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Research at North Carolina A&TSponsored Funding and Research

Annual Report FY 2012


FY 2012 research highlightsAccomplishments, milestones, recognition NSF Engineering Research Center for Revolutionizing Metallic

Biomaterials receives additional three years, $12 million» “About 20 percent of funded ERCs begin to wind down at this point because

they’re not meeting goals, [Leon Esterowitz, NSF program director] said, but the project in Greensboro is going extremely well.” The Business Journal, August 19, 2011.

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FY 2012 research highlightsAccomplishments, milestones, recognition ARO awards $3.5 million for nanoengineering research

» Three A&T nanoengineering professors at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering received research grants totaling $3.5 million. A&T news release, January 6,2012

N.C. A&T leads UNC system in STEM growth» The number of N.C. A&T students graduating in the STEM disciplines is

accelerating at almost twice the rate of the UNC system as a whole. The Business Journal, June 22, 2012.

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Sponsored funding overview Sponsored funding totaled $51.3 million in FY 2011

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FY 2012 Sponsored FundingBy colleges and schools

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Unit TotalSchool of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences $20,408,199.99College of Engineering $11,830,442.50Division of Academic Affairs $11,058,081.00College of Arts and Sciences $3,762,119.00Division of Student Affairs $1,264,455.00School of Education $1,050,178.14School of Business and Economics $834,867.00Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering $706,848.00School of Technology $315,685.08Division of Information Technology $51,671.00Division of Research and Economic Development $50,000.00School of Nursing $15,000.00Division of Business and Finance $10,000.00Total $51,357,546.71


FY 2012 Sponsored FundingBy colleges and schools

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Concentration: 92% of funding went to four units.

• School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

• Division of Academic Affairs

• School of Engineering• College of Arts & Sciences

Growth potential: Five academic units each accounted for 2% or less of total.

• Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering

• School of Business and Economics

• Education• School of Technology

•School of Nursing


FY 2012 Sponsored FundingBy types of funders

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SPONSOR AWARD AMOUNTDepartment of Agriculture $19,191,377.00 Department of Education $11,186,210.00 National Science Foundation $7,994,660.00 Educational and Research Institutions $4,566,667.30Department of Defense $2,562,148.00 All other federal agencies $2,013,742.00 Department of Health & Human Services $1,558,711.00 Foundations $644,251.99Business and Industry $501,571.45Local Government $483,567.15State Government $360,559.19Nonprofit Organizations $174,694.00Associations $99,388.00Other Sponsors $20,000.00Total $51,357,547.08


FY 2012 Sponsored FundingBy types of funders

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Concentration: 75% of funding came from three funders

• U.S. Department of Agriculture

• U.S. Department of Education

• National Science Foundation

Growth potential: Major funding agencies under $1 million

• U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

• U.S. Department of Energy

• U.S. Department of Transportation

• U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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FY 2012 Sponsored FundingBy types of activity


FY 2012 Sponsored Funding5 largest new research grants

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NO. AWARD TITLE AMOUNT INVESTIGATORS SPONSOR

1 Prognostic Health Management of DoD Assets

$616,956 Mannur Sundaresan, Albert Esterline

Department of DefenseArmy Research Office

2 Successful Small-Scale Enterprise Endeavors

$570,254

Keith Baldwin, Jimo Ibrahim, John O'Sullivan, Joshua Idassi, Michelle Eley; Niki Whitley

Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture

3A Study of GaAsSb Nanowires by Molecular Beam Epitaxy for near IR Applications

$563,497 Shanthi Iyer Department of DefenseArmy Research Office

4Supporting Thriving Families: Addressing Mental Health Needs in the Oakwood Forest Community

$491,700 Yoko Crume, Maura Nsonwu

Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust

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Dietary flavonoids inhibit the formation of advanced glycation end products by trapping reactive dicarbonyl compounds-An in vivo study

