Departmental News

Equipment donation expands research capabilities in advanced manufacturing This academic year, one of the world’s leaders in metal additive manufacturing, Oerlikon AM donated an industry-grade metal additive manufacturing machine to William States Lee College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, demonstrating its continued commitment to research and discovery.  With this donation, the company and […]

Kyle VanHorn is fascinated by flight — particularly its associated speed, trajectory and control. So much so that he tailored his UNC Charlotte engineering education toward aeronautics. “I’m helping improve autonomous vehicle technology so drones can fly more efficiently,” said VanHorn, an Albert Scholar and Honors College student who is graduating in May 2025 with […]

Please join us on Thursday, March 27, 2025 from 11:30-12:30 as we welcome and listen to two professors from Florida International University (Miami, FL), Dr. Tero Kaarlela and Dr. Leonardo Bobadilla, hosted by Dr. Jose Outeiro. Dr. Kaarlela and Dr. Bobadilla will be talking about: Overcoming Sensing, Communication, and Uncertainty Challenges in Marine Robotics Using […]

We are delighted to welcome Professor Marcos Valério Ribeiro from Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil, as a visiting professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, of the William States Lee College of Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Prof. Valério Ribeiro is collaborating with Prof. Jose Outeiro and other colleagues from the […]

The William States Lee College of Engineering department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science (MEES) was one of 12 institutions, who submitted an application to Gentec-EO and received an award.  Given the choice of many different awards, the MEES department selected the UP55N-300F-H12-INT-D0, which is a thermal detector for laser power measurement up to 300 W. […]

Niner Engineer Layne Riggs won his first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Milwaukee Mile. To read the article, visit NASCAR.

Ximena Garcia-Pena was on of seven female minority students throughout the US to be awarded $5,000 by STEAM Sports Foundation to pursue their dreams to become engineers or technicians in the automotive and motorsports industry. Ximena Garcia-Pena was a member of Charlotte’s recent award-winning FSAE team where her research and documentation of airflow, design, and patterns […]

Charlotte’s Formula SAE Internal Combustion team 49ers Racing competed at the annual Formula SAE Internal Combustion competition at Michigan International Speedway from May 7-11 2024. In this year’s competition, the team earned its best result in program history with a 2nd place overall out of 115 other domestic and international teams. Read more about their […]

Dr. Erina Joyee, an Assistant Professor at the department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, has received the “2024 AIChE Future Leader-Young Investigator Research Award”. This prestigious award reflects her substantial contributions and dedication to the field of hybrid-composite materials and additive manufacturing (AM). The award also celebrates the innovation and excellence of Dr. Joyee’s work that […]

Youxing Chen, assistant professor of mechanical engineering with W.S. Lee College of Engineering and the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center, has earned an NSF CAREER Award for his research proposal, “Atomic-level understanding of stability and transition kinetics of 3-dimensional interfaces under irradiation.” The NSF’s award of $555,785 supports Chen’s study of metallic nanostructure, which will […]