RESEARCH AND SPONSORED PROGRAMS 2018-2019 ANNUAL REPORT DIVISION OF RESEARCH AND SPONSORED PROGRAMS

Lily D. McNair, Ph.D. Shaik Jeelani, Ph.D., P.E. Danette Hall, B.S., M.S. Felecia Moss-Grant, B.S., M.S., M.J. President Vice President for Research & Director of Sponsored Programs Associate Director of Compliance Dean of the Graduate School

Message from VP, Research & Dean of Graduate School recognizes the importance of external support of research and sponsored programs and the impact these vital programs have on the development of its students, faculty and society in general. Tuskegee University has a long-standing reputation of being among the nation’s premiere minority research institutions committed to the total development of its students and faculty. In this annual report, it is evident that through our centers of excellence, academic colleges, schools, and other institutional units, our faculty, staff and students are engaged in research that is critical to addressing the global needs of today’s citizens, industries and governments.

Since 1996, the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs has more than doubled its annual funding for research and other sponsored programs. The university concluded 2018-2019 with a total annual funding of $37.2 million, which represents an increase of 7.5% over the last year. Credit for this enormous success goes to our faculty members and staff who continue to search for resources and write winning proposals. Staff members in the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs and various departments of the university’s Business and Fiscal Affairs division are also to be commended for their enthusiastic support of the researchers in the grantsmanship process. These grants and contracts not only allow us to fulfill the research mission of Tuskegee University, but also make a huge impact on our academic programs and our students’ educational experience. Tuskegee University’s two Ph.D. programs in Materials Science and Engineering and Integrative Biosciences are prime examples of programs that are offered solely based on the expertise and resources developed by faculty members.

Our long-term plan focuses on actively expanding Tuskegee University’s research in the areas of nanobiotechnology, information technology, environmental science and engineering, energy, astronomy, sensors and devices, molecular biology, immunology, public health, toxicology, epidemiology, reproductive and environmental biology, and modeling and simulations.

This report highlights only a few major grants received during the July 2018 to July 2019. All grants and contracts received are at the end of this document

ii | Tuskegee University Division of Research and Sponsored Programs Annual Report TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH COUNCIL The Research Council, appointed by the president of the university, functions as the advisory body to the vice president for research and sponsored programs, with the responsibility of recommending policies and procedures to increase the university’s external funding for research and other sponsored programs. The council is also responsible for selecting proposals for submissions to the funding agencies when there is a restriction on the number of proposal that may be submitted.

Members:

Shaik Jeelani, Chairman Felecia Moss-Grant, Secretary Conrad Bonsi Gwendolyn Gray Research & Graduate School Research & Compliance College of Agriculture, School of Nursing & Allied Health Environment & Nutrition Sciences

Danette Hall Naga Korivi Vijay Rangari Aymen Sayegh Office of Sponsored Programs College of Engineering Biosafety Committee Representative College of Veterinary Medicine

Joel Wao Fan Wu Clayton Yates Taylor School of Architecture & Construction Science College of Business & Information Science College of Arts & Sciences

iii | Tuskegee University Division of Research and Sponsored Programs Annual Report Funds Received Between July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019 Appalachian Region 0.x% Appalachian Regional Commission DOD DOE 7% 0.x% U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) USDA DOT 27% 0.x% HHS U.S. Department of Education (DOEd) 33%

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Institute of Museum and Library Services

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Institute of Museum National Science Foundation (NSF) DOEd and Library Services 16% 0.x% U.S. Department of Education (DOEd) NASA NSF NEH 4% U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 13% 0.x%

AWARDS REWARDED BY VARIOUS AGENCIES Dollar Amount Appalachian Regional Commission $25,294.00 Institute of Museum and Library Services $24,022.00 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) $1,478,827.58 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) $99,019.00 National Science Foundation (NSF) $4,621,213.00 U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) $2,392,370.00 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) $17,380.00 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) $10,120,498.80 U.S. Department of Education (DOEd) $6,037,126.94 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $12,385,490.00 U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) $29,500.00 TOTAL $37,230,741.32

Tuskegee University Division of Research and Sponsored Programs Annual Report | 1 2018-2019 SIGNIFICANT GRANTS

TITLE: Administrative Core, Infrastrature Core, Investigative Core, TITLE: A Precision Medicine Study of How Community Engagement and Project 2 Inflammation May Underlie the Excessive Burden PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Clayton Yates of Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Dr. Temesgen Samuel, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Clayton Yates Dr. Lonnie Hannon, Dr. Stephen Sodeke, Dr. Honghe Wang and Mr. Jason White FUNDING AGENCY: Department of Defense FUNDING AGENCY: National Institute of Health (NIH) (DOD)/United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) An $8.5 million National Institutes of Health grant is enabling Tuskegee University researchers to improve our understanding of why diseases — such as cancer, obesity and HIV — disproportionately affect mi- Men of African descent experience a dispropor- nority populations, and how targeted community education programs can reduce the pervasiveness of tionately high prostate cancer (PCa) mortality. In these diseases. collaboration with Drs. Stefan Ambs and Michael Cook at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), our Research funded by NIH’s National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) pro- labs have shown that harbor a distinct immune-inflammation signature, and this is gram will help researchers in the university’s multidisciplinary Center for Biomedical Research examine a risk factor that is associated with aggressive dis- the molecular, genetic and epigenetical determinates that contribute to the ferocity of specific diseases ease. Therefore, our objective is to find genes in Af- among the African-American community. rican Americans that are responsible for this inflam- mation so we can use the right drug to treat these “Through this NIH-funded research, we will gain a better understanding of the health men who suffer from prostate cancer the most. In differences that exist among various races and sub-populations,” said Dr. Clayton this study, we will determine if there is a specific in- Yates, a professor and director of the Center for Biomedical Research. “This in turn flammation-associated gene signature in over 3,000 will enable physicians in the future to have a better understanding of which thera- men of West African ancestry from U.S., Ghana and pies will be more effective among minorities, as well as who the most vulnerable and Nigeria. We will perform next-generation sequenc- underserved segments of our population are.” ing to determine the gene expression profile of these patients and relate it to black men with pros- tate cancer in the U.S. Our study is the first to explore Assisting Yates is Dr. Temesgen Samuel, an associate professor of pathobiology in the relationship between systemic/chronic inflamma- the College of Veterinary Medicine, who is serving as the grant’s program tion, African ancestry, and tumor biology as a cause director. Dr. Honghe Wang, an associate professor of biology in the of disease progression in men of African descent. College of Arts and Sciences whose specialty is in cancer biology, Creating an understanding of how the interaction is contributing to the questions of prevalence and treatment. between chronic inflammation and tumor biology affects PCa progression in a high-risk population One particular disease on which the team is focusing on initially like African-American men offers the opportu- is prostate cancer. Historically, African-American men have had nity to the develop improved prevention and the highest incidences of prostate cancer for any racial and therapeutic strategies using anti-inflammatory ethnic group in the world — more than two-thirds higher than drugs and immune modulators to decrease the prostate cancer disease burden among all white men. African Americans also have the highest mortality men. Out of 48 total applicants, this proposal rates and shortest survival rates of any racial and ethnic group is one of the two is selected for funding by in the U.S. In studying prostate cancer, the team is evaluating the Department of Defense Congressional- the heritable and environmental factors that influence the ris- ly Medical Directed Research Programs for ing rates of the disease among African-American men. During Prostate Cancer. The total award amount the five-year grant-funding period, the team will expand its fo- is $2.6 million, of which Tuskegee will re- cus on other diseases that plague minority populations. Clayton Yates ceive $1.1 million.

