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With research adopted by the U.S. government and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Associate Professor Scott Wolter s proudest achievement was returning to his alma mater to develop the engineering program and teach the next generation of world-changing engineers.
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Scott Wolter jokingly brags that he was Elon’s first dual-degree engineering major.
“I graduated from Elon last century,” Wolter, the director of Elon’s dual-degree engineering program, tells students and parents. “I like to tell them that I beat them to the dual-degree, because I got one from Elon and one from N.C. State. It may have taken me a little longer, but I did it.”