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的支持，通过增加课程的深度和广度来进一步加强博士项目；纳入新的研究领域；支持初级教师的启动资金；并为博士生提供专业发展活动，包括几个领域的技能发展以及在外部实验室的实习。该建议的智力价值在于，学生参与先进材料，特别是纳米生物材料的前沿研究，以及提供广泛的新课程，将导致毕业生能够成功应对未来技术进步带来的材料开发挑战。T-CAM对材料科学与工程（MSE）的基础研究和应用研究做出了重要贡献。T-CAM的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，在先进材料的许多方面进行研究，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在材料科学和工程新兴领域培养大量具有博士学位的非裔美国毕业生，他们通过行业经验和国际接触培养了出色的沟通和人际交往能力，这将对该州和该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.