Research

With a wall of fans six-stories high creating winds in a huge, one-of-a-kind laboratory, researchers from UNC Charlotte’s Fire Safety Engineering Technology program and the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) are burning building materials and wildland vegetation to study wind-driven wildfire embers. These large-scale tests are part of three-year study to understand, and in the long run mitigate, the risks involved when embers from wildfires spread.

Two on-campus entities have partnered to use grant money to improve student experiences and outcomes across North Carolina.

Two on-campus entities have partnered to use grant money to improve student experiences and outcomes across North Carolina.

Ruth Burnett, associate director for the Office of Technology Transfer, is retiring from the University after 18 years of service.

A retirement reception is scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 19, in the atrium of the PORTAL Building. Light refreshments will be served.

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In urban environments such as Charlotte, multiple options are needed to move people and goods. To do so with maximum efficiency that relieves congestion and improves the quality of life for city dwellers will require innovative research, which is the aim of the Center for Advanced Multimodal Mobility Solutions and Education (CAMMSE) at UNC Charlotte.

A six-member team of Lee College of Engineering students recently took first place in the fall semester Senior Design Expo for its completed work on the “Ingersoll Rand Pneumatic Pump Energy Harvesting Unit.” During the expo, 30 teams presented their finished two-semester projects, and 50 teams presented their first-semester design concept posters.

The economy is continuing to grow, albeit slowly. Post-election and throughout 2017, the economic forecast pattern will continue, said UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton Dec. 7 during the Barings/UNC Charlotte Economic Forecast.

A study co-authored by a Cato College of Education professor has found the social and physical surroundings of a school, and the way students perceive them, help inform student behavior.

Charlotte and Mecklenburg County will soon have a better understanding of the needs of older adults in the area following “Meck50+,” a study led by UNC Charlotte and funded by the Southminster continuing care retirement community.

UNC General Administration has awarded grants totaling $1.7 million to support faculty research in areas of strategic importance to the state.

The largest of these UNC Research Opportunities Initiative grants will support the project “Advancing the Science and Practice of Metal-based Additive Manufacturing,” led by Christopher Evans, professor of mechanical engineering and engineering science and director of the Center for Precision Metrology. This project received $1,628,880 in funding.