2 | Tuskegee University Division of Research and Sponsored Programs Annual Report 2018-2019 SIGNIFICANT GRANTS

TITLE: Experimental and Computational Investigation of the Close- TITLE: Excellence in Research: Tolerance of Ambiguity and Coupled Flow Field of Delta Wings and Vectoring Jets Academic Success PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Mohammad Javed Khan PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Mohammad Javed Khan CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Chadia Affane Aji CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Chadia Affane Aji FUNDING AGENCY: Army Research Office (ARO) FUNDING AGENCY: National Science Foundation (NSF)

Under a $600,000 research grant from the Department of Defense The project team will conduct cross-sectional and longitudinal studies (DoD), the closed-coupled flow field of slender and non-sender delta of engineering and non-engineering STEM students as well as non- wings with vectoring jets will be studied to understand the complex STEM students, at Tuskegee University to measure the influence of structure of the flow field. The study is being conducted byan the current curriculum in context of the constructs of ambiguity of interdisciplinary team consisting of Dr. M. Javed Khan, professor and tolerance, intellectual mental models and engineering identity. The head of the Aerospace Science Engineering Department, who is the correlation between students’ tolerance of ambiguity as signified by principal investigator (PI) of the project, and Dr. Chadia Affane Aji, their cognitive models of the world has received limited attention. professor of mathematics who is the co-PI of the project. Additionally, limited research has been conducted to understand factors affecting the development of engineering identity of students The experimental studies will be conducted in the 15 inch especially from underrepresented groups. The goal of the project by 20 inch water tunnel facility at the Aerospace Science is to determine if tolerance of ambiguity is (a) a robust indicator Engineering Department. Non-intrusive mapping of the flow of academic success, (b) related to development of relativistic field will be accomplished using a state-of-the art volumetric cognitive models, and (c) a component of the process of identity particle image velocimetry (VPIV) system, also located in the development of engineers. The project team will redesign one Department of Aerospace Science Engineering. Other parameters introductory aerospace engineering course and one calculus course of the experimental study will include vectoring jet angles, jet to provide a learning environment that will facilitate movement discharge coefficients and jet geometries. The experimental toward relativistic cognitive models promoting tolerance study will be done for roll-constrained and free-to-roll of ambiguity. The impact of this academic intervention models with and without vectoring jets. Flow fields on persistence and student academic success will be of both slender and non-slender delta wings will be measured. The redesign of these two pilot courses investigated. will incorporate the essential elements of an authentic learning environment to engage students behaviorally, The experimental data will be analyzed using a variety affectively and cognitively. of numerical techniques, such as proper orthogonal diagonalization, dynamic mode decomposition This research is expected to identify pedagogical and oscillating pattern decomposition methods to techniques that will help increase the probability of determine the dominant flow mechanisms. The line academic success of STEM students. The findings of integral convolution technique will also be used to the proposed research are also expected to inform understand the vortical flow structures. Numerical a data-supported curriculum improvement plan techniques and computational procedures will be resulting in a learning environment that will facilitate developed for the experimental configurations. The the development of relativistic cognitive models, grant will also support two graduate students, and tolerance of ambiguity and professional identity of several undergraduate students who will gain useful students. research experiences.

Mohammad Javed Khan

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TITLE: Enhancing Student Success through Tutoring, Counseling and TITLE: Enhancing Academic Success for 21st Century Learners Student Academic Skills Programs through Technology Advancements in Classrooms and Laboratories PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Jeanette Moss-Smith PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Jeanette Moss-Smith FUNDING AGENCY: Department of Education Title III Strengthening FUNDING AGENCY: Department of Education Title III Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Part B) grant Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Part F) Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA)

The vision for “Enhancing Student Success through Tutoring, Counseling and Student Academic Skills Programs,” in alignment This project seeks to strengthen the technology infrastructure with the University’s mission, is to actively support and provide an in classrooms and student learning labs on campus to enhance environment for students that will assist in their skills development as the academic success for the 21st Century learners. As the world learners, thereby, leading to success in coursework, careers, and life. continues to promote, create, and support technology integration, This mission will embrace academic enrichment efforts and augment educational systems are must adapt and keep students aware of the specific general education courses through academic advising, latest innovations and assertive technologies. This not only benefits counseling, academic skills development, first-year orientation their academic achievements and success, but helps them compete in courses, and 504 ADA accommodations for undergraduate students a global society. The objectives of this activity are to: enrolled at Tuskegee University during the 2017-2021 academic • establish an Academic Computing Component years. Each area will develop and implement program activities within Information Technology and/or services that will positively influence our students’ success in coursework and their matriculation programs or discipline. • improve student wireless access, the campus-wide infrastructure in academic buildings, and increase Tuskegee students will have an opportunity to engage in a host network bandwidth, availability and mobility of activities, including tutoring (onsite and online), application • establish a 24-hour student general purpose enrichment of subject-based and/or topic-specific course computing lab content, critical thinking and concept application, academic skills workshops, and one-on-one counseling with academic • provide updated desktop computing devices for advising, ADA accommodations and academic success. faculty campus-wide In an effort to ensure comprehensive involvement for • establish a laboratory capable of providing digital student success, quality services, and improvements reality education within support operations and interactions, reporting of efforts and trainings among faculty, staff and students, the project will seek to evaluate: • increases students’ participation in and utilization of activities and services related to student success • improvement in students’ knowledge, skills, and learning abilities through various ancillary tools conducive for student success • improvement in the quality of services and interactions among faculty and/or student support services personnel, and the provision of a plethora of professional development opportunities (on-and-off-site) Jeanette Moss-Smith

