Has Joint School claimed  HBCU NC A&T's  College of Engineering and Electrical Engineering Research to justify funding?

Adams

Jeffus

 Vaughn Robinson
SB 862/HB 257 :UNCG/NCA&T Nanoscience/Nanoengineering Funds.
 There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2012-2013 fiscal year to be used by the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering on the campus of the Gateway University Research Park of the University of North Carolina at  Greensboro and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to hire permanent staff,  adequately maintain its equipment, and support operations. Beginning with the 2012-2013 33
fiscal year, these funds shall become part of the continuation budget.
  • Whereas, in its first 18 months of operation, prior to completion of its formal 11 facility, JSNN was awarded over $4 million in research funding and continues to work closely 12 with Gateway University Research Park to develop partnerships with high technology firms;
JOINT SCHOOL RECEIVES $3.5 MILLION FOR NANOENGINEERING RESEARCH
 GREENSBORO, N.C. - Three North Carolina A&T State University nanoengineering professors at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN)  have been awarded research grants totaling $3.5 million. “The Department of Nanoengineering is off to a fast start in research,” said Dr. James Ryan, dean of the JSNN. “Competing successfully for $3.5 million in research funding in the department’s first year and a half of operation is a tribute to both the quality of these researchers and the value of their work.”... It is located in the Gateway University Research Park, South Campus, in Greensboro.  The awards are:
  • · “Computational Modeling and Enabling Technologies for Nano and Bio Systems and Interfaces,” $1.2 million from the Army Research Office. Dr. Ajit Kelkar, professor and chairman of the Department of Nanoengineering, is the principal investigator.
  • “A Study of GaAsSb (gallium arsenide antimonide) Nanowires by Molecular Beam Epitaxy for Near Infrared Applications,” $563,497, from the Army Research Office. Dr. Shanti Iyer, professor of nanoengineering and electrical engineering, is the principal investigator.
  • Nano to Continuum Multi-Scale Modeling of Cementitious Materials under Dynamic Loading,” $1.8 million from the Army Research Office. Dr. Ram Mohan, associate professor of nanoengineering, is the principal investigator
 Dr. Ajit Kelkar, Dr. Shanti Iyer and Dr. Ram Mohan are NC A&T researchers  pre-JSNN researchers.  The awards are:
  • Dr. Ajit Kelkar, Organization - North Carolina A&T, HBCU, professor and chairman of the Department of Nanoengineering, address 2901 E. Lee St., award was for $1.2 million from the Army Research Office.
  • Dr. Ram Mohan Organization - North Carolina A&T, HBCU, Associated Professor, Dept. Computational Science and Eng, Division College of Engineering, Street Address 1601 E. Market Street award was for $1.8 million from the Army Research Office.
  • Dr. Shanti Iyer, Organization - North Carolina A&T, HBCU, Department Electricial Engineering, 1601 East Market Street, award was for $563,497, from the Army Research Office.

NCA&T State University has been funded at an average rate of $3-5 million per year in the area of nanoscience and nanotechnology.    Most of the research in nanoengineering is done in the Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures (CAMSS). .... the NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) ,several Centers and projects are under CAMSS,  including the NSF Center for Research Excellence  in Science and Technology (CREST), the DoD  Center for Nanoscience, Nanomaterials and Multifunctional Materials (CNN) for Homeland Security.
NC A&T Engineering Research Center on the Move -Globally
Sept. 2008 NC A&T won an 18 Million dollar grant for an Engineering Research Center (ECR) - N.C. A&T Awarded NSF Engineering Research Center foundation. The award to A&T marked the first time that an HBCU has been the lead institution of an ERC.  "With the millions of federal dollars flowing to this center, what we can do to increase the economic opportunities in