Research

On Oct. 28, UNC Charlotte recognized members of the faculty and staff for their new and ongoing achievements in research at the 2021 Niner Research Reception.

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For over a decade, researchers and students in UNC Charlotte’s Center for Metamaterials have studied and created materials that can bend, absorb, transmit and otherwise manipulate light and sound waves that pass through them.

Research by a team of scientists led by faculty at Yale School of Public Health and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte shows that strong protection following natural infection is short-lived.

UNC Charlotte has entered a five-year agreement with the National Security Agency (NSA) to share knowledge and expand United States government research in key areas: Internet of Things, national cybersecurity and the emerging field of security science.

At UNC Charlotte, the Office of Undergraduate Research Summer Research Scholar Program matches more than 100 qualified rising sophomores, juniors and seniors annually with paid summer research opportunities led by faculty researchers from disciplines across the University.

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) has named UNC Charlotte among its 2021 winners of its Excellence and Innovation Awards in recognition of the University’s response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

A patent-pending microalgae window system developed in the College of Arts + Architecture’s Integrated Design Research Lab (IDRL) has won a 2021 R+D Award from Architect Magazine.

From easing congested weekday commutes by optimizing traffic light signals to increasing health in impacted communities by creating greenways, transportation engineers improve individual lives and communities every day. To learn more about the field that addresses these issues in Charlotte and cities across the country and globe, North Carolina middle school and high school students come to UNC Charlotte for a week of hands-on learning on campus as well as field trips to transportation museums and Charlotte-Douglas International Airport. 

A research project to develop high-performance regenerative windows integrated with climate responsive solar cells will move to a new phase of development thanks to a $250,000 Partnerships for Innovation – Technology Translation (PFI-TT) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).