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Ph.D. Candidate Creates Documentary about Charlotte’s Hidden Valley Neighborhood
There is a new documentary detailing the story of one Charlotte neighborhood. It’s called “Charlotte’s Hidden Valley Neighborhood: The Lived Experience”. The Hidden Valley neighborhood is over by where I-85 hits West Sugar Creek Road. The documentary looks at how the neighborhood is today and how it started. Barbara Lash is behind the documentary. She […]
CAGIS Awarded Funding for NCDOT Proposal
A NCDOT proposal led by Dr. Wenwu Tang (Associate Professor, Executive Director of CAGIS) was selected for funding. Co-PIs are Drs. Wei Fan (Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering), Eric Delmelle (Associate Professor), and Shenen Chen (Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering). This project is entitled “Geo-FRIT: A web-based geospatial analytics tool for quantifying freight […]
Two Ges Faculty Among the Top 2% of the World’s Most Cited Researchers
Dr. Patricia Fall and Dr. Jean-Claude Thill are among the top 2% of the world’s most cited researchers, based on a recent Stanford Study. Read the full article here. https://inside.uncc.edu/news-features/2021-01-28/unc-charlotte-researchers-recognized-among-worlds-top-2?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=UNCC_News_February_17_2021
Visualizing the COVID-19 Pandemic through Data Science
Data remains crucial to understanding the impact and spread of COVID-19 around the globe. Jean-Claude Till, a Knight Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, and Rajib Paul, an associate professor in the Department of Public Health Science, discuss an effort by UNC Charlotte’s interdisciplinary School of Data Science to leverage data […]
Department Congratulates Fall 2020 Graduates
The department has made a short video congratulating the Fall 2020 graduates.
Paper authored by a 100% UNC Charlotte team shows new links between global warming and rock cracking
Wetter and warmer climates accelerate mechanical rock weathering, according to new research. Findings by Eppes et al. reveal new links between climate and the breakdown of rocks, which affects the global carbon cycle—the movement of carbon between the oceans, atmosphere, and crust over geologic timescales. Read the full article here. https://eos.org/research-spotlights/warmer-climates-speed-breakdown-of-rocks
UNCC professor works to translate climate research on rocks into art and understanding
In March, multimedia artist and UNC Charlotte associate professor Marek Ranis spent 12 days in eastern California in the remote reaches of the Sierra Nevadas, deep within the boulders. He was working alongside colleague and geologist Martha Cary “Missy” Eppes on the first leg of a research project examining how climate affects the cracking and […]
Masters Student Eric Webb contributes to Hurricane Iota discussion
The record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season finished with Hurricane Iota and Masters student Eric Webb contribution to that discussion was highlighted in a Forbes article by former American Meteorological Society president and University of Georgia professor Dr Marshall Shepherd. Congratulations to Eric for the contribution! You can check his Twitter feed at https://twitter.com/webberweather for all of […]
Graduate Student wins 1st place at the 2020 NCDOT Research and Innovation Summit
INES PhD student, Tarini Shukla, received 1st place in the 2020 NCDOT Research and Innovation Summit student poster competition. The poster reports part of the work from NCDOT DeepHyd project “A Deep Learning-based Artificial Intelligence Approach for the Automated Classificationof Hydraulic Structures from LiDAR and Sonar Data” Co-authors: Craig Allan, Wenwu Tang, Shenen Chen, John […]
2020 GSA Kirk Bryan Award Research Talk
Dr. Missy Eppes gives a research talk on behalf of herself and Dr. Keanini.