HBCU-RISE: Strengthening the Ph.D. Program in Materials Science and Engineering Program at Tuskegee University

塔斯基吉大学先进材料中心 (T-CAM) 正在请求 HBCU-RISE 支持，以进一步加强博士学位。通过为课程提供额外的深度和广度来进行计划；纳入新的研究领域；支持初级教师的启动资金；为博士生提供专业发展活动，包括多个领域的技能发展以及外部实验室的实习。该提案的智力价值在于，学生参与先进材料（特别是纳米生物材料）的前沿研究，并提供一系列新课程，将培养出能够成功应对未来技术进步带来的材料开发挑战的毕业生。 T-CAM 对材料科学与工程 (MSE) 的基础和应用研究做出了重大贡献。 T-CAM 教职员工支持大量少数民族本科生和研究生的研究和教育，他们开发了最先进的设施来开展先进材料许多方面的研究，并获得了化学合成和分析、加工/制造、性能评估以及先进材料和结构建模方面的专业知识。 因此，该项目的更广泛影响包括培养大量非裔美国博士毕业生。水平，在材料科学和工程的新兴领域，通过行业经验和国际接触而发展出出色的沟通和人际交往能力，这将对国家和地区的经济发展产生深远的影响。

Tuskegee University's Center for Advanced Materials (T-CAM), is requesting HBCU-RISE support to further strengthened the Ph.D. Program by providing additional depth and breadth to the curriculum; incorporating new areas of research; supporting start-up funds for junior faculty; and providing professional development activities for doctoral students that includes skills development in several areas as well as internships in external laboratories. Intellectual merit of this proposal lies in the fact that the involvement of students in the cutting-edge research in advanced materials, particularly, nano-bio materials, and the offering of a vide range of new courses, will lead to the production of graduates who can successfully handle materials development challenges posed by the future technological advancements. T-CAM contributes significantly to the basic and applied research in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). The T-CAM faculty members, who support research and education of a large number of minority undergraduate and graduate students, have developed state-of-the-art facilities to conduct research in many aspects of advanced materials and acquired expertise in chemical synthesis and analysis, processing/manufacturing, performance evaluation, and modeling of advanced materials and structures. Therefore the broader impacts of this project include production of a large number of African American graduates at the Ph.D. level, in emerging areas of materials science and engineering with excellent communication and interpersonal skills developed through industrial experience and international exposure which will result in a profound impact on the economic development of the state and the region.