PhD Candidate

Having recently moved to Charlotte from Puerto Rico with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Ivana is starting her first year as a Ph.D. student in our MEES department. She is joining BILDE to conduct research focused on Multifunctional Structural Battery Designs with a special interest in its applications in the field of Marine Energy. Education […]

Marwa is an Egyptian-Algerian mechanical engineering student at UNC Charlotte, pursuing her undergraduate degree and enrolled in the early entry Ph.D. Passionate about breaking barriers in STEM, she started her journey as a lab assistant at Central Piedmont Community College and is currently gaining industry experience as a Product Engineer Co-op at Genpak, focusing on […]

John is expanding upon his undergraduate research experiences in impact dynamics and mechanistic battery modeling by pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering within the BILDE research lab. With a specialty in FEA and Multiphysics modeling, he is working to further understand and optimize electric vehicle battery packs.  Education  Ph.D. student, University of North Carolina at […]