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The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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The program in precision engineering at UNC Charlotte started in the late eighties with a couple of faculty in the dept. of mechanical engineering and a few masters students. Today, the program encompasses over 15 faculty, 30 PhD students and 15 Masters students from several dept, world class facilities such as a temperature controlled metrology lab and high speed machining centers.

The students in our group have always been affiliated with the ASPE. Many have also been part of the student chapters of the ASME and the SME. While, other professional organizations have covered aspects of precision engineering, always as a sideline to their principal goals. ASPE is based on the core of generic concepts necessary to achieve precision in any application; and to represent all facets from research to application. As we most closely identified ourselves with the ASPE and with our growing numbers, we decided in the spring of 1997 to start our own student chapter. Under the leadership of Dr. Robert Hocken, we chartered our chapter in the fall of 1997, with Dr. Jim Salsbury (now at Mitotoyo) as the advisor and Dr. P. Doug Knight (now at Digital Optics) as the first president.

Our student chapter is the first and only student chapter of the ASPE. As such, we have established an environment in which we can exchange ideas and learn from one another as we pursue our individual research interests. Our membership largely comprises graduate students, most of whom work under the aegis of the UNC-Charlotte Center for Precision Metrology. The world-class resources at our disposal, both in the Cameron Applied Research Center engineering facilities and the intellectual breadth of our faculty, enable us to hold a distinct advantage when we enter the workforce.

Through our chapter of ASPE, we have endeavored to develop the technical and professional skills of our student members through seminar series, visiting speakers, workshops, and visits to local industries, to name a few. We also hope to serve the interests of the global engineering community as well; to that end, we are currently compiling an online reference library of works related to the field of precision engineering.

Student Chapter of the ASPE
Center for Precision Metrology
9201 University City Blvd.
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223
email: ymaksymi@uncc.edu