EPIC Faculty/Staff
![Robert Cox](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/Rob-Cox-2-300x300.jpg)
![Jim Gafford](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/Jim-Gafford-300x300.jpg)
![David Biela](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/Biela_EPIC1.png)
![Ali Bonakdar](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/bonakdar-ali_EPIC.png)
Associate Professor of Design and Manufacturing
![Lori Brown](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/Brown_EPIC.jpg)
![Marion Cantor](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/Marion-Cantor.jpg)
![Valentina Cecchi](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/V.Cecchi_EPIC.jpg)
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director
![Youxing Chen](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/Youxing-Chen-cropped.png)
![Badrul Chowdhury](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/B.Chowdhury_EPIC.jpg)
Assistant Director – William States Lee College of Engineering Distinguished Scholar & Professor
![Abasifreke Ebong](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/A.Ebong_EPIC.jpg)
![Daniel Evans](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/D.Evans_EPIC.jpg)
![Benjamin Futrell](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/Headshot_2020-Benjamin-Futrell.jpg)
Research Engineer – Building Sciences
![John Hall](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/hall_john_EPIC1.png)
![Tao Hong](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2016/02/T.Hong_EPIC-300x300.jpg)
Duke Energy Distinguished Professor, NCEMC Faculty Fellow, Graduate and Research Director
EPIC
![Shannon Jenkins](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/Shannon-Jenkins.jpg)
Business Services Coordinator/CAPER Administrator
![Sukumar Kamalasadan](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/kamalasadan_sukumar_3-3-Lori-Brown.jpg)
![Timothy Kernicky](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2020/06/Kernicky_EPIC-1-300x300.png)
Assistant Research Professor for Structures
![Saffeer M. Khan](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/S.Khan_EPIC.jpg)
Professor of Practice and Flexible Energy Lab Manager
![Milind Khire](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/Khire_EPIC.jpg)
Assistant Director – Environment & Construction, Professor
![Andrew LeClair](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/Andrew-LeClair-sq.jpg)
Research Engineer – Electro-Mechanical Systems Design and Integration Specialist
![Surabhi Manjrekar](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2024/02/manjrekar_surabhi_4976c-300x300.jpg)
![Madhav Manjrekar](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/mmanjrekar_0.jpg)
Assistant Director for Corporate Engagement
![Robin Moose](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/plugins/uncc-people/blocks/directory/template-part/images/default-avatar.jpg)
![Youngjin Park](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/Y.Park_EPIC_0.jpg)
Assistant Director – Infrastructure, Interim HighBay Director
![Babak Parkhideh](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/B.Parkhideh_EPIC_0.jpg)
![Jamie Ruchser](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2024/01/ruchser-jamie_EPIC-300x300.png)
Economic and Workforce Development Associate – Affiliates Program Manager
EPIC 1237
![Nenad Sarunac](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/Nenad-Saurnac-2.png)
![Ehab Shoubaki](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/Ehad-Shoubaki-sq.jpg)
Lab Manager, Duke Energy Smart Grid Laboratory
![Nataly Tapper](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/Tapper_EPIC.png)
![Matthew Whelan](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2023/09/M.Whelan_EPIC.jpg)
EPIC Assistant Director of Research for Energy Infrastructure, and Associate Professor
![Tiefu Zhao](https://epic.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/789/2016/09/Tiefu_Zhao_cropped-300x300.jpg)
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering