About

UNC Charlotte’s Center for Precision Metrology lab is central to education and research efforts in the areas of precision engineering and metrology. With a wide variety of high-end measurement instruments and a customized environment, engineering experts work to support American advanced manufacturing through research, workforce development and industry partnerships.

Industry Affiliates

Formal partnerships between CPM and external organizations, “Affiliate members,” are key to the metrology research advancements. CPM facilitates collaboration between Affiliate members and university researchers on projects that involve actual manufacturing challenges, developing solutions that are then shared among the members. The Center also engages in non-Affiliate research supported by the National Science Foundation, national laboratories and other government agencies.

These Affiliates also support our graduates, often hiring them for career positions within their organizations immediately after or even before graduation.  In recent years, our graduates have secured positions with NIST, Intel, Corning and more.

Current Industry Affiliates

Members of CPM’s Industry Affiliates meet semi-annually to review progress of the projects within the program. Student researchers present their work and have the opportunity to discuss the technical details individually with industry leaders. In addition, new projects are proposed by faculty who collaborate with the industrial members to identify key projects that address generic and specific concerns in manufacturing metrology. Those projects which receive sufficient support of the members are initiated in the next year. 

Benefits:

• Collaborate with the Center’s faculty, graduate researchers and other Affiliates
• Connect directly with a pipeline of skilled talent with metrology and precision engineering experience to fulfill your workforce demand
• Leverage priority access to the Center’s facilities and resources
• Keep abreast of new metrology research and standardization efforts, including instrument design, data processing, machine learning, and emerging standards for both tolerancing and metrology

Contact Dr. Ed Morse, Director, at emorse@charlotte.edu or (704) 687-8342 to learn more about how to become an Industry Affiliate.

Osborne Martin ’99, ’03, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Principal Engineer and Director, Intel

“Application of the theory is a differentiating aspect of the CPM. Those experiences in the lab are invaluable when solving real-world problems. They provide a fast filter that allows narrowing of the potential solution space to happen quickly.”