Doctoral Research Capacity Building for Sensor Science Technology

亚拉巴马农业和机械大学（AAMU）正在提交一份关于HBCU博士能力建设补助金的提案，该提案将统一研究重点放在传感器科学和技术（SST）上，以回应2002年6月17日NSF亲爱的同事信。AAMU发起了博士学位。1986年，物理学。AAMU是首批开始博士学位的HBCU之一。程序.拟议的项目有一个统一的重点传感器科学和技术。这完全支持了大学的使命，并符合传感器领域的国家研究标准。工业合作伙伴和来自联邦实验室的科学家们已经认可了这一提议。为了确保每个关键领域的基础上AAMU的实力和国家的需要是代表，三个子项目领域是精心挑选的：智能光学传感器，光纤传感器，和红外（IR）传感器。新材料的开发和他们的适应国家的最先进的传感器是我们的建议的主要科学目标。这将提高部门的整体能力和基础设施，并将有助于吸引高质量的教师，本科生和研究生。每年将为HBCU和其他机构的教师和UG学生组织为期一周的夏季研讨会和短期课程，内容涉及传感器科学和技术。八至十名教师和学生将被邀请从当地和其他大学和学院。这反过来又将激励和更好地准备UG学生进入科学和工程领域的研究生院。该短期课程将在以后推荐为研究生课程，每学期3学分。亚拉巴马A M大学位于亨茨维尔市的战略位置之间的主要工业公司，美国宇航局/马歇尔太空飞行中心，美国陆军导弹和航空司令部，美国陆军战略导弹和防御司令部。&其中几个重点是传感器技术。该基金将帮助（a）改善AAMU物理系的基础设施，（B）扩大先前CREST非线性光学和光学材料中心（1988 - 1998）的科学研究。拟议的赠款将加强AAMU作为HBCUs和其他机构之间的博士学位授予机构的地位。这笔赠款还将有助于吸引高质量的教师和学生。现有的部门外谘询委员会将检讨这项拨款对部门基础设施的影响。委员会将向PD/PI和部门主席报告调查结果。AAMU管理层承诺支持该提案，分担31%的成本，并将间接成本从正常的35.5%降至25%。获建议拨款资助的首席研究主任/发展部及研究人员拥有多年的科研及管理经验，以及良好的科研往绩，并在传感器材料及器件领域获得广泛认可。

Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (AAMU) is submitting a proposal for HBCU Doctoral Capacity Building Grant with a unified research focus on Sensor Science and Technology (SST) in response to the NSF Dear Colleague Letter of June 17, 2002. AAMU initiated the Ph.D. program in physics in 1986. AAMU is one of the first HBCUs to start the Ph.D. program. The proposed projects have a unified focus on Sensor Science and Technology. This fully supports the mission of the university andmeets the national standards of research in the area of sensors. Industrial partners and scientists from federal laboratories have endorsed this proposal. To ensure that each critical area based on AAMU strength and the national need is represented, three subproject areas are carefully chosen: Smart Optical Sensors, Fiber Optic Sensors, and Infrared (IR) Sensors.Development of the novel materials and their adaptation in the state-of-the-art sensors is our major scientific goal of the proposal. This will increase the overall capacity and infrastructure of the department and will help in attracting quality faculty, undergraduate and graduate students. A one-week summer workshop and a short course for faculty and UG students from HBCU's and other institutions will be organized every year on sensor science and technology. Eight to ten faculty and students will be invited from local and other universities and colleges. This in turn will motivate and better prepare UG students towards entering graduate schools in the areas of science and engineering. The short course will be later recommended for a graduate course with 3 credit/semester.Alabama A&M University is strategically located in the city of Huntsville amongst major industrial companies, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, US Army Missile and Aviation Command, and US Army Strategic Missile and Defense Command. Several of these have a focus on sensor technology. This NSF grant will help in (a) improving the infrastructure of the department of physics at AAMU and (b) expanding the scientific research being conducted as a result of the previous CREST-Center for Nonlinear Optics and Optical Materials (1988-1998). The proposed grant will strengthen the position of AAMU as a doctoral degree awarding institution among HBCUs and other institutions. The grant will also help in attracting quality faculty and students. The existing external departmental advisory committee will review the impact of this grant on the infrastructure of the department. The committee will report the findings to the PD/PI and to the department chair.The AAMU administration is committed to support the proposal by contributing 31% cost-sharing and a reduction of indirect cost to 25% from a normal 35.5%. The PI/PD and investigators of the proposed grant have many years of scientific and management experience, strong scientific track record and are well recognized in the field of sensor materials and devices.