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Students and faculty were treated to an “electrifying” tour of the Albemarle King’s Mountain lithium mine, which will provide the raw materials for lithium batteries used in electric vehicles. The mine operated previously for 50 years, but closed in 1988 when cheaper lithium could be obtained from other sources. The increased demand for lithium, and the […]

Roger Riggin, an Infrastructure and Environmental Systems PhD student working with Dr. Davenport, was recently honored with an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the National Association of Geoscience Teachers. He was particularly commended for excellence in developing relationships with students in all of his courses. Congratulations, Roger!

On July 14, the Charlotte Heat Mappers and 60+ volunteers carried out a successful community science mapping campaign, gathering temperature and humidity data across 100 square miles of Charlotte’s urban heat island. The goal of the mapping effort, funded by a grant from NOAA, is to better understand disparities in the effects of urban heat across Charlotte communities and to identify specific […]

Students in both the REMUS REU and OUR programs will be presenting the research they have worked on with throughout the summer of 2024. Details: August 2nd, 9am-1pm, Popp Martin Student Union. The table below highlights all students from the EEGS department. Here is a link to the event and details of attending. Student Poster […]

Over the summer of 2024, Dr. Lin Li is doing fieldwork across the northern Tibetan Plateau. The target of this work is to carry out basin analysis work (measure sedimentary sections in different parts of the basin) and collect sandstone/carbonate samples in the Wenquan Basin within the East Kunlun Mountains. The purpose is to explore […]

Dr. Idziorek, research lead for the Charlotte Heat Mappers, was recently quoted in a New York Times article about the urgency of developing strategies for responding to more frequent and intense heat waves. “We should consider this the new normal,” said Katherine Idziorek, an assistant professor in geography and community planning at the University of North […]

Dr. Katherine Idziorek, Assistant Professor of Geography and Community Planning, was a panelist on the July 10 episode of Charlotte Talks on WFAE. Dr. Idziorek discussed extreme heat and the Charlotte Heat Mappers urban heat mapping campaign scheduled for Sunday, July 14. During the heat mapping event, more than 50 community science volunteers will gather temperature and humidity data […]

Dr. Providence Adu, a recent PhD in Geography graduate, received the 2024 Graduate Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award in the category of Social Sciences for his dissertation titled: Analyzing housing market dynamics and neighborhood change: A case study of Charlotte, North Carolina. Providence has also recently accepted a position as a Geographic Information Analyst III for Fairfax County, Virginia. […]

Dr. Monica Rasmussen, a May graduate of EEGS was awarded the 2024 Graduate Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award in the category of Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Engineering at UNC Charlotte. Dissertation title: The Influence of Time, Rock Properties, and Climate on Mechanical Weathering This dissertation presents a field, laboratory, and modeling analysis of rock cracking as […]

This summer, the Charlotte Heat Mappers, a coalition of community organizations, nonprofits and government entities led by Dr. Idziorek will oversee a community science campaign to map variations in urban heat across the city. The interdisciplinary research team also includes EEGS faculty Drs. Eastin, Zuñiga, and Shoemaker as well as GEOG MA students Joe Wiswell and […]