{"id":168,"date":"2023-01-24T19:55:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T00:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/rtipton2\/?page_id=168"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:31:24","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/rtipton2\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Roger Tipton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Contact Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Department of Mechanical Engineering & Engineering Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28223<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Office: 218 Grigg Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lab: 3186 Epic Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: rtipton2@charlotte.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tel: (704) 687-0116<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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– PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Research Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science at UNC Charlotte. Director of the Performance Materials Laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before academia, Roger spent more than 25 years in industry<\/strong>, rising from a shopfloor manufacturing engineer to CEO. That foundation shapes every course he teaches and every research question his lab pursues: the distance between a good idea and a useful product matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He chairs the board of the Sustainable Seas Institute<\/strong>, the nonprofit that operates R\/V Dawn for Caribbean and polar ocean research in partnership with UNC Charlotte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research Associate Professor<\/strong> UNC Charlotte, Mech. Engineering<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chair of the Board<\/strong> Sustainable Seas Institute<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Board Member<\/strong> Polymer Center of Excellence<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Materials Research Fellow<\/strong>, Newell Brands<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n