As part of the MLK Day Jr. Day celebrations, Dr. Courtney Smith-Orr, Teaching Assistant Professor of ECE, was interviewed on WBTV to talk about the work and support of the Divine 9, a group of Black Greek Organizations. Following the interview, Dr. Smith-Orr participated in a panel...
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The Annual IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Student Leadership Conference (SLC) is a time-honored tradition that brings together leaders and members from HKN Chapters around the world. This three-day event features tracks for leadership training, faculty advisor programming, technical presentations, professional development, labs, workshops, and a career and graduate school fair.
This year the...
Dr. Badrul Chowdhury has won the 2022 Senior Research Award from the college of engineering at UNC Charlotte. The award is given to full-time faculty, including research faculty, who have been employed by the College of Engineering for a minimum of five years. Candidates for this award must demonstrate a sustained record (over 10 years) of research and impact on their field of study. His...
Dr. Sukumar Kamalasadan has won the 2022 Stuck Gold Award from the college of engineering at UNC Charlotte. The award is given to a candidate/team that provides details of a high-impact, transformational, extramurally funded grant or contract, or worldwide award received during the last two academic years. The contribution must be widely recognized as highly meritorious and must have had...
NSF has selected Dr. Tabkhi and his team's research in Smart and Connected Community (S&CC) as from the Lab to Implementation - S&CC Success Stories during the 2022 PI meeting. The presentation is available ...
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The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department welcomed two new faculty members in 2022.
At IEEE SoutheastCon 2022 in Mobile Alabama, Charlotte Area Robotics club won first place in the hardware competition, a robotics challenge where students build a small robot that completes a series of tasks on an obstacle course. This competition involves students from universities across the southeast...