Million Dollar Circle

The Million Dollar Circle recognizes researchers from across UNC Charlotte who lead initiatives with $1 million or more. Nearly one quarter of UNC Charlotte’s recognized researchers are PIs from the William States Lee College of Engineering.

PIs

Civil and Environmental Engineering

John Daniels (2024)
Wei Fan (2024)
Olya Keen (2024)
Brett Tempest (2024, 2025)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Farah Deeba (2024, 2025)
Fareena Saqib (2024)
Hamed Tabkhi (2024, 2025)

Energy Production and Infrastructure Center

Badrul Chowdhury (2024)
Robert Cox (2024, 2025)
Saffeer Khan (2025)

Engineering Technology and Construction Management

Aidan Browne (2024, 2025)
Tara Cavalline (2024)

Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Youxing Chen (2025)
Ed Morse (2024, 2025)
Brigid Mullany (2024)
Steven Schmid (2024, 2025)
Terry Xu (2025)
Qiang Zhu (2025)

Co-PIs

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Milind Khire (2025)
David Weggel (2024)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Badrul Chowdhury (2025)
Valentina Cecchi (2024)
Arun Ravindran (2024, 2025)
Ehab Shoubaki (2025)

Energy Production and Infrastructure Center

Lori Brown (2025)
Benjamin Futrell (2024, 2025)
Sukumar Kamalasadan (2024)
Timothy Kernicky (2025)
Saffeer Khan (2024)
Robin Moose (2025)

Engineering Technology and Construction Management

Michael Smith (2024, 2025)
Weimin Wang (2024, 2025)
Wesley Williams (2024, 2025)

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Tao Hong (2025)

Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Jim Fox (2025)
Jimmie Miller (2024, 2025)
Brigid Mullany (2025)
Tyler Stover (2025)
Mesbah Uddin (2025)

W.S. Lee College of Engineering

Cathy Blat (2025)
Stephanie Galloway (2024, 2025)
Sherman Mumford (2025)