Three members of the Lee College of Engineering’s new Engineers Without Borders (EWB) student organization took an exploratory trip to Peru in the summer of 2011, and identified a number of projects the group will be taking on over the next few years.

While building a business and raising a family, Steve Browning also found the time to keep passing on his knowledge of structural engineering, by teaching part time at UNC Charlotte. He found the time for 42 years. It was rewarding, he says, and kept him up to date on engineering, kept him current on civil engineering codes and kept him young.

The William States Lee College of Engineering is proud to welcome 13 new faculty and laboratory staff members in 2011. Many of these new hires will be important additions to our growing Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC).

Dr. Johan Enslin, former chief technology officer at Petra Solar, has been named director of the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) at UNC Charlotte.

The 3,055 students in the fall 2011 class of The William States Lee College of Engineering are now on campus and studying hard. Here’s a breakdown of what this year’s class (the largest ever by a slight margin) looks like.

In a project to preserve the eggs of endangered big cats such as lions and tigers, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute is turning to the research laboratory of Lee College of Engineering Associate Professor Gloria Elliott for expertise in the dry storage of the cat eggs.

At his summer research fellowship at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Dr. Peter Schmidt got the opportunity to work on the next generation of space exploration and at the same time witness the historic end of the space shuttle program.

Dr. Yogendra Kakad of Electrical and Computer Engineering was one the five finalists for the 2011 Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence, UNC Charlotte’s top teaching honor. .

Developing technology that makes solar cells more efficient and then creating a business plan to market the technology has led to a Lee College of Engineering student and his faculty advisor winning the student category of the Five Ventures entrepreneurial business competition.

With marshmallows and coffee stirrers as building materials, Meg Harkins of the Lee College of Engineering’s Office of Student Development Success set out to teach high school girls the fundamental concepts of engineering this past summer.