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Keendy and Hardin with potable energy model

Electrical engineering students create a portable energy model for Duke Energy

Ben Griffith and Hardin Kennedy, two seniors majoring in electrical engineering at ĢƵ, have created a portable educational model for Duke Energy.   

Gretchen Dietz working with engineering students

ĢƵlaunches engineering discovery program with new director Gretchen Dietz

Upbeat music plays as students walk into an introductory engineering class with ĢƵ faculty member Gretchen Dietz, who smiles as she checks in with students: “How’s everyone doing? Any fun facts to share? Today, we are 3D CAD modeling. Does anyone already know how? Let’s use this knowledge to help your classmates and learn from each other!”  

Bora Karayaka

ĢƵprofessor secures $3 million in scholarships for students entering nuclear engineering field

Bora Karayaka, a professor at ĢƵ’s College of Engineering and Technology, has secured $3 million in scholarship funding from the Department of Energy through the University Nuclear Leadership Program.  

machine shop at wcu

College of Engineering and Technology awarded $524,000 grant from IACMI to fund machining education

ĢƵ’s College of Engineering and Technology recently received a $524,000 grant from the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation to fund a computer numerical control (CNC) machining program.  

CM student with Jim Dean

ĢƵstudents plan and build outdoor steps for HOMEBASE

ĢƵ construction management students planned and built a set of frame-and-gravel steps into a hillside this fall for HOMEBASE at Western Carolina, a campus ministry serving students who need physical, emotional or spiritual support.   

Chris and Josh

College of Engineering and Technology hosts German exchange student for research collaboration

ĢƵ is hosting Christopher Reinsch, a graduate student from the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld of the Trier University of Applied Sciences in Germany, for a month-long exchange program with the ĢƵCollege of Engineering and Technology.   

ĢƵstudents with Brown Haven Homes reps

ĢƵConstruction Management Students Partner with Community Leaders to Support Project FIRE

ĢƵ construction management students planned and built four shelters this fall for Project FIRE, which gives firewood to low-income, elderly Jackson County residents who rely on it for heat.  

Bora Karayaka and students

WCU’s Karayaka, Yu receive $45K grant for research

ĢƵ College of Engineering and Technology professor Bora Karayaka knew it was a shot in the dark — but that shot ended up paying off.  

Cole Johnson demonstrating glass blowing

ĢƵprofessor, alumnus bring glass blowing demo to campus

Timm Muth, an assistant professor of practice in the College of Engineering and Technology at ĢƵ, looks at glass differently than most. Glass is more than just the material that makes windows.