Virtual Reality Laboratory Director of the Lab: Dr. Sharad Sharma Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science, Bowie State University Bowie, MD Ph: (301) Lab Website:

Virtual Reality Laboratory Other equipment CyberGlove II, 18 Sensor, Wireless Z800 Dual Pro Ruggedized Head Mounted Display VirtualCube Head Tracker 5DT Data Glove 5 Ultra, RH 5DT Data Glove 5 Ultra, LH 5DT Data Glove Ultra Wireless Kit 4 Alienware 3D Gaming Desktops. NVIS nVisor SX111 high- resolution head-mounted display WorldViz 3D Wall Touch PRO

Student work Implementation of character behavior in multi-user Virtual Reality Environment. Avatar Evacuation inside an airplane using multi-user Virtual reality environment. Experimental design approach for assessing human behavior (stress, panic, anger, trust, etc.) in emergency evacuation using Multi-user virtual environment.

Student work in Second Life and Unity 3D

Protein Structure and Crystallography Dr. Bradford Braden - Leader

Binding of a C60 fullerene to an anti-fullerene antibody. A collaboration of Bowie State University’s Protein Structure Laboratory, Columbia University and New York University

Cyber Security and Emerging Technologies BSU designated a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by DHS and NSA on June 14, 2011 Goal of this program: to increase cyber security nationwide through education & training DHS & NSA Designations: – Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAE-IAE) – Center of Academic Excellence in Research (CAE-R) BSU joins other institutions, such as, Johns Hopkins U., Purdue U. & Princeton U. Dr. Claude Turner - Leader

Recent Program Ehancements $1M equipment donation from Cisco Inc. to establish an IA and security lab Over $1M in federal grants to build Information Assurance infrastructure Another $1M in federal funds within the last year Established a cyber-security lab in Computer Science dept. Established an online cyber security laboratory in Dept. Management Information Systems Developed four Information Assurance programs

Working with Students  Doctoral students conducting research in IA  Speaker forensics  Data privacy and security  Network security  Cloud Computing  Cyber security team  Six undergraduate students competed in Maryland Cyber Challenge in October 2011, & Feb  Some of students have published in Information Assurance in peer reviewed journals

Plant Biotechnology Program Dr. George Ude (Leader) and Dr. George Acquaah

RAPD PCR Using A-18 primer 100bp NC p1 p2 p3 p4 p1 p2 p3 p4 p1 p2 p3 p4 p1 p2 p3 p4 p1 p2 p3 p4 p1 p2 p3 p4 p1 p2 p3 p4 p1 p2 p3 00bp RAPD –Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA AFLP – Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphic DNA