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EPIC Faculty/Staff
Mike Mazzola
Executive Director
Mike Mazzola
EPIC 1222
704-687-7851
mmazzola@uncc.edu
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Robert Cox
Associate Director
Robert Cox
EPIC 1224
704-687-8402
robert.cox@uncc.edu
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Jim Gafford
Assistant Director - Special Projects
Jim Gafford
EPIC 1220
704-687-1627
jgafford@uncc.edu
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David Biela
Operations and Technical Lab Associate
David Biela
EPIC 1422
704-687-1228
dbiela@charlotte.edu
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Ali Bonakdar
Associate Professor of Design and Manufacturing
Ali Bonakdar
Duke 231
ali.bonakdar@charlotte.edu
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Lori Brown
Research Business Officer, CRA
Lori Brown
EPIC 1227
704-687-0568
LoriBrown@uncc.edu
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Marion Cantor
Executive Assistant
Marion Cantor
EPIC 1218
704-687-1669
mjcantor@uncc.edu
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Valentina Cecchi
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director
Valentina Cecchi
EPIC 2248
704-687-8730
vcecchi@uncc.edu
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Youxing Chen
Assistant Professor
Youxing Chen
Duke 103
704-687-1985
ychen103@uncc.edu
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Badrul Chowdhury
Assistant Director - Strategic Development & Faculty Liaison, Professor
Badrul Chowdhury
EPIC 1662
704-687-1960
b.chowdhury@uncc.edu
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Abasifreke Ebong
Professor
Abasifreke Ebong
EPIC 1169
704-687-0307
aebong1@uncc.edu
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Balu Elias George
Post Doctoral Fellow
Balu Elias George
EPIC 1168
704-687-1646
bgeorg12@uncc.edu
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Daniel Evans
Research Engineer
Daniel Evans
EPIC 1247
704-687-7693
dwevans@uncc.edu
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Benjamin Futrell
Research Engineer - Building Sciences
Benjamin Futrell
EPIC 1235
704-687-1933
benjamin.futrell@uncc.edu
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John Hall
Assistant Professor
John Hall
EPIC 1248
john.hall@charlotte.edu
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Tao Hong
Professor, NCEMC Faculty Fellow, Graduate and Research Director
Tao Hong
Cameron 243
704-687-1957
tao.hong@uncc.edu
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Shannon Jenkins
Business Services Coordinator/CAPER Administrator
Shannon Jenkins
EPIC 1228
704-687-5287
shannon.jenkins@uncc.edu
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Sukumar Kamalasadan
Duke Distinguished Professor
Sukumar Kamalasadan
EPIC 1171
704-687-7099
skamalas@uncc.edu
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Carolyn Keith
Assistant Director for Economic and Workforce Development
Carolyn Keith
EPIC 1238
704-687-8287
ckeith11@charlotte.edu
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Timothy Kernicky
Assistant Research Professor for Structures
Timothy Kernicky
EPIC 2424
704-687-8849
T.Kernicky@uncc.edu
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Saffeer M. Khan
Professor of Practice and Flexible Energy Lab Manager
Saffeer M. Khan
EPIC G226
704-687-5339
mkhan8@uncc.edu
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Milind Khire
Assistant Director - Environment & Construction, Professor
Milind Khire
EPIC 3260
704-687-0069
mkhire@uncc.edu
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Andrew LeClair
Research Engineer - Electro-Mechanical Systems Design and Integration Specialist
Andrew LeClair
EPIC 1166
704-687-5949
andrew.leclair@uncc.edu
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Madhav Manjrekar
Assistant Director for Corporate Engagement
Madhav Manjrekar
EPIC 2163
704-687-1003
Madhav.Manjrekar@uncc.edu
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Robin Moose
Business Officer
Robin Moose
EPIC 1221
704-687-1813
rmoose2@uncc.edu
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Youngjin Park
Assistant Director - Infrastructure, Interim HighBay Director
Youngjin Park
EPIC 2424
704-687-1232
y.park@uncc.edu
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Babak Parkhideh
Associate Professor
Babak Parkhideh
EPIC 1167
704-687-1959
bparkhid@uncc.edu
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Nenad Sarunac
Research Professor
Nenad Sarunac
Duke 361
704-687-1089
nsarunac@uncc.edu
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Ehab Shoubaki
Lab Manager, Duke Energy Smart Grid Laboratory
Ehab Shoubaki
EPIC 1165
704-687-0073
eshoubak@uncc.edu
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Nataly Tapper
Senior Award Management Specialist
Nataly Tapper
Duke 328
704-687-5455
ntapper2@charlotte.edu
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Miao Wang
Research Engineer - Energy Storage Systems and AI
Miao Wang
EPIC 1165
miao.wang@charlotte.edu
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Matthew Whelan
Associate Professor
Matthew Whelan
EPIC 3326
704-687-1239
mwhelan3@uncc.edu
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Tiefu Zhao
Associate Professor
Tiefu Zhao
EPIC 1160
704-687-0939
tiefu.zhao@uncc.edu
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