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Charlotte Douglas International Airport and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on research, innovation and workforce development initiatives that will accelerate the future of aviation in the Charlotte region and beyond.  The partnership unites CLT’s operational expertise and UNC Charlotte’s research leadership to explore and […]

Hurricane Helene damaged or destroyed a reported 3,200 driveways, bridges or culverts in Ashe County, North Carolina, making it impossible for many residents to leave their property.

When Shen-en Chen learned about UNC Charlotte alumni who were living through the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, he felt a strong desire to help.

When Nathan Hall graduates in December 2025, his career with the North Carolina Department of Transportation will begin immediately. He attributes this success to a great UNC Charlotte undergraduate experience.

Every discovery reached, every prototype developed and every race won by UNC Charlotte engineers sends ripples through North Carolina. Backed by public investment, our students and faculty are redefining what it means to engineer solutions that make a difference for our city, our industry partners and our state’s future. In fact, fall 2025 brought the […]

UNC Charlotte’s William States Lee College of Engineering recently announced a partnership with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. A global leader in energy grid automation and protection, SEL donated state-of-the-art equipment valued at more than $200,000 to the University’s Electromechanical Engineering Technology program, the only one of its kind in the UNC System. Students in the ETEM program […]

Students in UNC Charlotte’s William States Lee College of Engineering, Belk College of Business and College of Computing and Informatics who are preparing for careers in STEM, supply chain and logistics will gain access to scholarship support, mentorship and hands-on learning through a new partnership between the W.S. Lee College of Engineering and Bobcat Company, […]

UNC Charlotte is the acceleration point of racing innovation.  This May, UNC Charlotte is putting the pedal down. And the racing world is taking notice. From the banks of NASCAR’s fiercest tracks to the sharp turns of real-world data analytics, Charlotte students and alumni are proving that the future of racing doesn’t happen by chance. […]

Oerlikon AM, one of the world’s leaders in metal additive manufacturing, recently donated an industry-grade metal additive manufacturing machine to William States Lee College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science. “We recognize the critical role of additive manufacturing in American industry,” said Luke Dee, Oerlikon AM’s process engineering manager at the company’s U.S. […]

UNC Charlotte became the first public university in the U.S. to establish a Super Fab Lab this past fall, and on Tuesday, April 15, faculty and staff from the William States Lee College of Engineering and the College of Computing and Informatics toured the facility. Since only six facilities worldwide are recognized as Super Fab Labs, Charlotte’s […]