4 | Tuskegee University Division of Research and Sponsored Programs Annual Report 2018-2019 SIGNIFICANT GRANTS

TITLE: Collaborative Research: The AGEP Historically Black TITLE: Partnership for Research and Education in Multiferroic Polymer Universities Alliance: A Model to Advance Early Career Minority Nanocomposites Between Tuskegee University and University of Faculty in the STEM Professoriate Nebraska-Lincoln PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Shaik Jeelani PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Vijaya Rangari FUNDING AGENCY: National Science Foundation (NSF) CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Jeffrey Shield, Evgeny Tsymbal (UNL), Mahesh Hosur and Naga Srinivas Korivi (TU) FUNDING AGENCY: National Science Foundation (NSF) This alliance led by Tuskegee University, is one of six inaugural grants awarded by the National Science Foundation’s newest Alliances for Mutiferroics are a class of multifunctional Graduate Education and the Professoriate materials, which display simultaneous magnetic (AGEP) program. spin, electric dipole, and ferroelastic ordering. Depending on the chemistries and structures of Through this five-year grant, a multi-university these materials, the properties change from their alliance will implement and study a model parent compounds because of the interactions to provide junior minority faculty in science, between the magnetic and electronic orders, technology, engineering and mathematics leading to unique functionalities. These materials (STEM) at historically black colleges and have various electric, magnetic and structural Shaik Jeelani universities (HBCUs) with experiences to properties and have potential applications in novel promote their academic growth during their multifunctional devices, such as data storage, critical early years of employment as they build Vijaya Rangari spin valves, spintronics, memories, sensors, and their tenure and promotion portfolios. microelectronic devices. This new partnership between Tuskegee University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln The new AGEP alliance will include three HBCU implementation sites: (UNL) will establish a research program in the emerging field of multiferroic Tuskegee University (lead), (Mississippi) and polymer nanocomposites (MFPNC), leading to the development of Tennessee State University (Tennessee). Faculty members holding MFPNC-based structural, energy and sensing applications. This partnership tenure-track within three years, will be recruited and immersed in project will also increase the production of African-American graduates in new fields interventions, including proposal development workshops and research of materials science and engineering through exposure to MRSEC research assignments, at one of three National Laboratories: Lawrence Berkeley in facilities and educational activities. This new partnership will also strengthen California, Brookhaven in New York, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Tuskegee’s expertise in synthesis, manufacturing and characterization of in Tennessee, all of which are also part of this alliance. In addition, the advanced polymer nanocomposites, along with UNL-MRSEC’s expertise alliance will include a knowledge-generating partner, Oakland University in multiferroic materials. Through this grant, our graduates will help bring (Rochester, Michigan), which will study the proposed AGEP model for its much-needed diversity to the nation’s advanced technology workforce. effectiveness. It is also anticipated that the knowledge gained by the students through their involvement in new research areas developed through this grant will A group of senior researchers called RED Team Members, who have an eventually result in new design and manufacturing methodologies that may impressive record of mentoring and grantsmanship, will guide the junior well lead to patentable processes for large-scale production of multiferroic faculty in developing and submitting white papers and full proposals to composite materials and applications. At Tuskegee University, grant various funding agencies. funding will increase opportunities for UNL-MRSEC’s multiferroic materials research collaborations; summer undergraduate research programs; cross- A unique feature of this grant is the use of the Virtual Sponsored Research institutional courses, workshops and training sessions; and K-12 student/ Interactive Platform, which Tuskegee University has developed and teacher training. implemented through a couple of other NSF-funded grants.

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TITLE: Integrated Approach For Managing Diseases and Parasites In TITLE: Deciphering Hidden Mechanisms in the Biomagnetic Response Small Ruminants in the Southeast in Plants: a Study on the Effects of Magnetic Fields on Plant Growth, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Uma Karki Development and Disease Response from Phenome to Genome and CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Dr. Nar Gurung, Dr. Andrew Lovelady, Metabolome Dr. Nar Gurung, Dr. Steve Hart (), Dr. Niki Whitley (Fort PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Gregory C. Bernard Valley State University), Dr. Joan Burke (USDA-ARS, Booneville, Arkansas), CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Dr. Sharan Asundi ( Old Dominion Dr. Lila Karki, and Ms. Pamela Madzima (The Federation of ), Dr. Mehta Siddhartha Satish ( University of Florida), Dr. Willard Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund) Collier ( Tuskegee University), Dr. Marceline Egnin (Tuskegee University), FUNDING AGENCIES: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)/National Dr. Desmond Mortley (Tuskegee University), Dr. Sy Traore’ (Tuskegee Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Capacity Building Grant University) FUNDING AGENCIES: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)/National A high prevalence of diseases and parasites is Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Capacity Building Grant one of the major constraints in the small-rumi- nant industry in the Southeast because of its The overarching aim of this project centers on warm and humid climate, and poor manage- increasing plant breeding efficacy through -ex ment practices. Drug resistance developing in posure to magnetic fields. This aligns with the pathogens and the lack of producers’ access strategic priorities of USDA-NIFA, whose contri- to and the affordability for veterinarians prac- butions have fueled numerous agricultural ad- ticing in small ruminants warrant us looking for vancements and have enhanced the research in- frastructures of 1890s institutions like tuskegee. integrated preventive approaches. The long- Currently, of specific interest to producers, small- term goal of this project is to minimize the dis- Uma Karki scale farmers and stakeholders are environmen- ease and parasite problems in small ruminants tally friendly and effective crop propagation through the integrated approach. Objectives methods. Hence, leveraging new and existing Gregory C. Bernard are to (a) evaluate the effect of leguminous forages on the health status technologies to increase plant breeding effica- of small ruminants; (b) appraise the performance and health status of cy will address these concerns. Furthermore, as small ruminants grazing woodlands with and without supplements, (c) we explore interplanetary travel, elucidating the effects of magnetic fields develop training curricula on the integrated approach for managing dis- on plant growth and development becomes increasingly important. Our eases and parasites in small ruminants, and (d) conduct curricula-based, preliminary magnetic field exposure studies resulted in increased biomass hands-on training and demonstrations for and Extension educators production in different plant species. The objectives are to (a) expose plants and producers on an integrated approach for managing diseases and to magnetic fields and screen candidate plant growth responses based on parasites in small ruminants. From this project, different strategies to overall biomass production and selected physiological growth parameters; minimize health problems in small ruminants will be identified; training (b) identify the effects of magnetic fields in plants by transcriptome and met- curricula inclusive of integrated approaches will be prepared; Exten- abolic profiling and characterize host responses to pathogens in exposed sion educators and small-ruminant producers will be trained. Changes plants; (c) analyze the impact of a simulated Mars’ magnetic field on germi- nation and plant growth; (d) develop magnetic field exposure protocols for in knowledge, action, and condition will be monitored by deploying plants for crop producers and plant breeders. The project will contribute to short-, medium-, and long-term evaluation tools. Project findings will our fundamental understanding of magnetic field effects on crop develop- be published in different formats (i.e. journal articles, extension articles, ment and provide student experiential learning in FANH through an inter- research highlights, fact sheets, and newsletters) to broaden awareness disciplinary approach. The outcome will potentially enhance plant breeding and educate a wide audience. The expected outcomes include reduced protocols for producers and stakeholders and augment the university’s re- production costs and increased incomes, enhanced productivity and en- search capacity by introducing new agricultural research equipment key to vironmental conditions, and healthier animals and human. students’ knowledge and training in modern precision agriculture.

