Departmental News

Utilizing an innovative system that intakes seawater and directly converts ocean wave energy into the driving force to produce fresh water, a team of ETCM students and a faculty member, collaborating with a colleague outside of UNC Charlotte, has progressed to the advanced stages of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Waves to Water competition. […]

Researchers in the William States Lee College of Engineering won 27 grants totaling almost $1.75 million in the first quarter of 2021. A listing of new grants is here.

Four students, two from The William States Lee College of Engineering and two from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, were awarded the highly competitive and prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation for 2021. The four; Forest Atcheson, Electrical Engineering, Terawit Kongruengkit, Materials Engineering, Anthony Lindsay, Political Science, and Christopher Neff, […]

The Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) has approved UNC Charlotte’s Occupational Safety Concentration as a Graduate Safety Practitioner® (GSP) Quality Academic Program (QAP), certifying that the program has met minimum requirements for student curriculum in the safety field. The Occupational Safety Concentration is part of the Fire and Safety Engineering Technology (FRST) program within […]

In a step of true engineering education innovation, UNC Charlotte has integrated game-changing Adaptive Learning methodology into an upper-level engineering course, resulting in dramatic improvements in student retention, and more importantly, learning comprehension. Mechanical Engineering faculty members in UNC Charlotte’s W.S. Lee College of Engineering are the first in the United States to apply Adaptive […]

Sponsored by the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), Engineers Week 2021 is February 21–27. The week will kick off for The William States Lee College of Engineering with a proclamation from Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyle’s office, declaring the week to be “National Engineers Week” in Charlotte and commending its observance to all citizens. W.S […]

With support from a grant from the North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NCMEP), UNC Charlotte is extending its very successful Senior Design program to smaller North Carolina companies, allowing them the chance to do specialized research projects and providing students with the learning experience of working with smaller companies. As part of the W.S. Lee […]

As an engineering professional, David Scherpf wanted to gain more project management skills in order to advance his career to the next level. He found UNC Charlotte’s Master of Science in Engineering Management (MSEM) program to be a perfect solution. Through the distance education program, he could continue to work full time, tailor instruction to […]

When Rob Keynton arrived at the start of the 2020-21 academic year to lead The William States Lee College of Engineering at UNC Charlotte, he applied the same expert problem-solving skills he uses to tackle puzzles — a favorite pastime. Dean Keynton explains his passion for engineering education and research in the video below.

The William States Lee College of Engineering has announced that Dr. Brigid Mullany will be the College’s new Associate Dean for Research. Currently a professor in the Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science Department, Dr. Mullany will begin her new role for the College on February 1st, 2021. Dr. Mullany is nationally and internationally recognized for […]