Departmental News

The UNC Charlotte Astrobotics Robotic Team, the 49er Miners, took third place in the Caterpillar Autonomy Award at the 2018 NASA Robotic Mining Competition at Kennedy Space Center on Friday May 18. The team joined the elite group of only a handful of schools in the history of the competition that have accomplished a fully autonomous mining run (approximately 50 colleges and universities have competed each year over the past nine years).

The results of NASA’s 2018 Student Launch competition are tabulated, and The William States Lee College of Engineering’s 49er Rocketry Team placed second in the nation, the highest finish in the team’s history. First place went to Vanderbilt University’s Aerospace Design Lab team, the team’s fourth win in the past five years.

The Lee College of Engineering hosted almost 300 energy industry professionals in the EPIC Building on May 15, 2018. The event was Duke Energy Engineer’s Day, which included presentations given by engineering peers and vendors, along with time for networking. Participants were able to make contacts and develop relationships with peers, as well as earn […]

The William States Lee College of Engineering graduated 576 students at UNC Charlotte’s spring 2018 commencement over the weekend. The graduates included with 386 bachelor’s degrees, 172 with master’s and 18 with Ph.D.s.

For their innovative research on safety and fire protection strategies for tall wood structures, three graduate students from The William States Lee College of Engineering were chosen to present their work at the 2018 Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) International Conference on Performance Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods in Honolulu, Hawaii, in April.

The William States Lee College of Engineering held its spring-semester Senior Design Expo on May 3, 2018. Teams who started in fall 2017 presented their completed two-semester projects, while teams who started in spring 2018 presented their first-semester design-concept posters.

The Graduate School has named Xiaoxue (Lisa) Chen, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, as a 2018 outstanding graduate teaching assistant (TA).

A team of Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology students from UNC Charlotte placed 3rd in the 2017 ACI/ASCC Concrete Construction Competition, an international competition sponsored by the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC).

Making use of shared digital fabrication spaces on campus, a new UNC Charlotte club is fulfilling its mission of engaging and connecting students, as they design and build useful items for area nonprofits and university projects.

The UNC Charlotte American Society of Civil Engineers team had great results at the 2018 Carolinas Conference, with highlights including an overall victory in the Concrete Canoe competition, 2nd in the Steel Bridge and 2nd overall for the conference. The Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge teams also qualified for the national championships in their events.