6 | Tuskegee University Division of Research and Sponsored Programs Annual Report 2018-2019 SIGNIFICANT GRANTS

TITLE: A Novel, Integrated Multi-disciplinary Food Science- TITLE: Development of Automatic Target Recognition and Tracking Engineering Research, Teaching and Extension Model Algorithm with Novel Detection and Classification Approaches PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Adelia C. Bovell-Benjamin PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Sharif M.A. Bhuiyan CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Ralphenia Pace, Nader Vahdat, CO-INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Jesmin F. Khan Allen Smith, Raymond Shange FUNDING AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD) FUNDING AGENCIES: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) The project focuses on the scientificdevelop - ment of a new automatic target recognition The project supports workforce availabili- and tracking algorithm specifically formulat- ty and is intended to recruit and cultivate ing a novel correlation filter for target de- leaders for a highly skilled workforce for tection. In the correlation approach, a target food, nutrition, engineering and agricul- image is compared with a reference image ture, as well as promote global prosperity by means of optical correlation between the and sustainability. The goal is to develop a two. The proposed correlation filter is expect- sustainable, collaborative, integrated model ed to combine the advantages of currently among food and nutritional sciences, chem- available two major correlation approaches— ical engineering and extension to scale-up Sharif M. A. Bhuiyan namely, matched filter correlator and joint the production of a sweet potato syrup. To transform correlator. Developing a robust Adelia C. Bovell-Benjamin accomplish the overarching goal, the proj- classification algorithm is the second major task. New correlation and ect will: (a) train students in food science en- classification approaches should increase the accuracy of separating a gineering principles, and the processing and production of a sweet target image from a non-target image under difficult background con- potato syrup; (b) optimize the process, production and evaluation of ditions, as well as the capability of classifying/differentiating many tar- the sweet potato syrup; (c) develop and implement a team-taught, gets that are very similar. Although the algorithm will be developed for integrated Food Science Engineering Certificate (FSEC) resident and military applications through this project, it can be adopted for other online course for students and professionals; and (d) develop training types of pattern-recognition and machine-learning applications. materials and conduct educational workshops to educate limited-re- source sweet potato producers, processors, extension professionals, This project will have a significant impact in boosting the graduate and and consumers in Alabama’s Black Belt counties. The FSEC will tar- undergraduate programs in the Development of Electrical and Com- get professionals employed in the food industry or those interested puter Engineering. Two graduate students and two undergraduate in working in food and food-related and/or engineering and related students will be directly involved in the project. They will work on the industries. The project will effectively link teaching, research and ex- theoretical formulation and simulation involving high-resolution video tension efforts to provide knowledge and skill sets to students, pro- sequencing with multiple targets. The students will learn and apply fessionals, farmers and consumers. Additionally, it will enhance the techniques of signal processing, image processing, Fourier optics and following areas at Tuskegee University: (a) teaching/education via mathematics. Summer workshops for engineering, technology, mathe- curricular design, materials development and student experiential matics and science students and faculty will encourage integrated re- learning; (b) research (studies and experimentation in food, engineer- search and education in the broader areas of image processing. ing, nutrition, and agriculture; and (c) extension (extension delivery/ methodology). A robust system and its related engineering process- es will be developed to produce a sweet potato syrup, which can be tested and evaluated as a precursor for commercialization.

7 | Tuskegee University Division of Research and Sponsored Programs Annual Report GRANT AWARDS 2018-2019 SPONSOR PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR TITLE OF PROJECT TOTAL

Millennium Engineering & Aglan, Heshmat Millennium Internship Program $280.00 Integration Co.

Jacobs ESSCA Group/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order No. 0008 $3,116.00

Millennium Eng. & Integration Com. Aglan, Heshmat Millennium Internship Program $1,066.80

Dynetics-NASA Aglan, Heshmat Dynetics - NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Program $20,000.00

Jacobs ESSCA/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order No. 009 ($79,495.42)

Jacobs ESSCA/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order No. 009 ($6,042.58)

Jacobs ESSCA/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order No. 010 $30,924.96

Jacobs ESSCA/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order No. 010 $10,827.03

The Boeing Company Aglan, Heshmat Boeing Undergraduate Student Projects $50,000.00

Jacobs ESSCA/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order No. 011 $24,818.95

Jacobs ESSCA/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order No. 011 $6,300.66

Jacobs ESSCA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order No. 0012 $647,279.83

Jacobs ESSCA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order No. 0012 $195,110.69

Jacobs ESSCA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order No. 0013 $1,125.37

Jacobs ESSCA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order No. 0013 $394.63

Jacobs ESSCA Group/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order No. 0014 $32,410.72

Jacobs ESSCA Group/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order No. 0014 $11,791.52

Integration of Hands-on Robotic Experience with a Mechatronics Course for Senior Mechanical Procter and Gamble Aglan, Heshmat $10,000.00 Engineering Students

Jacobs ESSCA Group/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order 0015 $2,000.00

Jacobs ESSCA Group/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order 0015 $1,292.00