$489,884 Shengmin Sang

Department of AgricultureAgricultural and Food Research Initiative


FY 2012 Sponsored Funding5 largest supplemental research grants

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NO. AWARD TITLE AMOUNT INVESTIGATORS SPONSOR

1FY 2012 Evans-Allen Funding at North Carolina A&T State University $4,791,764

William Randle, Shirley Hymon-Parker

Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture, Evans Allen Program

2 Revolutionizing Metalic Biomaterials $4,000,000 Jagannathan Sankar National Science Foundation

3 Center for Aviation Safety (CAS) $785,000 Shivakumar, KunigalNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

4 The Center for the Study of Evolution in Action (BEACON)

$500,000 Dozier, Gerry

National Science Foundation, through Michigan State University

5DNI S&T Center of Academic Excellence -- Advanced Biometrics Technology Research

$485,000 Dozier, GerryDepartment of DefenseArmy Research Laboratory


FY 2012 Sponsored Funding5 largest non-research awards

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NO. AWARD TITLE AMOUNT INVESTIGATOR SPONSOR

1 Title III Strengthening Institutions Program

$5,404,936 Sandra Totten Department of Education

2 Cooperative Extension Work in North Carolina

$6,906,341 Marion McKinnie

Department of AgricultureNational Institute of Food and Agriculture

3Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutions (HBGI) Programs

$2,148,069 Sandra TottenDepartment of Education

4 Title III SAFRA Program $1,541,806 Sandra Totten Department of Education

5 North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, Phase IV

$933,075 Winser Alexander National Science Foundation


Research overviewDivision of Research & Economic Development

Led by Dr. Barry L. Burks, Vice Chancellor.» Ph.D., Experimental Nuclear Physics, UNC-Chapel Hill

Total sponsored funding for FY2012: $51.3 million North Carolina A&T ranks third in research funding in the UNC

System, a position it has held each year since FY2005.» Behind UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University

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Research Clusters

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Division of ResearchResearch Centers Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures Center for Aerospace Research Center for Autonomous Control and Information Technology Center for Composite Material Research Center for Cooperative Systems Center for Energy Research and Technology Center of Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies Center for Human-Machine Studies Interdisciplinary Center for Entrepreneurship & E-Business International Trade Center NOAA Interdisciplinary Scientific Environmental Technology

Cooperative Science Center

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Focus on emerging fieldsApplying traditional strengths to high-impact issues Bioengineering & biomedical research Energy & environmental sciences Functional foods and food technologies Nanoengineering National defense & homeland security Social & behavioral sciences

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Bioengineering & biomedical researchNSF Engineering Research Center Developing technology for

biocompatible, biodegradable medical implants

Magnesium and magnesium alloys Reconstruction and regeneration Craniofacial, orthopedic and

cardiovascular applications “Smart structures” with embedded

sensors to receive signal triggering dissolution process when device has served its purpose

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Bioengineering & biomedical researchNSF Engineering Research Center N.C. A&T leads team that includes

University of Pittsburgh, University of Cincinnati, Hannover Medical School (Germany)

Five-year, $18 million project, renewable for an additional five years.

Now beginning Year 5; funding in place for years 6-8.

Director: Dr. Jagannathan Sankar, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Bioengineering & biomedical research Bioengineering/Industrial & Systems Engineering Nanotechnology in drug delivery and tissue engineering, Dr. Salil

Desai, Industrial and Systems Engineering

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Bioengineering & biomedical research Bioengineering Program Department of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering B.S. and M.S. degrees offered; Ph.D. program in development Research focus

» Biomaterials and biomechanics» Bioimaging, biosignals and biosensors

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Bioengineering & biomedical research Biomedical research Genetic and phenotype basis of Alzheimer’s disease and cerebral-

vascular disease among African Americans, Dr. Goldie Byrd, Biology Tumor virology and molecular carcinogenesis and toxicology, Dr.

Perpetua Muganda, Biology Cancer research and education partnership with Wake Forest

University Project to synthesize and evaluate novel benzylidenes as prostate

cancer chemopreventive agents, Dr. Marion Franks, Chemistry Project to understand glioblastoma cell mobility and resistance to

therapeutics, Dr. Patrick Martin, Biology

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Functional foods & food technologiesCenter of Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies Enhancing the safety of foods. Extending their shelf life. Identifying and preserving their health-promoting nutrients.

