Martin Administration claim North Carolina A&T Creates Three Centers of Excellence (

N.C. A&T Board of Trustees to Hold Annual Retreat July 18-19 EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (July 15, 2019) – The North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will hold its annual retreat July 18-19, at the Graylyn International Conference Center, in Winston Salem. Retreat agenda action items included approval to Establish Center of Excellence. The interim directors will establish inter disciplinary faculty advisory committees and external advisory committees, initiate discussions with business and industry leaders and plans for sustaining the centers for the long term. They will also assist with hiring of permanent directors and initiate strategic planning.

Land Grant (The) North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, established to provide science driven practical educations in 1891, third in Sponsored research funding, second in Graduates early career earning, and first in affordability in the UNC System, home-place of innovation, among the leaders in STEM, STEAM,  Agriculture  education, and Supply Chain Management.  NC A&T is the place where the students made the brick to build the building in which to be educated.  North Carolina A&T State University diverse National and International Faculty and Staff cooperative relationships with National and International Institutions, Corporations, Government Agencies, other HBCUs, and Alumni network, offers Tomorrow's Technology  &  Innovation Today.  (The) North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University held their 44th annual Career Awareness Fair Sept. 12, 2017, one of the largest among the University of North Carolina School Systems,  attracting more than 200 unique employers and 700 representatives soliciting internship, co-op and direct hire positions. Due to demand A&T held a Fair Remix Sept. 26, 2018 for an additional 50 unique employers and 130 representative.

NC A&T Created Center of Excellence in cybersecurity in 2009, Center for Advanced Materials in 2002 and Center for Entrepreneurship in 2002.  Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12)  brought more than 35 tech companies to North Carolina A&T to explore new partnerships and highlight the importance of diversity in the tech sector.  The following corporations & industry associations  attended the conference: Airbnb, Amazon, AMD, Apple, Business Software Alliance Foundation, Cognizant  Technology Solutions, Cone Health, Dell, Duke Energy, eBay/StubHub, Facebook, GlaxoSmithKline, Google, IBM, Information Technology Industry Council, Infosys, Intel, Internet Association, IQVIA, Lyft, Microsoft, NanoRacks, Nielsen, Pandora, PayPal, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Quicken Loans, Red Ventures, Samsung, SAP SE, SAS, Spotify, Uber, Volvo Group, & Zillow.

NC A&T received $92 million in State Appropriation constituting 3.4% percent of the approx. $2.5 billion dollar UNC Board of Governors annual appropriation. NC A&T attract $77 million dollars in tuition revenue and $63 million dollars in Sponsored Research in  2017- 2018, for a return of  $1.5 dollars for every dollar of  State appropriations.

“Activities/Resources: Leverage faculty collaboration at JSNN to enhance research partnerships between UNCG and NCA&T researchers. Expected Result, UNCG opportunities in grants previously unavailable due to limitations in areas of certain research expertise. “ [UNCG UNC Tomorrow 4.1 & 4.4 Final Report]

May 2007 UNC Board of Governors established alleged Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, at bogus NC A&T / UNCG Joint Millennial campus Gateway University Research Park,  to off (a) joint interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree and (a) joint professional science master's degree.     In order for UNC-G to offer Nanoscience degrees it must access NC A&T academic circular and research [Although the degree is in Nanoscience (and does not include Nanoengineering), students will be given the opportunity to take relevant courses at the School of Engineering at North Carolina A&T University and will be able to work on collaborative projects with faculty in the school of Engineering- request to plan Ph.D. in Nanoscience. The University of North Carolina Board of Governors approved establishment of the MS in Nanoscience on November 13, 2009, and establishment of the PhD program in Nanoscience on January 8, 2010, excluding NC A&T. December 9, 2009 UNC Graduate Council recommends authorization of the joint PhD, Dr. James Sadler Associate Vice President for Academic Planning University of North Carolina Chronology.  Ask UNC Board of Governors, NCA&T Chancellor Harold Martin, NC A&T Board of Trustees where are NC A&T Nanoscience MS. and Ph.D. degrees.  NC A&T website announced UNCG, N.C. A&T Awarded $500K from NSF To Build High Speed Network  to build a high-speed research data network that will both connect each other and enable faster, easier sharing of research with scientists around the world. Since 2005 NCA&T has garnered third most sponsored research in the UNC System and UNC Greensboro has placed last in sponsored research in the NCA&T & UNCG UNC peer group. NCA&T Chancellors and Board of Trustees are referred to on the university website as  leaders but may have brought little to nothing to the table except for transferring NCA&T assets as Collaborators.

