Research

Seeing Through Walls

An article from the summer 2010 issue of Exchange magazine UNC Charlotte professor Michael Klibanov uses mathematics to see through walls. An oversimplification of the process? Perhaps, but the end result is one that has piqued the interest of the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO). They hope to use Klibanov’s work to detect and identify […]

Chemistry Students’ Video Brings National Attention to UNC Charlotte Nano Program

A group of UNC Charlotte chemistry graduate students, armed with nothing but a video camera and a catchy tune, submitted a video called “NanoGirls” to the American Chemical Society (ACS) for their second annual “nano video” contest. Organized as an outgrowth of ACS’ scientific publishing in the area of nanoscale science, the contest seeks creative […]

Ecology Study Discovers City is an “Uber-Forest” for Big Barred Owls

It may be news to its bankers, but Charlotte, the biggest city in North Carolina and a major center of the American financial industry, is actually an old growth forest. At least that’s the way the barred owls see it. Charlotte is famous for having two kinds of green. It is home to two of […]