Monday Bootcamp
Tech office hours hosted by the R&D Team. Bring an idea, project, question, or curiosity.
See Monday Bootcamp
Liberal Arts Engineering - interdisciplinary problem solving without silos.
Bring your expertise, question, or curiosity. E@C connects people, ideas, and technical work across UNC.
Pick who you are to see how E@C meets your needs.
Matched to you
E@C for STEM students
Six things E@C offers STEM students, each with its next step.
- R&D Team
Join the R&D Team
“I want to build STEM solutions”
Read more about Join the R&D Team
Research, design, code, prototype, fabricate, test and learn alongside students across STEM - engineering, applied math, biology, chemistry, computer science, data science, public health and related fields - as a project lead or a technical consultant. Bring what you know. Learn what you do not. Share what you discover.
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.
Run by , our Vice president of R&D team.
- Professional development
Career and professional development
“I want research, skills, or career momentum”
Read more about Career and professional development
Resume and job-application support, interview preparation, recruiting events, company programming, site visits, technical up-skilling, and job or internship pathways.
Companies we've hosted on campus: Tesla, Wolfspeed, NVIDIA
Run by , our Vice president for student development.
- Research
Research pathways
“I want research, skills, or career momentum”
Read more about Research pathways
Starting research, PhD and graduate pathways, scientific literature, publishing, figures, posters, research communication, and AI for research.
- Join Our Team
Join the team that runs E@C
“I want to join E@C”
Read more about Join the team that runs E@C
The R&D Team and the Innovation Ambassadors take new people by application for 2026-27.
- Idea / Pain Point Bank
Bring us an idea or a problem
“I have an idea or 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.
Matched to you
E@C for non-STEM students
Three things E@C offers non-STEM students, each with its next step.
- Professional development
Career and professional development
“I want research, skills, or career momentum”
Read more about Career and professional development
Resume and job-application support, interview preparation, recruiting events, company programming, site visits, technical up-skilling, and job or internship pathways.
Companies we've hosted on campus: Tesla, Wolfspeed, NVIDIA
Run by , our Vice president for student development.
- Innovation Ambassadors
Become an Innovation Ambassador
“I want to intersect my field with tech”
Read more about Become an Innovation Ambassador
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.
Run by , our Director of ambassador program.
- Join Our Team
Join the team that runs E@C
“I want to join E@C”
Read more about Join the team that runs E@C
The R&D Team and the Innovation Ambassadors take new people by application for 2026-27.
Matched to you
E@C for student orgs
Three things E@C offers student orgs, each with its next step.
- Events
Collaborate on an event
“I lead a student organization”
Read more about Collaborate on an event
Explore how a discipline, research area, industry, or community intersects with technology: how each shapes the other, which research and industry challenges remain unresolved, and what tools, data, prototypes or partnerships could change the work.
Co-hosted with 1789 Hub, Carolina's Innovation Center for Students: Archaeology x Tech: Interdisciplinary Innovation Workshop
- Idea / Pain Point Bank
Bring us an idea or a problem
“I have an idea or 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.
- Consultancy Board
The Consultancy Board
Read more about The Consultancy Board
Track: Student organizations, as vendors giving deliverables
Advisers who mentor student teams, giving student ventures focused technical, strategic and network support. Its three tracks are faculty and research, student organizations, and industry.
Matched to you
E@C for companies
Three things E@C offers companies, each with its next step.
- Idea / Pain Point Bank
Bring us an idea or a problem
“I have a technical or industry challenge”
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.
- Consultancy Board
The Consultancy Board
“I want to mentor or advise student teams”
Read more about The Consultancy Board
Track: Industry
Advisers who mentor student teams, giving student ventures focused technical, strategic and network support. Its three tracks are faculty and research, student organizations, and industry.
- Professional development
Career and professional development
“I want to meet or recruit students”
Read more about Career and professional development
Resume and job-application support, interview preparation, recruiting events, company programming, site visits, technical up-skilling, and job or internship pathways.
Companies we've hosted on campus: Tesla, Wolfspeed, NVIDIA
Run by , our Vice president for student development.
Matched to you
E@C for faculty
Two things E@C offers faculty, each with its next step.
- Idea / Pain Point Bank
Bring us an idea or a problem
“I have a research question or technical need”
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.
- Consultancy Board
The Consultancy Board
“I want to advise student work”
Read more about The Consultancy Board
Track: Faculty and research
Advisers who mentor student teams, giving student ventures focused technical, strategic and network support. Its three tracks are faculty and research, student organizations, and industry.