Source : UNC Centers and Institutes 2  Revised 8/22/2016

The Completive Edge: North Carolina A&T State University is again expanding its graduate-level cybersecurity program.    David Arneke  NC A&T Graphic "Job opportunities are abundant; the White House cites estimates of the demand for cybersecurity workers growing 12 times faster than the overall job market" N.C. A&T will work with 12 other historically black colleges and universities and two national laboratories to dramatically grow the workforce of professionals, researchers and academics prepared to lead the nation’s defense against cyber attacks. The project will be funded by the federal Cybersecurity Workforce Pipeline Consortium, a program to spark interest N.C. A&T will work with 12 other historically black colleges and universities and two national laboratories to dramatically grow the workforce of professionals, researchers and academics prepared to lead the nation’s defense against cyber attacks. The project will be funded by the federal Cybersecurity Workforce Pipeline Consortium, a program to spark interest in cybersecurity in students from elementary school to graduate school. The $25 million, five-year program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and its National Nuclear Security Administration. A&T will be involved at the master’s and doctorate levels. Graduates from the other colleges and universities will study and conduct research at A&T. Research will focus on cyber-identity protection and privacy in addition to cybersecurity in general. Link

Cross Campus Collaboration Nets N.C. A&T $7.5 Million Contract with U.S. Dept. of Labor   Joy Cook  Video The Division of Research and Economic Development (DORED) at North Carolina A&T State University in conjunction with Lead   Principal  Investigator  Dr. Cameron Seay, in the College of Science and Technology, has secured a federal contract through the U.S.  Department of Labor.   The five-year contract, with a value of $7.5 million, will be utilized to increase the numbers of underrepresented minorities and women in science,  technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related fields. The contract will focus specifically on information technology as it relates to talent development for mainframe computers, on which the global economy depends.  The term “mainframe computer” is usually associated with the IBM Corporation. With the advent and wide availability of micro-computing in the 1980s and beyond, mainframes were targeted for extinction because of their immense size and cost.  While smaller computers with tremendous power have indeed revolutionized information technology, the heaviest input/output functions such as transaction processing, airline reservations and cellular signal routing are still left to the heavy lifters: mainframe computers. Although these big workhorses still play a vital role in the technology spectrum, the United States.

Research Update Dr. Barry L. Burks Feb 16, 2018

NC A&T Students & Federal Research pay the freight at NC A&T not alleged Business and industry leaders NC A&T received $92 million in State Appropriation constituting three tenths of  one percent of the approx. $3 billion dollar UNC Board of Governors annual appropriation. NC A&T attract $77 million dollars in tuition revenue and $63 million dollars in Sponsored Research in  2017- 2018, for a return of  $1.5 dollars for every dollar of  State appropriations.

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has created three new Centers of Excellence in    cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, and entrepreneurship and innovation.

Todd Simmons  2/12/2019

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Feb. 12, 2019) – As an outgrowth of its recently updated strategic plan and commitment to outstanding quality in research, teaching, and community engagement. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has created three new Centers of Excellence in cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, and entrepreneurship and innovation. Interim directors have been named and are set to begin developing strategic plans and building the initial infrastructure for each center. The centers will provide exemplary leadership in research, academic programming and community outreach, consistent with the university’s land-grant mission. The interim directors will establish interdisciplinary faculty advisory committees and external advisory committees, initiate discussions with business and industry leaders and plans for sustaining the centers for the long term. They will also assist with hiring of permanent directors and initiate strategic planning.

