Performance Materials Lab

Performance Materials Lab

The William States Lee College of Engineering

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory Visits UNC Charlotte: Dr. Cait Clarkson Brings the Future of Sustainable Manufacturing to Our Department

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Dr. Cait Clarkson

The UNC Charlotte Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science welcomed Dr. Caitlyn Clarkson from Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility today for a Spring 2026 seminar that gave our faculty and students a front-row seat to some genuinely exciting applied materials science. Dr. Clarkson’s talk, “Large Scale Additive Manufacturing of Biobased and Biodegradable … Read more

From the Caribbean to the Lab: PML Begins Analysis on New Atlantic Samples

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Offshore of Guadalupe aboard Dawn

The Performance Materials Lab (PML) at UNC Charlotte is excited to announce the next phase of our ongoing research into coastal water health. Our partners at the Sustainable Seas Institute (SSI) have successfully returned from their ten-day expedition through the Lesser Antilles, delivering a critical new dataset directly to our shoreside facilities. A Collaborative Success … Read more

Visit to MIT and Harvard

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Harvard Materials Science and Engineering

Wrapped up my time in Boston after the fantastic AIChE conference with a couple of truly inspiring visits to two of the world’s leading academic powerhouses! First stop was MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The energy of innovation there is palpable—from new structural materials and quantum computing applications to advanced biomaterials and sustainable … Read more

Ocean Science Meets the Arctic: UNC Charlotte’s Performance Materials Lab Brings Real-Time Research to Hough High School

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Tipton Arctic Research

What does it look like when a high school science class connects live with researchers working at the top of the world? On September 24, students in Craig Arkfeld’s Environmental Science class at Hough High School in Cornelius, North Carolina, found out firsthand. Dr. Roger Tipton, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Performance … Read more

A History of Innovation: Dr. Tipton’s Visit to NC State’s Textile Engineering Department

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NC State Textile Center

North Carolina is woven with a rich history of textile manufacturing, a legacy of innovation and craftsmanship that continues to shape our state. It was a pleasure to visit the NC State College of Textiles, a leading institution that is carrying this tradition forward into the 21st century. His visit was a fantastic opportunity to … Read more

Collaborating for Cleaner Waters: Dr. Tipton Meets with URI’s Dr. Lohmann

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URI Oceanography

We’re thrilled to share news from Dr. Roger Tipton’s lab at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte! Dr. Tipton recently had a productive meeting with Dr. Rainer Lohmann, a distinguished expert in environmental chemistry at the University of Rhode Island (URI). This meeting wasn’t just a friendly chat; it was a crucial step in … Read more

NASA Funded Research: Advancing Data Transmission with Polymer Optical Waveguides Leads to Patent for Dr. Tipton

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DPAM Patent

We are thrilled to announce a significant milestone achieved by the collaborative efforts of researchers from the University of South Florida, Oregon State University, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has officially granted U.S. Patent 12,050,343 for a groundbreaking invention in the field … Read more

Dr. Roger Tipton visits Wake Forest University to Discuss Collaboration

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Wake Forest

Fostering Innovation and Cross-Disciplinary Synergy Recently, Dr. Roger Tipton visited and meet with two distinguished faculty members, Chair Michael Gross to discuss opportunities for collaboration between research groups. Wake Forest University, nestled in the picturesque town of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has long been a hub for academic excellence and groundbreaking research. The discussion was rich … Read more

A Meeting of Minds: Dr. Roger Tipton Visits Dr. Ravinder Dahiya at Northeastern University

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Northeastern

In the world of engineering and innovation, collaborations often lead to groundbreaking advancements. Such was the case when Dr. Roger Tipton, a renowned figure in the field of mechanical engineering and engineering science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte1, visited Dr. Ravinder Dahiya, a distinguished professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Northeastern … Read more

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