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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 COVID-19 pandemic forced facility managers (FMs) to rapidly alter operations for the organizations they serve. Guidelines from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the need to implement “work from home practices”, and the overall uncertainty associated with the pandemic put tremendous pressure on FMs to ensure their organization’s ability to meet business obligations. […]

Due to COVID, our annual Construction Internship and Career Fair went virtual this Fall with great success! Our historically on-campus sold-out Construction Internship and Career Fair was forced to pivot to a virtual format in the face of the COVID pandemic. This year, participating companies had access to over 150 resumes for current students in […]

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.

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Dr. Stephanie Pilkington and her PhDisaster research group within the Civil Engineering Technology and Construction Management group focus their research on natural hazards, the impact to communities, and the subsequent recovery process. This can range from infrastructure damage assessments and modeling, to understanding how communities, infrastructure and environment interact. The research is trans-disciplinary in nature […]

Returning to school after a career in the military had initial challenges and setbacks for Allen Simmons, but with a little help from his friends, including professors, fellow students and campus support programs, he found his personal keys to success and completed one of the greatest achievements of his life, graduating in December 2020 with […]