University of North Carolina at Charlotte

PROBE: Benchmarking code generation in large language models

Abstract Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly being used in everyday software engineering tasks, particularly in automated code generation. Despite their widespread adoption, these models remain far from perfect, making systematic and fair evaluation essential to underst...

Enrolling middle school staff in the CSTOP Now! cRCT to prevent child sex trafficking: preliminary effectiveness of recruitment strategies

Child sex trafficking (CST) has significant, long-term health consequences for children and their families. Given higher risk of CST for middle school-aged children, the significant time spent by students in schools under staff supervision, and the opportunity to provide CST prev...

Material Characterization of Lignin‐Filled Polypropylene Composites

ABSTRACT Lignin, an environmentally friendly byproduct from pulping and biorefinery processes, was incorporated into polypropylene (PP) as ground and spray‐dried powders. The effects of lignin morphology, particle size, and loading on the mechanical, rheological, viscoelastic, an...

Examining teachers’ enactments of a cognitively-demanding mathematics task in fourth grade classrooms

Scholars studying mathematics teaching and learning agree that students need to be effective at solving problems, yet there is a lack of consensus about how to best prepare students to be successful. This exploratory study examined how three different fourth grade teachers’ enact...

Machine learning in laser powder bed fusion: a data-centric review of structural prediction and process optimization

Abstract Significant advances have been made in the field of Additive Manufacturing (AM) across various manufacturing processes. Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) is one of the most widely adopted metal AM processes in the industry, which employs energy sources such as lasers to mel...