Departmental News

ETCM Faculty and Students Assist Cabarrus County, State of North Carolina and Preservation North Carolina on Jackson Training School facility evaluation Faculty members and students from the Construction & Facilities Engineering program are working with Cabarrus County to provide facilities expertise and resources in support of the repurposing and/or redevelopment of portions of the Stonewall […]

Three student teams from The William States Lee College of Engineering recently participated in the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Southeast regional competition in Atlanta in November 2021 to learn, network, compete — and win. This fall, three UNC Charlotte teams competed in the commercial, concrete, and heavy civil categories against teams from Auburn, Clemson, […]

Alumni ProfileCasey NicholsB.S. Mechanical Engineering Technology 2018, M.S. Applied Energy and Electromechanical Systems, 2019 Current PositionResearch Engineer at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) “NREL is a national laboratory in Golden, CO, that leads in energy efficiency and renewable energy science research. I research renewable energy, mainly wind energy and marine renewable energy. In wind, I […]

Utilizing an innovative system that intakes seawater and directly converts ocean wave energy into the driving force to produce fresh water, a team of ETCM students and a faculty member, collaborating with a colleague outside of UNC Charlotte, has progressed to the advanced stages of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Waves to Water competition. […]

A tradition has been growing on the Forty Niner Rocketry Team, in which female students in the ETCM program recruit fellow ETCM females for the next year’s team. The 2020-21 team has Cortney Hahn as its third generation ETCM student. Cortney was recruited by Tyler Ainsworth, who is now an Applied Energy and Electromechanical Systems […]

The consummate professional in the ETCM Department for more than 10 years, Dr. Don Chen’s reputation for excellence in teaching and his research expertise in the areas of Pavement Management Systems (PMS) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) have been the foundation for his promotion to the level of Full Professor in the Engineering Technology and […]

Normally, Construction Management students participate in the ASC Regional Competition each fall semester. In fall 2020, the ASC Competition was cancelled due to COVID. A virtual competition was created locally so that our students could benefit from this experiential learning opportunity. Twelve students from the Civil Engineering Technology and Construction Management Programs formed 2 teams […]

ETCM construction competition teams fared extremely well in the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Southeast Region Spring 2021 Conference competitions on February 11-18, 2021. UNC Charlotte teams competed in 3 divisions against teams from across the southeastern United States and Puerto Rico. With assistance from our industry partners in Charlotte including mentoring and jobsite visits, […]

The Fall 2020 Capstone courses differed in several key aspects from previous offerings. For the first time, both the CM and CIET students were working on the same construction project. Cooperation between the two classes was modeled after real-life professional experiences, where the CIET design team provided the design and construction drawings of temporary work […]

As one more example of experiential learning which provides student’s with hands-on experience, Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology undergraduate students are involved in performing large scale structural testing for industrial clients. During fall semester, CM/CIET students participated in assembling the test frame, setting up the tests, and observing the test procedures.