Jacobs ESSCA Group/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order 0016 $41,183.35

8 | Tuskegee University Division of Research and Sponsored Programs Annual Report GRANT AWARDS 2018-2019 SPONSOR PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR TITLE OF PROJECT TOTAL

Jacobs ESSCA Group/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order 0016 $15,093.65

Jacobs ESSCA Group/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order 0017 $18,180.49

Jacobs ESSCA Group/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order 0017 $10,679.51

Jacobs ESSCA Group/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order 0018 $108,356.17

Jacobs ESSCA Group/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order 0018 $45,245.33

Nucor Aglan, Heshmat NUCOR Education and Research Center $100,000.00

Jacobs ESSCA Group/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order 0019 $91,242.03

Jacobs ESSCA Group/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order 0019 $25,904.87

Jacobs ESSCA Group/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order 0020 ($49,201.77)

Jacobs ESSCA Group/NASA Aglan, Heshmat Delivery Order 0020 ($34,557.21)

National Endowment for the Literary Legacies of Macon County and Tuskegee Institute: Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, and Albert Ankumah, Adaka $99,019.00 Humanities Murray University of Alabama at Asundi, Sharan Alabama Space Grant Consortium (CubeSAT-System Program/Alabama Statewide CubeSat Initiative) $2,000.00 Huntsville/NASA State of Alabama/ Bell, Carla Board of Architects Alabama Grant $16,110.00 Board of Architects National Trust for Bell, Carla Perserving Booker T. Washington’s Mission-Learning to Do by Doing $75,000.00 Historic Preservation Deciphering Hidden Mechanisms in the Biomagnetic Response in Plants: A Study on the Effects of Magnetic USDA/NIFA Bernard, Gregory $499,999.00 Fields o Plant Growth, Development, and Disease Response from Phenome to Genome and Metabolome Development of Automatic Target Recognition and Tracking Algorithm with Novel Detection and U.S. Army Research Office Bhuiyan, Sharif $596,522.00 Classification and Classification Approaches

USDA/NIFA Bolden-Tiller, Olga Ag-Discovery Summer Enrichment Program $52,000.00

USDA/APHIS Bolden-Tiller, Olga Ag-Discovery Enrichment Program $52,000.00

Strengthening Food Systems and Ecosystem Education and Training through Global Competence and USDA/NIFA Bonsi, Conrad $300,000.00 Experiential Learning

USDA/NIFA Bonsi, Eunice Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) $92,240.00

USDA/NIFA Bovell-Benjamin, Adelia A Novel, Integrated Multi-disciplinary Food Science-Engineering Research, Teaching and Extension Model $406,968.00

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Merck Casmir, Roslyn Tuskegee Veterinary Medicine Student Scholarship Program $25,000.00

Alabama Bicentennial Chandler, Dana Tuskegee Civil Rights Trail $5,000.00 Commission Foundation

University of Wisconsin-Madison Curry, Michael CCI Phase II: Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology $20,000.00

J.M. Kaplan Daniels, Kwesi Historic Preservation Capacity Building Project for Alabama Civil Rights Sites $50,000.00

National Trust for Historic Daniels, Kwesi Tuskegee University Historic Preservation Workshop $3,750.00 Preservation

National Institutes of Health Deepa, Bedi Phage Display to Identify Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transitioned (EMT) Breast Cancer Cells $147,000.00

USDA/NIFA Dibaba, Asseged Africa Sanitary/Phyto Sanitary (SPS) Capacity Building $200,000.00

USDA/FAS Dibaba, Asseged FY19 Mexico TBT BFP 9Valdovinos) at Tuskegee $49,853.10

Alabama Bicentennial Gebhard, Caroline Soul of Zora Quilt Exhibit $2,500.00 Commission Foundation

USDA/Rural Development Hargrove, Tasha Enhancing Agricultural Entrepreneurship Opportunities for Socially Disadvantaged Groups $173,960.00

USDA/NRCS Hargrove, Tasha 75th Annual Professional Agricultural Workers Conference $65,000.00

USDA/NRCS Hargrove, Tasha 76th Annual Professional Agricultural Workers Conference $10,000.00

USDA/NIFA Hill, Walter 1890 Facilities Grant Program ($266,414.00)

USDA/NIFA Hill, Walter 1890 Facilities Grant Program $266,414.00

State of Alabama Hill, Walter 1890 State Matching Funds for USDA/NIFA Cooperative Extension Formula Funds ($12,697.00)

USDA/NIFA/Evans-Allen Hill, Walter/Bartlett, Jannett Alternative Poultry Production: A Sustainable Intergrative Poultry Production Model for Small-Scale Farmers $20,000.00

Alabama Agricultural Land Grant Hill, Walter/Bonsi, Conrad AALGA Matching Funds for USDA/Evans-Allen Research Projects $2,523,343.00 Alliance (AALGA) Alabama Agricultural Land Grant Hill, Walter/Bonsi, Conrad 1890 Matching Funds for USDA/NIFA McIntire Stennis Forestry Funds $314,742.00 Alliance (AALGA) Alabama Agricultural Land Grant Hill, Walter/Bonsi, Conrad 1890 Matching for USDA McIntire Stennis Forestry Formula Funds $12,697.00 Alliance (AALGA)

USDA/NIFA/McIntire Stennis Hill, Walter/Bonsi, Conrad Administrative Research Support for McIntire Stennis Program $2,522.00

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Development of Evaluation of Integrative Alternative Energy Sources for Limited Resource Farmers and USDA/NIFA/Evans-Allen Hill, Walter/Bonsi, Conrad $20,971.00 Underserved Communities in Alabama

Hill, Walter/Bonsi, Conrad/ Assessing the Impact of Forest Management Practices by Limited Resource Forestland Owners on Above- USDA/NIFA/McIntire Stennis $202,016.00 Ankumah, Ramble and Below-Ground Ecosystems in Alabama Black Belt Counties Hill, Walter/Bonsi, Conrad/ USDA/NIFA/McIntire Stennis Integration of Meat Goats in Pine Silvopasture Systems in a Sustainable Forest Vegetation Management $24,889.00 Gurung, Nar Hill, Walter/Bonsi, Conrad/Payne, USDA/NIFA/Evans-Allen Administration of Research Support $2,518,706.00 Shannon Hill, Walter/Bonsi, Conrad/Payne, USDA/NIFA/McIntire Stennis Administration of Research Support for McIntire Stennis Forest Research Programs $62,948.00 Shannon Hill, Walter/Bonsi, Conrad/ USDA/NIFA/McIntire Stennis Forest Management and Estate Planning for Small Scale Under-Represented Minority Forest Land Owners $24,889.00 Zabawa, Robert

