Research

UNC Charlotte brought together leaders from government, industry, academia and the defense community on April 24, for the 2026 Invention of the Year Awards at the Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City. The event highlighted the University’s growing role in innovation, commercialization and technological impact. Speakers included John Squires, under secretary of commerce for […]

Charlotte Douglas International Airport and UNC Charlotte’s Aviation and Innovation Research Institute are partnering on a first‑of‑its‑kind national research project to better understand how airport runways perform. Led by Tara Cavalline, director of the Charlotte AIR Institute, the team is embedding high‑sensitivity sensors directly into a new runway currently being built between runways 2 and […]

UNC Charlotte has named Sukumar Kamalasadan, professor of electrical engineering, the recipient of the 2026 Charlotte Distinguished Research Award. Established in the late 1980s, this prestigious honor recognizes senior full‑time faculty members who demonstrate scholarly excellence at the highest level in their fields. Kamalasadan’s work not only advances academic understanding — it is actively shaping […]

As defense and security innovation activity continues to grow across its research enterprise, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has launched the National Defense and Intelligence Innovation Institute (NDI3), a new multidisciplinary institute focused on accelerating mission-driven research, technology transition and workforce development in support of the U.S. military and national security partners. NDI3 […]

Two UNC Charlotte researchers are recipients of new grants from NCInnovation for the promise of their pioneering work to be commercially viable and its potential to propel economic growth in North Carolina.  Babak Parkhideh, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, William States Lee College of Engineering, and Rosario Porras-Aguilar, associate professor of physics and […]

Nearly 100 undergraduate students recently took the stage at UNC Charlotte’s 2025 Honors Research Symposium, filling The Dubois Center at Center City with fresh ideas and discoveries. This annual event, hosted by the Honors College in partnership with the Office of Undergraduate Research, gave honors and OUR students a professional platform to present their work […]

At one of the largest Niner Research Reception gatherings to date — and the first since UNC Charlotte received designation as a Carnegie R1 University — faculty, staff and students celebrated a year of vibrant, multifaceted research and innovation led by researchers, collaborators and graduate and undergraduate students.  “It is truly inspiring to see such […]

Charlotte’s rapid growth has created persistent, strong demand for housing. While supply has started to catch up with demand, and income growth has helped, affordable housing has hovered out of reach for many in the region, according to the State of Housing in Charlotte 2025 report. “Rapid growth inevitably leads to persistent and strong demand […]

Charlotte Douglas International Airport and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on research, innovation and workforce development initiatives that will accelerate the future of aviation in the Charlotte region and beyond.  The partnership unites CLT’s operational expertise and UNC Charlotte’s research leadership to explore and […]

When Shen-en Chen learned about UNC Charlotte alumni who were living through the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, he felt a strong desire to help.