FOR HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
AND MINORITY INSTITUTIONS
Deputy Secretary of Defense John Deutch announced today plans to award grants
and contracts totalling some $46 million to 37 professors at 31 Historically
Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MIs) for
science, mathematics, and engineering infrastructure support programs. These
were competitively selected from 81 proposals submitted to the Army Research
Office, the Office of Naval Research, the Air Force Office of Scientific
Research, and the Advanced Research Projects Agency in response to a
solicitation in August 1994.
Recipients of the awards will establish educational research consortia,
centers for aerospace studies, or purchase equipment for educational
infrastructure and/or research needs. Awards ranging from $65,000 for
equipment to $9 million for a five-year education/research consortium are
expected to be made in the third quarter of fiscal year 1995. Awards will be
made only after written agreements have been reached between the Department and
the institutions. Fiscal year 1994 and 1995 funds for these awards total $24
million. Additional funding requirements for $22 million are contingent upon
future appropriations. A list of recipients is attached.
INSTITUTION DEPARTMENT PRINC INVESTIGATOR
SERVICE
Alabama A&M Univ, AL Dept of Physics Dr. Anup Sharma ARPA
CUNY, Medgar Evers College, NY Dept of Biology Dr. Edward Catapane
Navy
California State Univ., Los Angeles, CA Dept of Elec Engr Dr. Fred
Daneshgaran ARPA
Central State University, OH Dept of Chemistry Dr. Vijay Gupta Navy
Clark Atlanta University, GA Theoretical Studies Dr. Carlos Handy
ARPA
Delaware State University, DE Dept of Chemistry/Biology Dr. Stan Ivey
Navy
Dillard University, LA Division of Natural Science Dr. Sylvanus Nwosu
Navy
Elizabeth City State Univ., NC Dept of Math & Computer Science Dr. Linda
Hayden Navy
Florida A&M University, FL Dept of Physics Dr. Charles Weatherford
Navy
Florida International Univ., FL Dept of Industrial Engr Dr. Frank Chen
ARPA
Florida International Univ., FL Dept of Elec & Computer Engr Dr. Grover
Larkins, Jr. Air Force
Grambling State University, LA Dept of Math and Computer Science Dr. Muddapu
Balaram Army
Howard University, DC Systems & Comp Science Prof Don Coleman Air
Force
Howard University, DC Dept of Mechanical Engr Dr. Lewis Thigpen ARPA
Jackson State University, MS Dept of Chemistry/Biology Dr. Jeffery Zubkowski
Navy
Knoxville College, TN Dept of Math & Natural Science Dr. Mansour Mansour
Navy
Lincoln University, PA Dept of Physics Dr. Jin Tong Wang Navy
Morehouse College, GA Dept of Chemistry Prof Morris Waugh ARPA
Morris Brown College, GA Dept of Chemistry Dr. Gloria Anderson Navy
NC A&T State University, NC Dept of Chemical Engr Dr. Vinayak Kabadi Air
Force
NC Central University, NC Dept of Chemistry Prof Robert Izydore Navy
New Mexico Highlands Univ., NM Dept of Physics Prof Gary Duerksen
ARPA
Norfolk State University, VA Center for Materials Research Dr. Heidi Ries
ARPA
Prairie View A&M University, TX College of Engr & Archit Dr. Paul Biney
Air Force
Prairie View A&M University, TX College of Engr & Archit Dr. Thomas Fogarty
Navy/ARPA
Tennessee State University, TN Dept of Mechanical Engr Prof Amir Shirkhodie
Navy
Texas A&M Univ., Kingsvile, TX Dept of Mech & Ind Engr Dr. Robert McLauchlan
Navy
Texas A&M Univ., Corpus Christi, TX Blucher Inst Dr. Katherine Price
Navy
Tuskegee University, AL Dept of Aerospace Engr Dr. Kwasi Bofah Navy
Tuskegee University, AL School of Engineering Dr. Shaik Jeelani Army
Univ of Guam, GU College of Nursing Dr. Kathy Tang ARPA
Univ of New Mexico, NM Dept of Chemistry Prof Mark Hampden-Smith
Navy
Univ of New Mexico, NM Center for High Tech Materials Dr. Kevin Malloy
Air Force
Univ of Texas-El Paso, TX Dept of Civil Engineering Dr. Roberto Osegueda
Air Force
Univ of Texas-El Paso, TX Dept of Chemistry Dr. Leonard ter Haar
ARPA
Univ of Texas-San Antonio, TX Dept of Math & Computer Science Prof Xiaodong
Zhang ARPA
West Virginia State College, WV Dept of Chemistry Prof Vernon Fletcher
Navy
Army-sponsored programs establish Research Consortia; Navy and ARPA awards are
for instrumentation; and Air Force awards establish Centers for Future
Aerospace Science and Technology (FAST)