Matched to you
E@C for investors
Two things E@C offers investors, each with its next step.
- Consultancy Board
The Consultancy Board
Read more about The Consultancy Board
Advisers who mentor student teams, giving student ventures focused technical, strategic and network support. Its three tracks are faculty and research, student organizations, and industry.
- E-@Ccelerator
The E-@Ccelerator cohort
“I want to invest in or guide student founders”
Read more about The E-@Ccelerator cohort
Companies started by Carolina students, with our members on the team. Bench space, a parts budget, design reviews and the introductions that are hard to get on your own - and we take nothing back. Intake is in September, and you do not need a company to apply, only a team that wants to keep going after the semester ends.
This semester's cohort: GutEase
Matched to you
E@C for nonprofits
Two things E@C offers nonprofits, each with its next step.
- Public good
Philanthropy and Design for the Public Good
“I have a public-good project idea”
Read more about Philanthropy and Design for the Public Good
We go to a local middle school and host its science days for them.
Alongside them, Design for the Public Good brings public-good programming, service opportunities, human-centered design and ethical implementation, with nonprofit and community collaborations.
Run by , our Director of philanthropy.
- Idea / Pain Point Bank
Bring us an idea or a problem
“I have a community challenge or user need”
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.
Matched to you
E@C for business and entrepreneurship
Eight things E@C offers business and entrepreneurship, each with its next step.
- R&D Team
Get help from the R&D Team
“I need technical direction or prototyping support”
Read more about Get help from 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.
Monday Bootcamp: Every Monday · 18:00-19:30 · Murray BeAM Makerspace
- Idea / Pain Point Bank
Bring us an idea or a problem
“I am exploring an idea”
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
“I need collaborators”
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.
- Professional development
Career and professional development
Read more about Career and professional development
Resume and job-application support, interview preparation, recruiting events, company programming, site visits, technical up-skilling, and job or internship pathways.
Companies we've hosted on campus: Tesla, Wolfspeed, NVIDIA
Run by , our Vice president for student development.
- FundMe
The funding directory
Read more about The funding directory
Grants, investors and pitch competitions for student teams, curated by our people and checked against the source. It is a separate, login-gated application - nothing on this page reads from it and it holds no public data. Members sign in with their Carolina account.
- E-@Ccelerator
The E-@Ccelerator cohort
“I want to apply to E-@Ccelerator”
Read more about The E-@Ccelerator cohort
Companies started by Carolina students, with our members on the team. Bench space, a parts budget, design reviews and the introductions that are hard to get on your own - and we take nothing back. Intake is in September, and you do not need a company to apply, only a team that wants to keep going after the semester ends.
This semester's cohort: GutEase
- Innovation Ambassadors
Become an Innovation Ambassador
Read more about Become an Innovation Ambassador
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.
Run by , our Director of ambassador program.
- Consultancy Board
The Consultancy Board
Read more about The Consultancy Board
Advisers who mentor student teams, giving student ventures focused technical, strategic and network support. Its three tracks are faculty and research, student organizations, and industry.
Matched to you
E@C for grad programs
What E@C offers grad programs, and the next step.
- Academic success
Academic success
“I want to share graduate or professional opportunities”
Read more about Academic success
APS academic support, course and major pathways, peer support, academic discussion, and related academic opportunities.
Run by , our Vice president for student development.
Start here
Flagship pathways
Four ways into E@C: a weekly Bootcamp, field-focused Innovation Workshops, building with the R&D Team, and Engineering Week.
Innovation Workshops
Explore where a discipline meets technology and identify questions worth advancing.
See Innovation WorkshopsBuild with R&D
Research, design, code, prototype, fabricate, test, and learn alongside students across STEM.
Explore R&D TeamEach spring
Engineering Week
A week of E@C events. Organizations, labs, companies, and departments: host a booth and show students where your work meets technology.
Alumni and partners
- Majentics
- Buisson Creative
- Stanley Dentistry
- UNC - Dr. Lin Ma's Lab
- Partnership for Innovation (Georgia Tech), Georgia Council on American Indian Concerns and New South Associates
- Seaport Global
- Pioneer Academics
- OnTrend LLC
- Virginia Department of Historic Resources
- Bioplus China iGEM Team (Zhejiang University)
- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University
- TSWII
- Tough Stump Technologies
Coming up
Events
What is on next, Monday Bootcamp every week, and the events we've already held.
