{"id":163,"date":"2011-10-11T12:27:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T16:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/stusmith\/?page_id=163"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:00:29","slug":"jacob-chesna","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/stusmith\/people\/jacob-chesna\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacob W. Chesna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial black,avant garde\">Current status:<\/span><br>\nResearcher in the Center for Precision Metrology (CMP) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Currently exploring new machinery and instrumentation technologies for advanced micro-manufacturing, metrology, and micro-assembly.&nbsp; To date this research has brought many technical presentations, publications, and proposed patents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial black,avant garde\">Immediate future goals:<\/span><br>\nHone necessary technical skills to succeed as an engineering consultant, while developing the soft business skills necessary for growth and sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial black,avant garde\">Professional affiliations:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>*International Precision Engineering, Inc. &#8211; Precision Engineering Contracting and Consulting &#8211; <a title=\"IPEngineering.us\" href=\"http:\/\/ipengineering.us\">IPEngineering.us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>*CPM Industry Affiliates, a consortium of industry affiliates sharing challenges and project ideas in a university setting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> *University level chapter\u00a0adviser\u00a0of Tau Beta Pi, Engineering honor society.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> *University level event\u00a0treasurer\u00a0for the American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/stusmith\/files\/2011\/10\/ChesnaLab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/stusmith\/files\/2011\/10\/ChesnaLab-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Jacob W. Chesna\" class=\"wp-image-175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/stusmith\/files\/2011\/10\/ChesnaLab-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/stusmith\/files\/2011\/10\/ChesnaLab-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current status: Researcher in the Center for Precision Metrology (CMP) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Currently exploring new machinery and instrumentation technologies for advanced micro-manufacturing, metrology, and micro-assembly.&nbsp; To date this research has brought many technical presentations, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/stusmith\/people\/jacob-chesna\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":183,"parent":72,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-163","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/stusmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/stusmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/stusmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/stusmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/stusmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/stusmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":895,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/stusmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/163\/revisions\/895"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/stusmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/stusmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/stusmith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}