Research at the College of Engineering comes to life through our centers and institutes. These dynamic, collaborative environments connect students with faculty and industry partners to work on meaningful, real-world problems.
Browse the centers and institutes below to discover areas of innovation and how you can be part of them.
Dr. Wei Fan, Director
wfan7@charlotte.edu
The Center for Advanced Multimodal Mobility Solutions and Education (CAMMSE) is a Tier 1 University Transportation Center and a consortium of five universities, led by UNC Charlotte. CAMMSE will address the FAST Act research priority area of “Improving Mobility of People and Goods” by focusing on developing advanced technology, methods and models for multimodal transportation (including highway, air, rail, freight, public transit, bicycle and pedestrian) as well as educating and developing an effective workforce.
Dr. Christine Richardson, Director
c.richardson@charlotte.edu
Bringing together an interdisciplinary collection of faculty, researchers, clinicians and practitioners, CBES provides an essential collaborative environment for solving biomedical issues. CBES is organized into four focus areas: Applied Cancer Technology and Therapeutics (ACT2), Medical Therapies and Technologies (MTT), Biomechanics and Mobility Research (BMR), and Molecular Engineering and Design (MED).
Thomas Suleski, Director
tsuleski@charlotte.edu
Kosta Falaggis, Associate Director
kfalaggis@charlotte.edu
A joint Industry-Government-University cooperative research center funded primarily through industry and government labs members, the Center for Freeform Optics (CeFO) advances research and education in the science, engineering, and applications of systems based on freeform optics through a dedicated, continuing industrial partnership based on shared value, and promotion of technical advantage leading to a competitive economic advantage for CeFO members.
Dr. Glenn Boreman, Director
gboreman@charlotte.edu
The technical focus for the Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications is in advancing the integration of optical and electronic functionality for next-generation photonic devices and systems. Research areas include: