Facilities for Infrastructure and Environmental Systems PhD Program

   The interdisciplinary Infrastructure and Environmental Systems PhD program is housed in two departments and has access to the laboratories and equipment in both the Department of Civil Engineering and the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences. In addition there are closely allied research institutes (Global Institute for Energy and Environmental Systems and the Center for Transportation Policy Studies) that provide support to the INES program. The facilities of each of the departments and institutes are described below.

Department of Civil Engineering

(Coming Soon)

Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

   The Department of Geography and Earth Sciences is housed in modern facilities in McEniry and Kennedy buildings. Analytical facilities include petrology and geochemical laboratories. The petrology laboratories feature precision thin-section machinery, high-quality petrographic microscopes linked with photomicrographic and image analysis systems, a cathodeluminescence system and rapid sediment analyzers. The geochemical laboratories contain a variety of analytical equipment including a plasma emission spectrometer, IC, XRD, XRF and ICP-MS. There is a meteorology data acquisition system (McIDAS) that provides real time meteorological data via links to weather satellites. Hydrologic studies are supported by a wide array of meteorological and water quality sensors controlled and monitored through Campbell Scientific data logging systems.  Total stations, theodolites, an automated cesium proton magnetometer, a 12-channel engineering seismometer, a resistivity unit and a ground penetrating radar system are available for field surveys. Fieldwork is facilitated by the Department’s vans and extensive field gear.

   Computing resources include networked Apple Macintosh G4 and PC microcomputers, file servers and multiple format printers, including large-format HP color plotters. A separate Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote-sensing laboratory houses fileservers, Unix and NT workstations, digitizers, and large format color plotters.  Arc/Info, Erdas and GeoStorm software packages run on the workstations and are used to support classes in GIS, remote sensing, hydrology, image processing, and spatial-decision support systems.  The department also maintains a large collection of geographically referenced data for use by students and staff in the laboratory.  These data sets include satellite imagery, United States Geological Survey map data, and United States Census Bureau files as well as locally developed data sets.  Current NOAA weather data is continuously monitored and archived in the Department weather analysis laboratory.   

Global Institute for Energy and Environmental Systems

   The Global Institute for Energy and Environmental Systems (GIEES) facilitates and supports various courses offered by the INES program. GIEES is located at Cameron Applied Research Centre in UNC Charlotte. The Institute is organized to enhance the capacity of UNC Charlotte to provide opportunities for faculty, staff and students to collaborate across disciplines to implement research and allied professional activities on critical energy and environmental issues. There are numerous research labs supported by the institute which include Geotexture and Mineralogy Lab, Geosystems Research Lab, Bioenvironmental Research Lab, Hydrological Modeling Research Lab, Physico- Chemical Research Lab, Lighting and Building Energy Technology  Lab and Water Quality Experimentation Lab.

Center for Transportation Policy Studies

  The Center for Transportation Policy Studies, headed by Dr. Edd Hauser, is an organization dedicated to the research and study of transportation issues and transportation related policy.  Located in the Colvard Building on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the center serves as an invaluable resource for transportation policy-makers in North Carolina and elsewhere. The center conducts research and policy analyses that result in efficient and cost effective investments and sound decisions for developing and maintaining multimodal transportation systems and services. To reach the Center, contact Edd Hauser by phone at 704-687-3997 or by email at ehauser@uncc.edu

---

INES Home

Faculty   Ph.D Program    Admissions    Program Concentrations    Degree Requirements 

UNCCharlotte

 

University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Ph.D Program in Infrastructure and    Enviromental Systems
 9201 University City Blvd
 Charlotte, NC 28223
 Phone: (704) 687-2293 or 3688
 Fax: (704) 687-3182 or 3953
 Email:dyoung@uncc.edu
             or
   jadiemer@uncc.edu