Research

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.

Fortune 500 company Sealed Air Corporation recently opened its research and design lab inside UNC Charlotte’s PORTAL Building to provide a look at the future of packaging.

Sealed Air is awaiting completion of its new headquarters in south Charlotte; until then, the company set up a temporary Innovation Lab on the first floor of PORTAL. The company’s R&D employees are focused on applications engineering and new developments for Instapak and Korrvu, two new Sealed Air packaging products.

Vocabulary is a major stumbling block for many adolescents with learning disabilities who are trying to learn to read, but a UNC Charlotte researcher is developing ways to make it easier for these students to learn and retain key words.

The Center for Professional and Applied Ethics is cosponsoring “The Evolution of Careers in Clinical Research: How Do You Fit in as a Clinical Research Professional?” on Friday, Oct. 28, in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center Salons.

Public understanding of the counseling profession lacks clarity in places, but many perceptions also are encouraging, according to new research co-authored by UNC Charlotte counseling scholars.

Bailey MacLeod, an adjunct professor in the College of Education, and counseling doctoral students Jim McMullen and Emily Teague-Palmieri, in conjunction with a colleague from the Wake Forest School of Medicine, recently released the new study, which canvassed 300 participants in hopes of better understanding what the public knows about professional counselors.

UNC Charlotte public health sciences professor Jessamyn Bowling recently participated in a community briefing on bisexuality. Held by the White House Office of Public Engagement to honor and recognize the contributions and experiences of the U.S. bisexual community, the briefing was part of a series of events connected to Bisexuality Awareness Week.