Departmental News

For the second year in a row, a team mechanical engineering graduate students from the Lee College of Engineering’s precision engineering program has won the Student Challenge competition at the American Society of Precision Engineering’s annual conference.

Seeing the need for a multi-disciplinary organization focused on energy and power, and able to enhance its members’ skill sets and provide access to industry networks, a group of students in the Lee College of Engineering has formed a new group they call VOLT. Only a couple months old now, VOLT has already grown in […]

Mechanical Engineering senior Marc Duemmler has won a Tau Beta Pi Scholarship for the 2019-2020 academic year. The $2,000 scholarship was awarded on the basis of academic achievement, extracurricular activities, and the promise of substantial contributions to the engineering profession. Tau Beta Pi is the world’s largest engineering honor society and the nation’s second-oldest honor […]

The UCOL 1000 class of engineering and engineering technology students tested their egg drop designs off of the EPIC parking deck on Oct. 17th. The 49er Rocketry team also came by to test parachutes for their 2020 rocket, and give the freshmen an overview of the UNC Charlotte rocketry program. A photo gallery is here.

Their Senior Design Team is sponsored by the International Wire and Cable Symposium (IWCS), and on Oct. 1 the Lee College of Engineering Fiber Optic Strain Gauge Using Pseudorandom Code Interrogation team presented its work to the 2019 International Cable & Connectivity Symposium held at the Charlotte Convention Center. The IWCS International Cable & Connectivity […]

The William States Lee College of Engineering welcomes 18 new faculty members to the fall 2019 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 energy, biomedical, electro-mechanical systems, fire safety, motorsports, construction and more. […]

Researchers in The William States Lee College of Engineering won 45 grants totaling almost $6 million in the third quarter of 2019. A listing of the new grants is here.

The Lee College of Engineering started Homecoming weekend with the annual college picnic on Friday, followed by Bob’s Bash alumni tailgate party on Saturday. Photos are here.

Dear Students, Alumni, Faculty, Staff and Friends of the Lee College of Engineering, This summer, I spent time giving thought to the future needs of The William States Lee College of Engineering. With our re-accreditation process starting again soon, I decided it would be best to have new leadership in place before that review. Therefore, […]

Fall 2019 Senior Design projects started Wednesday, August 28th, with students, industry supporters and mentors meeting for the first time. For the fall cohort, there are a total of 377 students working on 44 industry-supported, 14 departmental and 7 competition-team projects. Photos of the kickoff are here.