USDA/NIFA/Evans-Allen Hill, Walter/Dawkins, Norma Multiple Integrative Approaches to Obesity Prevention in Alabama Black Belt Counties $20,971.00

USDA/NIFA/McIntire Stennis Hill, Walter/Gurung, Nar Integration of Meat Goats in Pine Silvopasture Systems in a Susstainable Forest Vegetation Management $10,175.00

Hill, Walter/Kpombleou-A, USDA/NIFA/Evans-Allen Tuskegee University Strengthening Programs in Organic Farming through Research and Education $20,972.00 Kokoassa Integrative and Sustainable Approached to Production and Marketing Strategies of Vegetables and Fruits USDA/NIFA/Evans-Allen Hill, Walter/Mortley, Desmond $20,972.00 for Socially Disadvantage Farmers (SHDFG) in Alabama Hill, Walter/Okere, USDA/NIFA/Evans-Allen Sustainable Meat Goat Productions Systems for Limited Resource Producers $20,000.00 Chukwuemeka Efficient Water Use and Adaption of Climate Variability: A Sustainable Production Solution for Historically USDA/NIFA/Evans-Allen Hill, Walter/Quansah, Joseph $20,000.00 Disadvantaged and Limited Resource Farmers and Landowners

State of Alabama Hill, Walter/Shange, Raymon 1890 State Matching Funds for USDA Cooperative Extension $1,520,139.00

State of Alabama Hill, Walter/Shange, Raymon Agriculture Extension Student Support Formula Funds $300,000.00

USDA/NIFA Hill, Walter/Shange, Raymon 1890 Administrative Extension Support $1,965,284.00

USDA/NIFA Hill, Walter/Shange, Raymon On-Campus Specialist $50,000.00

USDA/NIFA Hill, Walter/Shange, Raymon County Offices $175,000.00

USDA/NIFA Hill, Walter/Shange, Raymon 1890 Facilities Grant Program at Tuskegee University $952,702.00

USDA/NIFA/Evans-Allen Hill, Walter/Zabawa, Robert Addressing Food Security through a Community Development Approach $20,971.00

Hill, Walter/Bonsi, Eanice/ USDA/NIFA 1890 Facilities Program at Tuskegee University $953,029.00 Bonsi, Conrad/Baharanyi, Ntam

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Alabama Commission Hosur, Mahesh Graduate Research Scholars Program (GRSP) $165,735.00 on Higher Education

Alabama State Development of Sullen, Janet At-Risk After-School Program $93,695.00 Education/USDA

Dominican Republic Jeelani, Shaik MESCTY-Tuskegee University Agreement $44,340.00

Collaborative Research: The AGEP Historically Black Universities Alliance: A Model to Advance Early Career National Science Foundation Jeelani, Shaik $2,120,663.00 Minority Faculty in the STEM Professoriate Additive Nano-manufacturing and Applications for Enhanced STEM Learning with Innovative Lab Proctor & Gamble Jiang, Li $10,000.00 Experience Institute of Museum and Robinson, Johntyle The Visibility and Viability Project $24,022.00 Library Services

The University of Alabama Jones, April Higher Education Consortium on Child Welfare $76,125.00

Racial Disparity in Bladder Cancer and Identification of Altered Metabolism in African Americans Baylor University/NIH Karanam, Bala ($7,570.96) Compared to European Bladder Cancer Racial Disparity in Bladder Cancer and Identification of Altered Metabolism in African Americans Baylor University/NIH Karanam, Bala $7,570.96 Compared to European Bladder Cancer Racial Disparity in Bladder Cancer and Identification of Altered Metabolism in African Americans Baylor University/NIH Karanam, Bala $16,485.00 Compared to European Bladder Cancer

USDA/NIFA Karki, Uma Integrated Approach for Managing Diseases and Parasites in Small Ruminants in the Southeast $600,000.00

Experimental and Computational Investigation of the Close-Coupled Flow Field of Delta Wings and U.S. Army Research Office Khan, Mohammed Javed $599,387.00 Vectoring Jets Clemson University/ Khan, Mohammed Javed Development and Delivery of The Boeing AerosPACE Program $18,000.00 The Boeing Company

National Science Foundation Khan, Mohammad Excellence in Research: Tolerance of Ambiguity and Academic Success $458,246.00

Appalachian Regional Commission Laughlin, Tammy Appalachian Leadership Institute $25,294.00

Extension Foundation Lunsford, Lindsey Impact Collaborative Diversity, Equity and inclusion Fellow $5,000.00

USDA/NIFA Mohamed, Abdelrahman Use of Rapid Detection of Pathogens Causing Diseases in Catfish in Alabama $13,414.00

U.S. Department of Education Moss-Smith, Jeanette Activity 6: Program Administration $314,056.00

Activity 1: Enhancing Student Success and Retention through Tutoring, Counseling and Student Academic U.S. Department of Education Moss-Smith, Jeanette $626,282.00 Skills Programs

U.S. Department of Education Moss-Smith, Jeanette Activity 2: Enhancing Faculty Effectiveness through Strategic Development Activities and Acquisitions $211,300.00

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Activity 3: Enhancing Institutional Effectiveness and Improving Student Retention through Increased U.S. Department of Education Moss-Smith, Jeanette $344,864.00 Engagement and Data-Informed Decision Making

U.S. Department of Education Moss-Smith, Jeanette Activity 4: Development and Implementation of Expanded Library Resources $365,500.00

U.S. Department of Education Moss-Smith, Jeanette Activity 5: Renovation/Construction of Instructional Facilities $771,803.00

U.S. Department of Education Moss-Smith, Jeanette SAFRA Activity 1: Office of Distance Education and Online Learning (ODEOL) $287,926.00

SAFRA Activity 2: Enhancing Academic Success for the 21st Century Learners through Technology U.S. Department of Education Moss-Smith, Jeanette $552,729.00 Advancement in Classrooms and Laboratories

U.S. Department of Education Moss-Smith, Jeanette SAFRA: Program Administration $0.00

University of Alabama Murphy, Gregory Alabama Space Grant Consortium $5,000.00 at Huntsville/NASA

University of Tennessee/NSF Murphy, Gregory NSF Engineering Research Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Network $100,000.00

