NSF Award – Dr. Lauren Lowman

Congratulations to Dr. Lauren Lowman on being awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation’s Division of Integrative Organismal Systems for the effect of climate change on system shifts on tropical mountains and “the interplay of epiphyte losses on host tree function, microclimate, and hydrology.” […]


Leadership, Character, and Complex Calculations

Assistant Professor Lauren Lowman teaches a complicated third-year engineering course. When she introduced some of the Program’s strategies for developing character, she found her students looking at hard-to-solve physics and mathematics work in a new way.  Read More


Why WFU Engineering?  A Recent Presentation by Dr. Pierrakos

Check out the top 10 list for “Why WFU Engineering?”  These are some stats about our WFU Engineering program and the inaugural class of 43 WFU Engineers graduating this May.  Post graduation plans are also included in these slides.  Here is a breakdown:  65% of […]


Michael Gross named faculty director for the Center for Entrepreneurship

Michael Gross, a founding faculty member and associate professor of the undergraduate Department of Engineering, has been named the David and Leila Farr Faculty Director for the Wake Forest University Center for Entrepreneurship. “We are thrilled and know he will do a wonderful job in this […]


Visiting Professor of Practice Nick Lutzweiler and Capstone team Gain Local Recognition Covered by The Winston Salem Journal for Their Work with Habitat for Humanity

(Author: Sydney Smith) Senior engineering students must all complete a capstone design project before graduating; this entails collaboration with a group of three to five of their peers to design innovative solutions which meet consumers’ needs while upholding Wake Forest University’s motto, “Pro Humanitate.” Students […]


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