Interim directors have been named and are set to begin developing strategic plans and building the initial infrastructure for each center.

The centers will provide exemplary leadership in research, academic programming and community outreach, consistent with the university’s land-grant mission. The interim directors will establish interdisciplinary faculty advisory committees and external advisory committees, initiate discussions with business and industry leaders and plans for sustaining the centers for the long term. They will also assist with hiring of permanent directors and initiate strategic planning.

The new interim directors are as follows:

Tonya Smith-Jackson, Ph.D., is professor and chair of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at N.C. A&T and has recently completed an assignment as program director at the National Science Foundation in the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate (CISE). She will serve as interim director of the Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity.

Smith-Jackson earned her doctorate in psychology/ergonomics and master’s in interdisciplinary psychology/ergonomics and industrial engineering from North Carolina State University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from UNC-Chapel Hill. She is also a graduate of the inaugural class of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.

She is director of the Human Factors Analytics Lab, former director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Identity Sciences, and co-director of the laboratory for Cyber-Human Analytics Research for the Internet of Things (CHARIoT). She is a fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and a member of several other professional societies.

Her current research focuses on cyber-human systems, fairness and equity in intelligent systems, cognitive ergonomics, and mixed data modeling to design systems that advance inclusion and equity in sociotechnical systems and cyber-ecosystems. She has written, edited or collaborated on more than 160 peer-reviewed publications and has attracted $16.4 million in external research funding over her career.

Smith-Jackson has been employed in the tech industry, the U.S. government and in academia in North Carolina, New York, Virginia and Germany.

Ajit D. Kelkar, Ph.D., is a professor and chair of the Department of Nanoengineering in the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering shared between. For the past 25 years, he has been working in the area of low-cost fabrication, processing and performance evaluation and modeling of polymeric and ceramic matrix composites. He will serve as interim director of the Center of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing.

Kelkar has worked with several federal laboratories in the areas of fatigue, impact and finite element modeling of woven composites, including the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, NASA-Langley Research Center, National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, Federal Aviation Administration and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He is currently involved in the development of nano-engineered multifunctional materials and electro-spun fiber materials for aerospace and automotive applications. He has published over 250 papers and edited two books in the area of nanotechnology. He has been awarded three patents and has filed for 12 invention disclosures.

Kelkar is the recipient of numerous awards including the Senior Researcher Award and the Intellectual Property Award at A&T, and the BEYA STEM Innovation Award. He is a fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Science in India. He serves on editorial board of three journals in nanotechnology disciplines and is a member of several professional societies.

He holds a Ph.D. in engineering mechanics from Old Dominion University, a M.S. in engineering from South Dakota State University and a B.S. in engineering from Pune University in India.

Thaddeus McEwen, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Management in the College of Business and Economics, where he has also served as the coordinator of the entrepreneurship program for many years. He will serveas interim director of the Center of Excellence in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Under his leadership, the entrepreneurship program has grown from one course, educating 12 students per year, to the current program that includes an entrepreneurship concentration for management majors, as well as a certificate and a minor in entrepreneurship, available to all majors on campus. He also developed various initiatives, including the Aggie Venture Accelerator, the Faculty Fellows in Entrepreneurship program, and the Aggie Student Incubator.

He is a former vice president of the Women and Minority Entrepreneurship Division of the United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. His research publications include papers on environmental and STEM entrepreneur ship and entrepreneurship teaching and learning.

McEwen is a member of the Launch Greensboro Advisory Board and served as chair of the Organizing Committee for the 2017 Triad Startup Weekend. Other outreach activities include collaboration with East Greensboro Now, Greensboro SCORE, the North Carolina Small Business Technology and Development Center and other Piedmont Triad groups.

He received his master’s and doctorate from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Technology in Jamaica.