University of Alabama Murphy, Gregory Alabama Space Grant Consortium $9,000.00 at Huntsville/NASA

Intel Corp Murphy, Gregory Intel-Tuskegee Scholar Program $107,997.00

University of Tennessee/NSF Murphy, Gregpry NSF Engineering Research Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Network $146,666.00

University of Alabama FY2018 Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence (IC CAE) Critical Technology Studies Narang, Hira $31,875.00 at Huntsville/Department of Defense Program ARL HBCU/MI Undergraduate Design Competition: Retrofitting of Small UAV’s for Internal Power Transfer U.S. Army Research Office Ndoye, Mandoye $8,000.00 using 3D Printing Tools Florida A&M University/ National Oni, Ben Consortium for Materials and Energy Studies (CMAES) $17,380.00 Nuclear Security Administration

National Institute of Health Perry, Ruby Endowment $2,920,539.00

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources & Perry, Ruby Centers of Excellence $2,891,266.00 Security Administration

USDA/NIFA Perry, Ruby Enhancing Diversity Among Food Animal Veterinarians $230,769.00

U.S. Department of Education Perry, Ruby Activity 1: Academic Reinforcement and Instruction $612,178.89

U.S. Department of Education Perry, Ruby Activity 2: Student Support Services $304,906.90

U.S. Department of Education Perry, Ruby Activity 3: Advancing the Virtual Biomedical Learning Resources $160,654.00

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U.S. Department of Education Perry, Ruby Activity 4: Strengthening the Infrastructure in Graduate and Research Education $255,000.00

U.S. Department of Education Perry, Ruby Activity 5: Development of Teaching Modules for Computer-Assisted Learning $156,224.67

U.S. Department of Education Perry, Ruby Activity 6: Maintenance and Renovation of Instruction Facilities $640,512.48

U.S. Department of Education Perry, Ruby Activity 7: Purchase and Installation of Laboratory and Classroom Equipment $90,000.00

U.S. Department of Education Perry, Ruby Activity 8: Improvement and Maintenance of the Development/Public Relations Office $199,202.00

U.S. Department of Education Perry, Ruby Activity 9: Administrative Management Tools and Capabilities $143,988.00

U.S. Department of Health and Perry, Ruby Centers of Excellence $2,891,266.00 Human Services/NIH/HRSA

National Institute of Health Puri, Pawan Protein Kinase A (PKA) Signaling in the Cystogenesis and Dedifferentation of Proximal Tubules $139,950.00

Hyundai Qazi, Mohammed Stem Work-related Experiences $8,000.00

Alabama State Department Qazi, Mohammed $75,000.00 of Education Qazi, Mohammed/ Peer-learning Communities to Develop Rural, African-American Girls Computer Science Knowledge and NSF $175,019.00 Rawajfih, Yasmeen Career Awareness Qazi, Mohammed/Russell, Auburn University/NSF Albert/Sharma, Prakash/ Greater Alabama Blackbelt Region (LSAMP) $161,873.00 Windham, Herman

Auburn University/USDA/NIFA Quarcoo, Franklin Statewide Extension IPM Coordination Program $37,200.00

State of Alabama Quinn, Garry DBE Supportive Services Program $194,192.00

Partnership for Research and Education in Multiferroic Polymer Noncomposites Between Tuskegee NSF Rangari, Vijaya $1,288,750.00 University and the and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Connecting the Plasma Universe to Plasma Technology in Alabama: The Science and Technology of Low- University of Alabama at Huntsville Rangari, Vijaya $283,000.00 Temperature Plasma

USDA/FAS Reddy, Gopal CFP-19 Myanmar Intelligent Port Inspect $43,369.00

Egyptian Cultural and Educational Reddy, Gopal Epidermiological Studies on Environmental Pollution of Poultry Farms $4,000.00 Bureau University of Alabama at Reese, Alvetta Tuskegee University School of Nursing and Allied Health Consulting Agreement $35,522.00 Birmingham State of Alabama Historical Russell, Albert Samuel C. Armstrong Capital Enhancement Grant $13,946.00 Commission

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USDA/FAS Samuel, Temesgen FY19 Mexico TBT BFP (Ortega) at Tuskegee $49,980.70

USDA/NIFA Smith, Ronald Renewable Resources Extension Act Program $13,500.00

USDA/NIFA Smith, Ronald Integrated Natural Resources, Renewable Energy and Climate Change $2,677.00

NASA Smith, Tamara MUREP Scholarship $4,500.00

University of Alabama at Sodeke, Stephen Southern All of Us Network $35,368.00 Birmingham/NIH State of Alabama/U.S. Department Sullen, Janet At-Risk After-School Program $98,974.00 of Education

State of Alabama/USDE Sullen, Janet At-Risk After-School Program $10,315.60

U.S. Department of Transportation/ Dwight D. Eisenhower Fellowship Program Administration of the (DDETFP) Local Competition at Tcherbi-Narteh, Alfred $10,000.00 Federal Highway Administration Designated Institutions of Higher Education - Jalon Levett U.S. Department of Transportation/ Dwight D. Eisenhower Fellowship Program Administration of the (DDETFP) Local Competition at Tcherbi-Narteh, Alfred $8,000.00 Federal Highway Administration Designated Institutions of Higher Education - Kayla Triche U.S. Department of Transportation/ Dwight D. Eisenhower Fellowship Program Administration of the (DDETFP) Local Competition at Tcherbi-Narteh, Alfred $6,500.00 Federal Highway Administration Designated Institutions of Higher Education - Ahmad Johnson U.S. Department of Transportation/ Dwight D. Eisenhower Fellowship Program Administration of the (DDETFP) Local Competition at Tcherbi-Narteh, Alfred $5,000.00 Federal Highway Administration Designated Institutions of Higher Education - Damiene Pam U.S. Department of Health and Morehouse School of Medicine/Tuskegee University/UAB Comprehensive Partnership - Administrative Human Services/National Institute of Troy, Roberta/Yates, Clayton $224,604.00 Core Health/National Cancer Institute U.S. Department of Health and Morehouse School of Medicine/Tuskegee University/UAB Comprehensive Partnership - Biostatistics/ Human Services/National Institute of Troy, Roberta/Yates, Clayton $128,890.00 Bioformatics Shared Resources Health/National Cancer Institute U.S. Department of Health and Morehouse School of Medicine/Tuskegee University/UAB Comprehensive Partnership - Bioethics Shared Human Services/National Institute of Troy, Roberta/Yates, Clayton $62,882.00 Resources Health/National Cancer Institute U.S. Department of Health and Morehouse School of Medicine/Tuskegee University/UAB Comprehensive Partnership - Research Human Services/National Institute of Troy, Roberta/Yates, Clayton $195,080.00 Education Core Health/National Cancer Institute U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/National Institute of Troy, Roberta/Yates, Clayton Morehouse School of Medicine/Tuskegee University/UAB Comprehensive Partnership - Cancer Outreach $187,956.00 Health/National Cancer Institute U.S. Department of Health and Morehouse School of Medicine/Tuskegee University/UAB Comprehensive Partnership - Planning and Human Services/National Institute of Troy, Roberta/Yates, Clayton $123,700.00 Evaluation Health/National Cancer Institute

