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Meet WCU’s College of Engineering and Technology

March 2, 2023 • 
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Engineering professor Vlado Slavov works with students at college

Vladislav “Vlado” Slavov worked with electrical engineering students while also conducting research on artificial intelligence during his guest professorship.

Photo by Ashley T. Evans/Western Carolina University

Have a passion for engineering, technology, or construction management? Western Carolina University’s College of Engineering and Technology is known for its innovative undergraduate + graduate level programs that train students in emerging technologies and their everyday-life applications.

Demonstrating the collaborative spirit of what it means to Live Western, WCU welcomed its second Fulbright Visiting Scholar when CET hosted Vlado Slavov from the Technical University of Sofia in Bulgaria last semester.

Ready to blaze your own trail in engineering and technology?*

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