Research Highlights (October-December 2011) Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee Dr. Celestine A. Ntuen Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development February 17, 2012
Sponsored Funding: By unit July-December total: $28,115,630
Sponsored Funding: By funder type July-December total: $28,115,630
Sponsored Funding: By category July-December total: $28,115,630
Economic Development Agreements Signed, July-December 2011 Nondisclosure Agreements: 10 5 in comparable FY2011 period Teaming Agreements: 4 3 in comparable FY2011 period Memoranda of Understanding: 2 1 in comparable FY2011 period
Research Highlights July-December 2011 Engineering Research Center received $4 million in FY 2012 funding (Year 4 of project); NSF expressed expectation that funding will continue through at least Year 8. Dr. Abolghasem Shahbazi, Natural Resources-Environmental Design, School of Agriculture, received DOE federal appropriation award for $750,000 for three years. DORED wrote and submitted proposal to N.C. Department of Commerce, Energy R&D Cost Sharing Program, and received award for $187,500 for Dr. Shahbazi’s cost share for DOE award.
Research Highlights July-December 2011 University currently has 15 post-doctoral students
Economic Development Commercial Agreements, July-December 2011 Total = 17 (vs. 8 in comparable FY2011 period) Defense = 6 (vs. 3) Energy = 5 (vs. 1) Bioengineering = 3 (vs. 0) Small Business = 2 (vs. 2) IT = 1 (vs. 1) Agriculture = 0 (vs. 1)
Economic Development Intellectual Property, July-December 2011 New idea submissions: 15 (vs. 2 in comparable FY2011 period) School of Agriculture: 8 (vs. 1) Processing of food products, cancer therapeutic, micropropagation, educational programs, lab device, food supplement School of Technology: 3 Structural members, airplane tool, personal product College of Engineering: 2 (vs. 1) Therapeutic device, classification system College Arts & Science: 1 Media analysis JSNN: 1 Nerve stimulation
Research Communications Selected News Releases, July-December 2011 NSF awards N.C. A&T $4 million for ERC ERC receives $200,000 SBIR grant JSNN faculty members receive $3.5 million in research funding Bililign receives presidential mentoring award A&T students attend MIT graduate school workshop 2 DORED interns selected for national leadership programs
Research Communications New External and Internal Brochures