Departmental News

The William States Lee College of Engineering began the fall 2019 semester this week, with new students attending Donuts with the Dean and Commencement on Monday, and everyone beginning classes on Tuesday and Wednesday. Photos of the week are here.

Mechanical Engineering major Janessa Schwallie is helping lead the new campus Millennium Fellowship program, working with 20 undergraduates from across the UNC Charlotte to implement the program’s LIFE Skills Initiative with area high school students.

In memory of UNC Charlotte family members who have passed away in recent years, three gifts have been made to scholarship and program funds in The William States Lee College of Engineering. Jeff Morgan, BSME, ‘06, passed away in December 2018. After graduating from UNC Charlotte, Jeff was employed by several government contractors in the […]

In a video interview, the Lee College of Engineering’s Dr. Peter Tkacik breaks down the engineering behind the Hot Wheels Monster Trucks.

The wealth of auto racing knowledge in the Charlotte region is a valuable asset to the Lee College of Engineering’s Motorsports Engineering program, providing students with the opportunity to learn from top industry experts. One such expert is Dr. Charles Jenckes, who has been an adjunct professor at UNC Charlotte since 2014, and is teaching […]

Providing full life-cycle support for Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, systems and weapons, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has a huge demand for civilian and military engineers at multiple locations. To meet this demand, Fleet Readiness Center East at Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point, North Carolina, has had a long relationship with […]

Researchers in The William States Lee College of Engineering won 27 grants totaling more than $3 million in the second quarter of 2019. A listing of the grants is here.

The Civil and Environmental Engineering student team from UNC Charlotte won the 2019 American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) National Student Innovation Contest, held June 26-27 near Washington D.C. The 49er team of Michael Murray, Bryan Moreno and Nathan Lindholm, swept the competition, taking first place in the Entrepreneur Category, winning the Audience Award and […]

For her Fulbright Fellowship research, Irish Ph.D. student Roisin Hyde wanted to expand her studies of incorporating waste materials into the manufacturing of concrete. Her goal brought her to UNC Charlotte to collaborate with Civil Engineering Associate Professor Dr. Brett Tempest, who is known for his pioneering research in the development of coal fly ash […]

A new competition for the 2019 American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) regional conference was the Student Innovation Contest. The UNC Charlotte team won, and will now be heading to a global competition near Washington D.C. June26-27 to pitch its invention for removing contaminants from coal ash. The team members from the Civil and Environmental […]