Every Monday · 18:00-19:30
Monday Bootcamp
Murray BeAM Makerspace
Liberal Arts Engineering - interdisciplinary problem solving without silos.
Bring your expertise, question, or curiosity. E@C connects people, ideas, and technical work across UNC.
Engineering R&D Team
Build with people who build.
Research, code, design, prototype, fabricate, test, and learn alongside students across STEM.
R&D brings together students from engineering, applied math, biology, chemistry, computer science, data science, public health, and related STEM fields.
Bring what you know. Learn what you do not. Share what you discover.
Run by , our Vice president of R&D team.
| Role | Description |
|---|---|
| Project Lead | Lead a project through research, planning, building, testing, goals, and coordination. |
| Technical Consultant | Contribute through research, design, coding, prototyping, building, testing, and problem solving. |
Meet the R&D Team
- Lexi TinajeroVice president of R&D team
- Naila MolooR&D technical mentor
- Maria StrobelR&D team - undergrad technical consultant
- Mara PelypenkoR&D team - project lead
- Peter TranTechnical consultant
- Minh NguyenTechnical consultant
- Lucas ChanTechnical consultant
- Cooper UhlR&D technician
- John SilmanR&D team member
- Vethavarnaa Sundaramoorthy Revathi (Vivi)Project lead, research & development
- Lukas CaggianoR&D team
- Minghao LiuProject lead
- Ezra ZhangEconomics innovation ambassador & technology consultant (R&D team)
Monday Bootcamp
Show up with what you have.
Weekly tech office hours hosted by the R&D Team.
Bring an idea, question, project, research interest, or curiosity.
Meet collaborators, explore technical possibilities, discuss feasibility, and plan next steps with the R&D Team.
You do not need BeAM certification to attend. If you are not certified, meet the team in the lobby outside the makerspace.
Come alone, bring friends, or bring a team. Bootcamp is a recurring space for innovators across UNC.
- Idea / Pain Point Bank
Bring us an idea or a problem
Read more about Bring us an idea or a problem
The Idea / Pain Point Bank will be where E@C takes in ideas, pain points and opportunities - to keep them in the bank, to follow up with R&D Team support, or to explore them through Bootcamp or an Innovation Workshop. Until it opens, bring yours to Monday Bootcamp.
- Cofounder Network
Find a cofounder
Read more about Find a cofounder
The Cofounder Network will be a private directory for current UNC students and verified alumni to find cofounders - by field, skill, interest or idea, and by whether someone has an idea of their own or wants to join another founder. It will live in FundMe, behind its sign-in.
Interdisciplinary Innovation Workshops
Advance tech innovation in your field; address its toughest challenges.
Explore how a discipline, research area, industry, or community intersects with technology.
- How does our field intersect with technology?
- How does technology affect our field?
- Which research and industry challenges remain unresolved?
- What tools, systems, data, prototypes, or partnerships could change the work?
How a workshop runs
Five steps, from the field to the follow-up.
- Step 1Field investigation and outreach
- Step 2Faculty, student, research, industry, and community context
- Step 3Interdisciplinary Innovation Workshop
- Step 4Questions, challenges, and brainstorming promising next steps
- Step 5Bootcamp, R&D, research, project, startup, or partner follow-up
Example format - illustrative only, not an active project
Archaeology x Tech Innovation Workshop
A site or artifact may need a repeatable 3D record before conditions change.
Students can investigate photogrammetry, LiDAR, positioning rigs, field-data pipelines, 3D reconstruction, and digital preservation workflows.
Innovation Ambassadors
Bring tech innovation to your field.
Meet faculty and professionals, identify opportunities, and help your peers explore what technology can change.
Innovation Ambassadors represent a degree program they are earning. They meet students, faculty, researchers and industry professionals in their field, find its research needs, pain points and emerging technology, curate Innovation Workshops and recruit peers.
You do not need to be an engineer, have a startup idea, or know how to build a product.
Build experience in outreach, synthesis, leadership, interdisciplinary collaboration, and field-specific innovation.
Run by , our Director of ambassador program.
Meet the Innovation Ambassadors
- Yusuf KusibatiDirector of ambassador program
- Xavier LopezBME ambassador
- Harper SamplesBME ambassador
- Anny LeonNeuro ambassador
- Anna BurckartNeuro ambassador
- Sahasra NandelaPoli sci ambassador
- Caroline BeigelArcheology ambassador
- Ruben KaliaBusiness innovation ambassador
- Liz XuEngineering at Carolina ambassador
- Nora MortonInnovation ambassador
- Owen (James) DowdPoli sci ambassador
- Ashley SeungEngineering at Carolina ambassador
- Sarah RackersNursing innovation ambassador
- Tengyu Cui (Toby)Ambassador
- Margeaux PiersonMedical anthropology innovation ambassador
- Lahur AzadInnovation ambassador
- Kayden DavisInnovation ambassador
- Minkyung Debbie JeonInnovation ambassador
- Alan SunE@C innovation ambassador
- Ezra ZhangEconomics innovation ambassador & technology consultant (R&D team)
- Isabella PolanskyAnthropology ambassador
- Ellie BlanchardE-@Ccelerator department ambassador
- Gita SatyavoluInnovation ambassador
- Grace NevinInnovation ambassador
Student Development
Upgrade your toolkit, resources, and application edge.
Build stronger research, technical, academic, and career pathways through E@C programming.
Run by , our Vice president for student development.
Professional Development
Resume and job-application support, interview preparation, recruiting events, company programming, site visits, technical up-skilling, and job or internship pathways.
Run by , our Director of professional development.
Research Pathways
Starting research, PhD and graduate pathways, scientific literature, publishing, figures, posters, research communication, and AI for research.
Run by , our Director of research.
Academic Success
APS academic support, course and major pathways, peer support, academic discussion, and related academic opportunities.
Philanthropy + Design for the Public Good
Public-good programming, service opportunities, human-centered design, ethical implementation, and nonprofit or community collaborations.
We go to a local middle school and host its science days for them.
Nonprofits: request volunteers or a co-hosted event here. Technical community builds go through R&D Support instead.
Run by , our Director of philanthropy.
E-@Ccelerator Cohort + Consultancy Board
Take the next step with a stronger team.
Focused technical, strategic, and network support for selected student ventures.
Start with Innovation Workshops, Bootcamp, R&D collaboration, field insights, or the Cofounder Network. Clarify the problem, strengthen the team, develop technical direction, and plan a prototype or next test. Move toward cohort support, FundMe, mentors, the Consultancy Board, and future Demo Day programming.
Run by , our Vice president of E-@Ccelerator.
How E@C builds momentum
Results that compound.
Six stages, from campus capability to results that compound.
Campus capability
UNC disciplines, research, public-service pathways, and innovation capacity.
Find questions
Students, Ambassadors, faculty, researchers, and partners surface needs and opportunities.
Learn the edge
Innovation Workshops and Bootcamp explore research, technology, and industry context.
Build together
Students share expertise and develop technical skills across disciplines.
Advance work
R&D, cohort support, mentors, FundMe, and collaborators move next steps forward.
Results that compound
Students build stronger technical portfolios, practical skills, research fluency, interdisciplinary experience, and professional networks. New collaborators see stronger student work and contribute new opportunities.