Located at North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis.

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Functional foods & food technologiesCenter of Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies Dr. Jianmei Yu

» Elimination of peanut allergens (clinical trials under way)

Dr. Shengmin Sang» Ginger extract: bioavailability and lung cancer preventive effect» Diabetes: Dietary flavonoids as reactive carbonyl scavengers to prevent the

formation of advanced glycation end products

Dr. Leonard Williams» MRSA: Determining the mode of action of selected phytochemicals and

bioactive compounds against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (E. coli O157: H7)

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Energy & environmental sciencesNSF CREST Biofuels Center Fundamental research in advanced thermochemical biomass

conversion technology for the efficient, economic production of liquid transportation fuels and hydrogen.

Three focus areas» Gasification» Nanocatalysts for the conversion of syngas to biofuel and hydrogen» High-purity hydrogen

Cross-cutting economics research and an education initiative also are included.

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Nanoengineering Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Partnership between North Carolina A&T and UNC Greensboro. A&T degree programs: PhD in Nanoengineering, MS in

Nanoengineering Located at Gateway University Research Park, South Campus

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NanoengineeringJoint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Nanobioelectronics

» Sample project: Cell-based Toxicity Assay-on-Chip for the Next-Generation CMOS Technology

Nanobiotechnology» Sample project: High Performance Computational Modeling and Enabling

Technologies for Nano and Bio Systems and Interfaces

Nanomaterials» Sample projects: Nano to Continuum Multi-Scale Modeling of Cementitious

Materials under Dynamic Loading» A Study of GaAsSb (gallium arsenide antimonide) Nanowires by Molecular

Beam Epitaxy for Near Infrared Applications

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National defense & homeland securityCenter for Advanced Studies in Identity Sciences Also known as the Director of National Intelligence Science and

Technology Center of Academic Excellence in Advanced Biometrics. Applying “genetic and evolutionary biometrics” to reduce the number

of data points and amount of computing power required for more accurate facial recognition.

Research focus includes face recognition, age progression, age estimation, and ocular recognition.

A&T leading consortium of Clemson, Shaw, UNC Charlotte and UNC Wilmington.

Funded by the Army Research Laboratory ($8.93 million, 5 years). Director: Dr. Gerry Dozier, Chair, Department of Computer Science.

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National defense & homeland securityBattle command systems research Center of Excellence for Battlefield Capability Enhancements, led by

Dr. Shanthi Iyer, Department of Nanoengineering (JSNN) Center for Human-Centric Command & Control Decision Making, led

by Dr. Celestine Ntuen, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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National defense & homeland securityCybersecurity Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education BEACON: Center for the Study of Evolution in Action brings together

biologists, computer scientists, and engineers to study evolution as it happens and apply this knowledge to solve real-world problems, including computer security.

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National defense & homeland securityAdditional research areas Composite Materials Research

» Spin-off company: Advaero Technologies, supplies high-strength, low-weight replacement parts for U.S. Marines CH-46 helicopter

Environmental Security» Physical, chemical, microbial remediation of soil and water

Food Security, Border Security, Infrastructure Protection

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Social & behavioral sciencesDepartment of Human Development & Services N.C. A&T Southeastern Center of Excellence in Trauma-Informed

Care» Long-term clinic plan» Gender focus: Violence against women and girls» Cultural focus: Reducing disparities in exposure to, and impact of, violence

and trauma through services that are culturally informed

Master’s program in Community Counseling (Clinical Mental health) Master’s program in Rehabilitation Counseling Ph.D. program in Rehabilitation Counseling in development

» Funded by $1 million grant from U.S. Department of Education

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Social & behavioral sciences Department of Leadership Studies Ph.D. program

» Established in 2005» 31 graduates to date» Mostly part-time students

Quad-Continental Energy & Health Consortium Regional center for leadership in healthcare

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