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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. […]

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 […]