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U.S. Department of Health and Morehouse School of Medicine/Tuskegee University/UAB Comprehensive Partnership - Project 2: Human Services/National Institute of Troy, Roberta/Yates, Clayton $177,892.00 Molecular Regulation of Kaiso in Prostate Cancer Health/National Cancer Institute

Southern Regional Center for Food Safety Training Outreach and Technical Assistance Continuation and UF/USDA/NIFA Vaughan, Barrett $12,000.00 Lead Regional Coordination Center

USDA/NIFA Hill, Walter/Bonsi Conrad Administrative Budget $4,857.00

Influence of Androgen Deprivation and Tumor Micro-environment on Epigenetic Silencing of Tumor National Institute of Health Wang, Honghe $147,000.00 Metastasis Suppressor KISS1 during Prostate Cancer Progression

Merck Corporation Warren, Reuben Public Health Ethics Fellowship $101,275.00

Emory University Warren, Reuben Promoting Fresh Fruits and vegetables on a Food Desert $5,000.00

HHS/PDS/CDC Warren, Rueben Tuskegee University Apology Commemoration Activities $250,000.00

Spokes: Medium: South: Collaborative: Integrating Biological Big Data Research into Student Training and NSF Wu, Fan $149,996.00 Education

National Institute of Health Yates, Clayton Administrative Core, Infrastructure Core, Investigative Core, Community Engagement and Project 2 $1,683,799.00

Department of Defense/ A Precision Medicine Study of How Inflammation May Underlie the Excessive Burden of Prostate Cancer in U.S. Army Medical Research Yates, Clayton $1,146,586.00 Men of African Ancestry Acquisition Activity

Development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Best Practices for Pathology in Africa and the CRDF Global Yates, Clayton $40,000.00 Caribbean

University of Alabama at Yates, Clayton UAB Center of Clinical and Translational Science $85,688.00 Birmingham

Birmingham Racing Commission Yorke, Elizabeth/Livesey, Leanda Radiographic Evaluation between Equine Lameness and Hind Limb Plantar Angles $3,500.00

Birmingham Racing Commission Yorke, Elizabeth Radiographic Evaluation of the Relationship Between Equine Lameness and Hind Limb Plantar Angles $1,050.00

USDA/FS/SRS Zabawa, Robert Impact of Heir Property on Personal and Community Asset Building $10,000.00

Clarkson Aerospace Corporation/ Zainuddin, Shaik AFRL Collaboration Program - Materials and Manufacturing Research $10,000.00 U.S. Air Force Research Lab

16 | Tuskegee University Division of Research and Sponsored Programs Annual Report Housed in CAENS and co-directed by the heads of Biology and Chemistry departments is also the NSF-funded The College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Impacting the future through research Historically Black College and University’s Undergraduate Allied Health (CVMNAH), the only college of this Program (HBCU-UP), which is a comprehensive initiative kind at a Historically Black College, is involved in to ensure students are prepared to work in the interface of multidisciplinary biomedical research focused mathematics, science and engineering. HBCU-UP, which upon animal health including the intersection gives impetus to the strategic development of several between animal and human health, through Nano-Biotechnology new courses, provides students with intensive summer the One-Medicine-One-Health framework both immersions in cutting-edge research information on at the molecular as well as at higher population Information Technology research and career opportunities, preparatory workshops levels. Tuskegee’s multidisciplinary, biomedical for standardized admissions exams to graduate and research agenda is further supported by the Environmental Science & Engineering pre-health institutions, and a space to interact with Center in Biomedical Information Management professionals in government, industry and academe. Systems (BIMS) and its research counterpart, the Center for Computational Epidemiology, Bioinformatics, and Risk Analysis (CCEBRA), Fuel Cells Technology A major activity in the College of both of which employ emerging information technology. These complementary units Engineering Architecture and Physical seek to integrate veterinary medicine with human health by exploiting innovative health Molecular Biology Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Sciences, funded by the U.S. Department systems and biotechnologies. Through creative applications of computational science, of Energy, is the Samuel Massie Chair of the CCEBRA serves as a vehicle for the development of models useful for epidemiologic Immunology Division of University Advancement Excellence in Environmental Science and problem solving and decision-making of animal and human diseases and conditions. Engineering. The mission of this Program Toxicology is the establishment of a sustainable, The School Nursing and Allied Health in CVMNAH was recently awarded a significant nationally and internationally reputable grant from the Health Resources and Services research and training program in Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Public Health environmental science and engineering. Human Services to enable the school to strengthen its Another desired outcome of this Program recruitment, retention, pre-entry, faculty development, Epidemiology is to maintain the academic and research cultural competence and financial support. Through training of a continuous stream of minority support from this grant, the School will conduct Reproductive and Environmental Biology engineers at the undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral levels for the long term. “Nursing as a Career” presentations each semester Another significant research and educational program, also funded by the Department at Tuskegee and two other Historically Black Colleges of Energy, involves a comprehensive aging study on two widely used polymeric systems. and Universities. The educational component of this grant is the development of a sequence of courses and associated summer training and research programs in environmental restoration/ waste management to educate and train African American students. annual report 2011-2012

The College of Liberal Arts and Education, in partnership with Auburn University, is contributing to the systemic improvement of mathematics education (K-12) in fifteen school districts in East-Alabama, through a project called TEAM-Math (Transforming East-Alabama Mathematics), funded by the Math and Science Partnership program of the NSF. The goals of the partnership include increasing overall student achievement in mathematics; addressing gaps in performance between demographic groups; enhancing the professional knowledge of practicing teachers who teach mathematics; developing a cadre of knowledgeable teacher leaders; and improving the preparation of prospective teachers at the university level.

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