Departmental News

The National Science foundation has awarded a $500,000 Innovations in Graduate Education grant to UNC Charlotte that will support doctoral students in STEM disciplines, as they develop their capstone thesis projects for patenting instead of for journal publications as has been the norm. “The National Science Foundation is looking for fundamentally new ideas to change […]

By: Paul Nowell As the U.S. military develops the sophisticated weapon systems of the future, UNC Charlotte engineering students, including veteran Jason Solomon, are on the forefront of cutting-edge research in the field. In January 2019, Solomon, then an undergraduate, was chosen to lead the Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Senior Design Project in The William States […]

In continuation of the military veterans program in the Lee College of Engineering at UNC Charlotte and in a new collaboration with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded a three-year $750,000 grant to fund an undergraduate veteran students research exchange program between the two universities. The new Shaping […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Oct. 13, 2020 – UNC Charlotte has named the EPIC building the Albert & Freeman Energy Production and Infrastructure Center to recognize and honor alumni Craig and Darla Freeman Albert. The naming took place during a virtual ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 7. “We are proud to celebrate and recognize alumni Craig and […]

With the first full week of in-person instruction underway at UNC Charlotte, there is a bit more life on campus and in the classrooms and laboratories. In-person classes are being held for specific areas of instruction, including engineering, with many of the classes being a hybrid mix of in-person and virtual instruction. UNC Charlotte has […]

The William States Lee College of Engineering welcomes 12 new faculty members to the fall 2020 semester. With experience and education from some of the finest companies and institutions in the world, these educators bring expertise to our classrooms and laboratories in engineering fields including manufacturing, fire safety, motorsports, robotics, smart infrastructure, mobile sensor networks […]

Researchers in The William States Lee College of Engineering won 35 grants totaling almost $3.5 million in the third quarter of 2020. A listing of new grants is here.

Dr. Steven R. Schmid has joined The William States Lee College of Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as the first-ever Belk-Woodward Distinguished Professor in Engineering. A nationally known expert in manufacturing, Dr. Schmid will be collaborating with researchers in the college’s Center for Precision Metrology and with regional companies. “It is […]

The 2020 winners of the Albert Engineering Leadership Scholars Program for the Lee College of Engineering are Aiden Lamar of Durham, NC, Summer Prentice of Jacksonville, NC, and Abigail Rose of Greensboro, NC. Housed in the UNC Charlotte Honors College, the Albert Scholars Program is a merit-based scholarship program designed to develop future engineering leaders […]

The American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) has named Dr. Yesim Sireli, associate professor of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management in the Lee College of Engineering, as a fellow of the Society and Secretary for 2020-2021. ASEM Fellowship is the highest honor given to a member. Inductees are chosen according to their distinguished service to […]