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Research Overview Saundra Yates-Evans Director of Research Services Division of Research & Economic Development

2 The Vision… “Uncompromising Excellence” To be the premier interdisciplinary university in America that builds on its comparative advantages in engineering, agriculture, technology, and business; a strong civil rights legacy and status as an 1890 land- grant institution.

3 North Carolina A&T offers: 89 Bachelor’s degree programs 43 Master’s degree programs 5 PhD Programs –Industrial Engineering –Electrical Engineering –Mechanical Engineering –Energy & Environmental Studies –Leadership Studies

4 University Statistics 89% full-time, 11% part-time 53% female, 47% male 92% black, 6% white, 2% others 82% NC residents, 18% out-of-state Over half of our Master’s and PhD students are US African American students. Enrollment increased from 7,500 in 1999 to over 11,000 in 2005.

5 Facts: FY06 Enrollment College of EngineeringCollege of Arts & Sciences 1,707 Students3,011 Students 1,442 Undergraduates 2,817 Undergraduates 265 Graduate Students194 Graduate Students School of AgricultureSchool of Education 721 Students970 Students 662 Undergraduates 511 Undergraduates 59 Graduate Students 459 Graduate Students School of TechnologySchool of Nursing 1,018 Students459 Undergraduates 923 Undergraduates 95 Graduate StudentsSchool of Business 1,620 Students 1,586 Undergraduates 34 Graduate Students

6 Facts NC A&T is the highest producer of African-Americans with B.S., Master’s & Ph.D. degrees in Engineering among HBCUs PhD Program in Industrial Engineering is the only one of its kind at an HBCU Master’s in Computational Science & Engineering began Spring 2005 – the only program of its kind at an HBCU The School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences is the largest agriculture school at an HBCU in the country.

7 One of only three HBCUs in the nation with the Carnegie classification “High Research Activity” One of only 2 Universities in the UNC system with the “High Research Activity” classification North Carolina A&T ranked third in terms of research funding in the UNC System- only behind UNC- Chapel Hill and North Carolina State for fiscal years 2005 and NC A&T Research

Division of Research & Economic Development Research Clusters Computational Science & Engineering Logistics & Transportation Systems Energy & Environment Biotechnology & Bio Sciences Public Health Leadership & Community Development Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology Information Sciences & Technology

Public Health A. Leads: Dr. James Gooch (IPH), Dr. Mohamed Ahmedna (Ag) & Ms. Schenita Randolph (Nursing) B. Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Engineering; Schools of Agriculture, Technology, Nursing, Education C. Academic Tie: Institute of Public Health Biotechnology & Bio Sciences A. Leads: Dr. Guochen Yang (Ag) & Dr. Mary Smith (A&S) B. Schools of Agriculture, Technology; Colleges of Engineering, Arts & Sciences C. Academic Tie: Proposed Biotechnology Graduate Program Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology A. Leads: Dr. Jag Sankar (Eng) & Dr. Solomon Bilign (A&S) B. Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Engineering; Schools of Agriculture, Technology C. Academic Tie: Ph.D. Program in Mechanical Engineering Computational Science & Engineering A. Leads: Dr. Guoqing Tang (A&S) & Dr. Aijt Kelkar (Eng) B. Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Engineering; Schools of Agriculture, Technology C. Academic Tie: Graduate Program in CSE Leadership & Community Development A. Lead: Dr. Robert Pyle (Tech); TBD (Bus); TBD (Edu) B. All Colleges and Schools C. Academic Tie: Ph.D. Program in Leadership Information Sciences & Technology A. Leads: Dr. Numan Dogan (Eng) & Dr. DeWayne Brown (Tech) B. Colleges of Engineering, Arts & Sciences; Schools of Business, Technology C. Academic Tie: Ph.D. Program in Electrical Engineering Logistics & Transportation Systems A. Leads: Dr. Paul Stanfield (Eng) & Dr. Michael Simmons (Bus) B. Schools of Business, Technology; Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Engineering C. Academic Tie: Ph.D. Program in Industrial Engineering Energy & Environment A. Leads: Dr. Abolghasem Shabazi (Ag) & Dr. Shamsuddin Ilias (Eng) B. Schools of Agriculture, Business; Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Engineering C. Academic Tie: Ph.D. Program in Energy & Environment

NC A&T Research Facilitating Research Clusters: Identifying Opportunities Birds of the Same Feather Meetings Professional Development – Developing Interdisciplinary Proposals Summer Research Fellows Research Day & Researcher Awards

11 NC A&T Research Total program funding increased from $17.7 million in 1998 to $38.6 million in FY Currently managing portfolio of 288 active projects valued at about $110 million

12 ©2006 N. Radhakrishnan Major Sponsors FY 2005 – 2006

13 NSF Awards NSF supports about $22.7 million of A&T’s sponsored projects: –Recruitment & Retention47.4% –Research36.9% –Infrastructure 10.9% –Educational Improvement 4.8%

14 NSF Awards 46% of NSF supported projects are multidisciplinary and/or collaborative BPC-A: Collaborative Education & Research in Computing Disciplines NSF-Europe Materials Collaboration U.S.A.-Ethiopia IRES in Earth, Atmospheric & Space Sciences NSF CREST – Advanced Materials & Smart Structures NSF RISE – Biologically Inspired Systems: Modeling, Synthesis, and Simulation

15 NSF Awards - AGEP AGEP Collaborative Research Training – North Carolina Alliance to Create Opportunity Through Education Alliance partners – UNCCH, NCSU, NCA&T Formal network of NSF-HRD supported underrepresented minority initiative projects in NC Goal – Integrate NSF URM programs across the education spectrum to form student pathways to the PhD degree and the professoriate in STEM fields

16 Economic Development NC Research Campus $1 billion biotechnology research center involving industry/NC higher education institutions focused on human nutrition and plant-based foods science A&T’s Research Focus: Post-harvest technologies (about $9.7 million over 5 years) Millennium Campus –Partnership with UNCG for research, training and development with the potential for technology transfer and patents, the creation of revenue-generating companies and services to local and state agencies.

Economic Development: Small Business  Partnered with Triad Semiconductor to co-develop and test a prototype for Acoustic-Emissions Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Network.  Technology encompasses two NC A&T patents SHM technology enables the detection of structural damage, determines severity, and pinpoints the damage location in aircraft and aerospace structures, pipelines, and bridges in real- time. 17

18 NC A&T is a dynamic, growing university that excels in producing quality graduates and high caliber research. Our vision, our leadership, our facilities, our talented faculty and good quality students set us apart from others.