EPIC Staff

Biography Nataly Tapper joined the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center in 2023 to work with the William States Lee College of Engineering as the Interim Assistant Director in the Division of Research. She provides post award support for EPIC, as well as the Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology and Construction Management, and OSDS departments. Prior to […]

Biography Dr. Matthew Whelan is the EPIC Assistant Director of Research for Energy Infrastructure, and Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His areas of research expertise include full-scale experimental testing and performance monitoring of structures, structural health monitoring and condition assessment, sensing and instrumentation for structural and geostructural applications, response of […]

Biography Dr. Tiefu Zhao has been an Associate Professor since 2022, and Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte since 2016. From 2010 to 2016, he was with Eaton Corporation Research & Technology, Milwaukee, WI. He has extensive academic and industry R&D experience in […]