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With the goal of developing laboratory research into clinical applications, two UNC Charlotte researchers formed HepatoSys Inc. in 2005. The spin-off company was started by Dr. Charles Lee of Mechanical Engineering and Dr. Mark Clemens of Biology.

“By using biomedical materials we can take drugs directly to the area needed, without impacting the rest of the body,” Dr. El-Ghannam said. “It is a way to deliver specific drug concentrations to a specific area for a specific period of time to cause healing.” The drug will not go to the blood and therefore […]

Q. What does your company do? A. Commscope designs and produces telecommunications infrastructure equipment for wireless, CATV and enterprise networks. CommScope is a global company that does business in over 100 countries. Q. What academic degrees do you hold? A. Bachelors of Chemical Engineering, Georgia Tech, 1982; M.B.A., Georgia State University, 1989 Q. What is […]

Q. What does your company do? A. Johnson Controls provides equipment and services that make buildings more comfortable, productive, safe, and efficient. We manufacture and install HVAC systems, Security and Life Safety systems, and Low Voltage Technologies for all types of buildings. Q. What academic degrees do you hold? A. UNC Charlotte, 1979, B.S. in […]

Q. What does your company do? A. We do contract manufacturing, mostly for electronic assemblies. Q. What academic degrees do you hold? A. B.S. in Industrial Engineering, La Salle University, 1974 Q. What is the purpose of the board? A. We are the finger on the pulse of industry that gives the Dean the information […]

Q. What does your company do? A. We are the Local Business Partner for Emerson Process Management of St. Louis. We provide process equipment, software and engineering services to industry in the Carolinas. Q. What academic degrees do you hold? A. – 1981, B.S.B.A. from UNC CharlotteH – Post Graduate Study at N.C. State in […]

Q. What does your company do? A. Perigon is a full service engineering firm with mechanical, electrical, civil/ structural, chemical , and automation engineers on staff. We design manufacturing / chemical / and energy projects. Q. What academic degrees do you hold, from what institutions, and when did you graduate? A. I hold a Bachelor […]

Q. What does your company do? A. The company designs, develops, manufactures, and markets three-dimensional (3-D) printing, rapid manufacturing, and prototyping systems and materials that enable three-dimensional objects to be produced directly from computer data. Our customers use its systems to produce physical objects from digital data using computer-aided design (CAD) software, or other digital-media […]

Q. What does your company do? A. Ingersoll Rand is a global diversified industrial company representing: Air Compressors, Club Car, Hussman, Trane, and Schlage Security. Q. What academic degrees do you hold? A. B.A. in Business Administration, 1977, and BET Mechanical Engineering Technology, 1982, both from UNC Charlotte. Q. What is the purpose of the […]