Research and Facility Renovation for the College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science at Tennessee State University

该奖项由2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)资助。该奖项支持田纳西州立大学(TSU)研究与赞助项目(RSP)大楼底层(底层)的6个研究实验室和一个服务器机房的7202平方英尺的翻新和现代化改造。新的最先进的实验室将促进多学科研究，作为TSU跨学科研究生工程研究(TIGER)研究所的一部分。该奖项支持的翻新任务将包括地板、暖通空调安装、电气工程、管道和室内装饰。智力优势：翻新后的设施将供来自建筑、土木、电气和机械工程、航空和工业技术、计算机科学、化学、生物、数学和物理的TSU教职员工和学生使用。升级TSU的研究基础设施将使正在进行的科学可视化、材料科学和工程以及智能传感器网络研究中的协作、跨学科研究成为可能。德克萨斯州立大学目前的研究重点是涡轮发动机的集成系统健康管理，改善军用和商业车辆的人-车性能，评估复合材料寿命的模拟和建模技术，跨层认知网络，以及基于射频传感器的自动目标识别。每年，至少有100名本科生和50名研究生将受到该奖项的影响。建成后，改造后的设施将增强教师竞争校外资金的能力，继续吸引优秀的学生学者和教师，并促进全国少数民族科学、工程和数学博士学位的增加。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This award supports the 7,202 square foot renovation and modernization of six research laboratories and a server room on the lower level (bottom floor) of the Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) Building at Tennessee State University (TSU). The new, state of the art laboratories will foster multidisciplinary research as part of TSU's Interdisciplinary Graduate Engineering Research (TIGER) Institute. Renovation tasks supported by this award will include flooring, installation of HVAC, electrical work, plumbing, and interior finishes. Intellectual Merit: The renovated facility will be used by TSU faculty and students from architectural, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering; aeronautical and industrial technology; computer science, chemistry; biology; mathematics; and physics. Upgrading TSU's research infrastructure will enable collaborative, interdisciplinary research in ongoing research thrusts in scientific visualization, materials science and engineering, and smart sensor networking. Current research at TSU focuses on integrated systems health management of turbine engines, improving vehicle-human performance in vehicles for military and commercial applications, simulation and modeling techniques to assess the life of composite materials, cross-layered cognitive networks, and RF sensor based automatic target recognition.Broader Impacts: TSU is an Historically Black College/University that trains a significant number of African American students in engineering. Annually, at least one hundred undergraduate and fifty graduate students will be impacted by this award. Upon completion, the renovated facility will enhance the ability of faculty to compete for extramural funding, continue to attract outstanding student scholars and faculty, and facilitate the increase of the nation's minority doctorates in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics.