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。通过提供额外的深度和广度的课程计划;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，包括在几个领域的技能发展以及在外部实验室实习。这一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，并提供一系列新课程，将导致毕业生能够成功地处理未来技术进步带来的材料开发挑战。 T-CAM为材料科学与工程（MSE）的基础和应用研究做出了重大贡献。T-CAM的教职员工，谁支持研究和教育的大量少数民族本科生和研究生，已经开发出国家的最先进的设施，在先进材料的许多方面进行研究，并在化学合成和分析，加工/制造，性能评估，先进材料和结构的建模获得专业知识。 因此，该项目的更广泛的影响包括生产大量的非洲裔美国人毕业生在博士学位。水平，在材料科学和工程的新兴领域，通过行业经验和国际曝光，这将导致对国家和地区的经济发展产生深远影响的发展具有良好的沟通和人际交往能力。

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.