UNC Charlotte College of Engineering

🎉 Happy Birthday, Layne Riggs! 🎂🏁 Let’s send some massive Niner Nation birthday wishes to NASCAR Niner and motorsports alumnus Layne Riggs! ⛏️💚

Talk about celebrating in style! Layne has been absolutely on fire🔥 lately, capturing back-to-back victories in the NASCAR Truck Series:🏆 He is putting that engineering expertise to work, steering the No. 34 to the very top of the points standings! 📈

Niner birthday wishes to you, Layne, for an awesome day and even more trips to Victory Lane this season! 👇🎉

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More championship history now lives with UNC Charlotte motorsports. Recently, Jan Beatty-Hendley presented our motorsports students with one of Alan Kulwicki's helmets from his early racing days, entrusted to her by the estate of Melinda Gossage, the wife of one of Alan's former pit crew members.

Alan was an engineer who became a champion. He did it his way. The fact that our motorsports program carries his name is no small thing. It is a north star for every student chasing a future in this sport.

Thank you to Jan, to Melinda's family, and to the Kulwicki team for keeping Alan's legacy in motion and giving the next generation a foundation on which to forge their own future.

From the classroom to the construction site, Sam Melton is leaving his mark on Charlotte. This is his Charlotte story ⬇️ ⛏

🎓B.S. Construction Management ‘26
🏗️Superintendent track
🤝Three internships with Malow
🏈49th Acre build team

“Working on 49th Acre Tailgate Pavilion gave me even more Niner pride because I was helping create something that the whole school would enjoy.” - Sam

Congratulations to all senior who put their hard work on display at the 2026 Spring Expo!

Next stop: graduation.

Finals are here ⛏️

Get some rest, study hard, and pace yourself through the week!

Wishing all of our Niner Engineers a strong finish!

The ONLY project of its kind in the nation - and it's right here in Charlotte!

Congratulations to all who were nominated for UNC Charlotte Student Employee of the Year! ⭐👀💚

(L to R):
Logan David, junior in civil engineering
Eduardo Ramirez Pineda, senior in mechanical engineering Caden Byers, senior in civil engineering technology
Courtney Croft, senior in mechanical engineering

Yeah I do STEM 🔥

With a degree in engineering, you're not cooked...in fact...you're set up to build the things that matter. The infrastructure people depend on. The innovations that change lives. The career that lets you take care of yourself and everyone you love.