Research and education in materials science and engineering

CHED 1511

Shaik Jeelani, jeelanis@tuskegee.edu1, Melissa Hines, Melissa.Hines@cornell.edu2, Mahesh Hosur, Hosur@tuskegee.edu1, Pamela Leggett-Robinson, robinson@tuskegee.edu1, and Melissa Reeves, mrreves@tuskegee.edu1. (1) Center for Advanced Materials, Tuskegee University, 101 James Center, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088, (2) Center for Materials Research, Cornell University
Materials research at Tuskegee University started thirty years ago with a modest grant from the National Science Foundation, under the Research Initiation program. The research and educational activity was later folded under a central organization named Tuskegee's Center for Advanced Materials (T-CAM), which became the single largest multidisciplinary center for research and education on Tuskegee University's Campus. Currently, T-CAM enjoys supports from all departments of defense, the National Science foundation, and industry. The center supports twelve faculty members and fifty students, undergraduate through Ph.D., from various disciplines of science and engineering. Tuskegee University's first Ph.D. program in materials Science and Engineering was also developed and offered through T-CAM. The primary objective of this program is to substantially increase the number of African American PhDs in Materials Science and Engineering.

The research at T-CAM is divided into four major thrust areas. They are: Synthesis and Analysis, Processing and Process Control, Modeling and Simulation, and Performance Evaluation. Earlier, the focus was on research dealing with polymers and polymer composites that were of interest to the military, civil structures and sporting industry. Currently, the primary focus is on developing and characterizing nanocomposites for various structural applications. Adequate research infrastructure has been developed for Tuskegee University to play active role in this emerging technology.

Tuskegee University partners with various universities and national labs in an effort to import the cutting edge research and education underway at those organizations and also to provide students the necessary exposure in becoming competitive in the work place. Partnership with Cornell University, through a several National Science Foundation grants, is the most comprehensive collaboration, which is well recognized locally and nationally.

 

Research and Education in Material Science
8:30 AM-11:35 AM, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Hilton New Orleans Riverside -- Rosedown, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008