Rodward Hewlin

Bio

Dr. Rodward Hewlin, Jr is a graduate of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical (A&T) State University.  He earned his bachelor’s, Master’s, and doctoral degrees in the discipline of Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Biomedical Engineering during his doctoral studies.  He is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC-C), a research associate for the Center for Biomedical Engineering and Science (CBES), and an affiliate faculty member (graduate advisor) in the department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science.  During his tenure at UNC-C, he has developed a research program that focuses on topics related to computational and experimental fluid dynamics specifically in the areas of medical drug delivery and implant design, fluid flow instrumentation design and development, ferrofluids and magnetics, microfluidics for cell separation and sorting applications, and renewable energy topics.  His research has been funded by state funding institutions such as the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), North Carolina Renewable and Ocean Energy Program (NCROEP), North Carolina Space Grant (NCSG) through NASA, and he was awarded a federal National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award.

Dr. Hewlin has taught fluid mechanics, CAD modelling and simulation, junior design practicum, and special topics courses in the undergraduate program in addition to computational fluid dynamics for energy applications and energy generation and conversion courses in the Applied Energy and Electromechanical Engineering graduate program at UNC-C.  He was the first to teach and develop course content for the CFD graduate course in the Applied Energy and Electromechanical Engineering graduate program.  Prior to becoming a faculty member at UNC Charlotte, Dr. Hewlin served as the Department Chair of the Engineering, Physics and Astronomy department at Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC).  During his tenure at GTCC, Dr. Hewlin developed curriculum for the North Carolina Community College Engineering Transfer Program offered at GTCC as well at the North Carolina A&T State University and GTCC Engineering Transfer Program (developed by an articulation agreement).  He alse proposed an engineering transfer programming course for the engineering transfer program which was voted on and accepted by the community college system.  Dr. Hewlin was also the Secretary for the North Carolina Engineering Pathways Program.  Dr. Hewlin is also an active member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) and the Electrostatics Society of America.