Research

UNC Charlotte researchers have received two of 43 awards from the inaugural round of grants from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Convergence Accelerator pilot. The new NSF initiative supports multidisciplinary research teams and lays the groundwork for public-private partnerships with Fortune 500 companies to apply Big Data to science and engineering, and create technologies that enhance the lives of American workers.  

The economy of the United States and North Carolina, as of July 2019, is now experiencing the longest economic expansion since 1854. While at a modest rate, the national and state economies do continue to grow, and this consistent, decade-long expansion is significant, UNC Charlotte professor and economist John Connaughton said.

Identifying students who would benefit from academically gifted services is the subject of a recent study by a team of education scholars, including Cato College of Education professor Michael Matthews.

Ann Mabe Newman ’78 dedicated much of her 34-year teaching career to nursing research. Now in retirement, her devotion to that effort and to the School of Nursing continues through a $25,000 gift established in her name.The Ann Mabe Newman Research Support Fund will help faculty members write grants. It is a significant step in support of a long-term goal to establish a Ph.D. program in nursing.During her 30 years as an associate professor, Newman participated in grant writing and knows the difficulties involved.

A new program designed to identify solutions for some of the pressing needs and issues facing the greater Charlotte region is getting underway this fall at the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute. For the first time, the Institute has named a cohort of Faculty Fellows to conduct research projects and work alongside local stakeholders to understand and share findings that can guide community decision-making.

Researchers digging at UNC Charlotte’s ongoing archaeological excavation on Mount Zion in Jerusalem have announced a second significant discovery from the 2019 season–clear evidence of the Babylonian conquest of the city from 587/586 BCE.

The latest issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal (NCMJ) focuses on how technology and big data can impact health care in North Carolina. The issue was co-edited by Michael Thompson, associate chair of the UNC Charlotte Department of Public Health Sciences, and Michael Dulin, director of the Academy for Population Health Innovation.

The UNC Charlotte-led archaeological dig on Jerusalem’s Mount Zion has been going on for over a decade, and through stratigraphic evidence, the archaeologists have been able to confirm the 11th century date of the 17-meter-wide by 4-meter-deep ditch, which abutted the Fatimid city wall (built in the same place as the current wall near the current Zion Gate).

When Jackson Poulnott, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering technology, learned that young girls with limb differences wanted prosthetic hands with removable fingernails so they can change their nail color, he set out to make that happen. He is one of more than 100 undergraduate students who will present their research Friday, July 26, at UNC Charlotte’s Summer Research Symposium.

A student team from UNC Charlotte’s William States Lee College of Engineering won the 2019 American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) National Student Innovation Contest recently held near Washington, D.C.

Civil engineering students Michael Murray, Bryan Moreno and Nathan Lindholm swept the competition, taking first place in the Entrepreneur Category, winning the Audience Award and being named the top team overall.