May 22, 2025 | WCU Construction Management, WCU Engineering
Drew Marx just wanted somewhere to hang his backpack in his room at Western Carolina University when he came up with the idea for the Dormclaw, a compact, hook-like device that fits into the unused slots of standard college bed frames. With support from faculty, Marx...
May 22, 2025 | Engineering Technology, Summer, WCU Engineering
ACE INTEREST FORM Western Carolina University’s College of Engineering and Technology will offer two free America’s Cutting Edge (ACE) Machining Bootcamps this summer. Bootcamps for adults and students in high school or college will be held at WCU from July...
May 21, 2025 | WCU Engineering
In the year 2047—or at least in the world imagined by the IEEE SoutheastCon 2025 Hardware Challenge—teams of student engineers faced off in a high-stakes scramble for rare minerals in outer space. Their mission: program a fully autonomous robot to navigate the rocky...
May 21, 2025 | WCU Engineering
“What inspired me to be in engineering is to see what I could do for the future of our world—an efficient future and a clean future,” said Ariel Colón-Rodríguez in a WCU student video about his emotional journey growing up in Puerto Rico, relocating,...
May 21, 2025 | Engineering Unplugged, Engneering Discovery, WCU Engineering
Engineering Unplugged — a fun, informal event series where students, faculty, and industry guests come together to talk tech, explore innovations, and build community — gets underway this fall! Check out the lineup of 2025 fall events: ✨Welcome Bash – Thursday, Sept....
May 21, 2025 | Engineering Symposium, WCU Engineering
Check out the Rope Climbing Exercise Machine that one of the student teams in the WCU College of Engineering and Technology developed for their capstone project! The project was sponsored by Smokin’ Joes (Joe Anderson), an entrepreneur and business owner in...