Integrated Transformer Monitoring System project. Sponsored by Schweitzer Engineering Labs, the project involved the design, construction and testing of a transformer monitoring system centered around an existing transformer monitor, real-time automation control system and a dissolved gas analyzer.

In its second year, the 49er Rocket team has soared to new heights in a number of ways, even though a final launch engine failure at a recent event led to a crash and burn. That’s rockets, and that’s how you learn from rockets

Students can take courses in a classroom in Charlotte or on a computer in Istanbul. The degree can be completed fast-track in 12 months or more slowly over a number of years. The flexibility is great, but no matter which options students may select to meet their life situation, all lead to an exceptional master’s degree program in engineering management.