Departmental News

On Friday, March 22nd, the UNC Charlotte Baja SAE team held the Inaugural Baja Shakedown competition at Dirt World Motorsports Complex in Statesville, North Carolina. The event was implemented as an organized testing event prior to the first official SAE competition at Tennessee Tech on April 11th. Four teams were registered for the event, bringing […]

GE Research in Niskayuna, NY has selected Emma Betters for their Innovate Event, April 7-9, 2019. During the three-day event, GE will host top female and underrepresented minority graduate students from several universities. The goal is to give students the opportunity to learn and network with other top academic talent and accomplished professionals in a […]

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers has awarded Dr. Scott Smith, professor and chair of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science at UNC Charlotte, the William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award for his contributions to the field of machining dynamics. The Ennor Award is presented annually to an individual or team of individuals for developing or […]

Michael Gomez, a Ph.D. student advised by Dr. Tony Schmitz, was awarded the Best Poster Presentation award for his submission: “Determination of cutting forces using a flexure-based dynamometer: Deconvolution of structural dynamics using the frequency response function” at the 2018 American Society for Precision Engineering conference in Las Vegas, NV (11/4 through 11/8/18).