Research is conducted on a variety of levels; ranging from proprietary research for race teams to projects with the Department of Energy and undergraduate research. UNC Charlotte is well-suited to address the needs of the racing industry, with established procedures for nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements. Our strengths and research interests include areas such as:
Areas of Research
5 core faculty who research in the following topics:
- Alternative Propulsion Systems
- Aerodynamics and Fluids
- Dynamics and Stability
Over 20 Faculty that collaborate from 3 Colleges:
- Biology, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, Chemistry
- Currently 95 Undergraduates and 22 Graduates are in the Motorsports program
Motorsports Engineering has the capability to conduct research in the following areas:
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Advanced Coordinate Metrology
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Advanced Powertrain
- Alternative Fuels
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Advanced Fluid Mechanics
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Advanced Surface Metrology
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Bearing Design and Lubrication
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Computational Fluid Dynamics
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Computational Methods in Engineering
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Conduction Heat Transfer
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Convection Heat Transfer
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Deformation and Fracture of Materials
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Engineering Metrology
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Experimental Stress Analysis
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Finite Element Analysis and Applications
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Fundamentals of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow
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Mechanical Behavior of Materials
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Mechanical Design
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Mechanism Analysis
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Mechanism Synthesis
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Theory of Elasticity
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Tribology
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Vibrations of Continuous System