Every Monday · 18:00-19:30
Monday Bootcamp
Weekly tech office hours hosted by the R&D Team at the Murray BeAM Makerspace.
Read more about Monday Bootcamp
Bring an idea, project, question, or curiosity. You do not need BeAM certification to attend - if you are not certified, meet the team in the lobby outside the makerspace.
Next: Mon 19 Oct · tomorrow
Companies we've hosted
Recruiting events and workshops on campus with our members.
TeslaRecruiting event
WolfspeedRecruiting event
NVIDIAHosted on campus
Events we've held
Newest first - each one opens its own page.
Any major
What we do
Three things to be part of, whatever you study.
E-@Ccelerator
Companies started by Carolina students, with our members on the team.
Read more about the E-@Ccelerator
Bench space, a parts budget, design reviews and the introductions that are hard to get on your own - and we take nothing back. Intake is in September, and you do not need a company to apply, only a team that wants to keep going after the semester ends.
Monday Bootcamp and professional development
Every Monday the R&D Team hosts Bootcamp, tech office hours at the Murray BeAM Makerspace - bring an idea, project, question, or curiosity.
Read more about Monday Bootcamp and professional development
Alongside it, we bring companies to campus for recruiting events and workshops with our members - which is the reason to turn up in week one rather than week nine.
Philanthropy and Design for the Public Good
We go to a local middle school and host its science days for them.
Read more about Philanthropy and Design for the Public Good
Alongside them, Design for the Public Good brings public-good programming, service opportunities, human-centered design and ethical implementation, with nonprofit and community collaborations.
Run by , our Director of philanthropy.
Teams and programs
What each one does, who runs it and how to join - open a team to meet its people.
R&D Team
Research, design, code, prototype, fabricate, test and learn alongside students across STEM - engineering, applied math, biology, chemistry, computer science, data science, public health and related fields - as a project lead or a technical consultant. Bring what you know. Learn what you do not. Share what you discover.
Run by , our Vice president of R&D team.
Apply to 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)
Innovation Workshops
Explore how a discipline, research area, industry, or community intersects with technology: how each shapes the other, which research and industry challenges remain unresolved, and what tools, data, prototypes or partnerships could change the work. Our Archaeology x Tech workshop was one.
See Archaeology x TechInnovation Ambassadors
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.
Run by , our Director of ambassador program.
Apply as an Innovation Ambassador- 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
Stronger research, technical, academic and career pathways. Professional development: resume and interview preparation, recruiting events, site visits and technical up-skilling. Research: getting started, graduate and PhD pathways, publishing and research communication. Academic success: Applied Physical Sciences academic support, course and major pathways, and peer support. And philanthropy, with Design for the Public Good.
Run by , our Vice president for student development.
What’s coming up- Alexander YevchenkoVice president for student development
- Carly SandersonDirector of professional development
- Melissa RobertsDirector of research
- Avery DavisDirector of philanthropy
Consultancy Board
Advisers who mentor student teams, giving student ventures focused technical, strategic and network support.
The E-@CceleratorTake advantage of what is open.
Most events are free for UNC students. Active roles and dues-paying membership add additional routes and benefits.
One company this semester
E-@Ccelerator
Companies started by Carolina students, with our members on the team.
The program gives them bench space, a parts budget, design reviews and introductions - and takes nothing back. Intake is in September, and you do not need a company to apply, only a team that wants to keep going after the semester ends. One company is in the program this semester, which is the point: it is small on purpose and every team gets the room.
2026-27 cohort
GutEase
GutEase, founded by Muriki Pulakita Hasvi (Econ '29), is a wearable belt and patch that combines heat, vibration, and TENS stimulation to relieve digestive cramps, bloating, and related discomfort without medication.
Read more about GutEase
An AI layer reads a user's described symptoms and recommends the right mode automatically.
- Building now
- Moving from a working hardware prototype into user and clinical validation ahead of FDA review.
- Hardware
- An ESP32 microcontroller as the core control system, flexible carbon fiber heating elements, 5-6 ERM/LRA vibration motors, and dual TENS modules with 4 electrode contact points.
- Manufacturing
- Built in partnership with Aditya Scientific, an external hardware manufacturing partner.
The funding directory
Grants, investors and pitch competitions for student teams, curated by our people and checked against the source. It is a separate, login-gated application - nothing on this page reads from it and it holds no public data. Members sign in with their Carolina account.