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Current Funding for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing (AMM) at TIGER Institute
"TSU-Fisk – Illinois-MRSEC PREM: Ferro-, Magneto-, and Opto- electronic Nanostructures and Devices”, PI: Dr. Richard Mu, Co-Is: Dr. Eugene Collins (Fisk), Dr. Nadya Mason (UIUC), and Dr. Virginia Lorenz (UIUC), National Science Foundation (NSF) 08/16/2021 – 08/15/2024
“HBCU-RISE: Enhancement of Research Infrastructure for Advanced Functional Materials for Biotechnology Applications”, PI: Richard Mu, Co-PIs: Dr. Lin Li, Dr. Ying Wu, and Dr. Joshua O’Hair, National Science Foundation (NSF) 11/01/2019 – 10/30/2023.
“NIH U54 Pilot Project: Developing Immune Checkpoint Controlled-release Biomaterials for Cancer Immunotherapy”, National Institute of Health (NIH), Co-I: Dr. Richard Mu, 09/01/2021 – 08/30/2024.
“Development of Ultrasensitive SAW Devices”, Co-I: Richard Mu, Lockheed Martin Corporation, 08/01/21 – 07/31/2023
"Mission Critical Survivable and Recoverable Cyber Systems", (PI: Dr. Swastik Brahma), Department of the Army, 05/01/2018 – 04/30/2020
"Management of Mobile Phone Sensing via Sparse Learning", (Senior Personnel: Dr. Swastik Brahma), National Science Foundation (NSF), 09/01/2016 – 08/31/2019
"Fusion of Statistically Dependent Heterogeneous Information Sources", (Senior Investigator: Dr. Swastik Brahma), Department of the Army, 07/01/2014 – 08/16/2018
"A Framework to Implement the Cyber Survive and Recover Simulator (CSRS) Demo", (Co-PI: Dr. Swastik Brahma), US Air Force Research Laboratory, 05/01/2014 - 09/30/2014.
"Collaborative Research: TUES: Vertical Integration of Concepts and Laboratory Experiences in Biometrics Across the Four Year Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum", NSF, 10/1/2011 - 09/30/2015, (PI: Sachin Shetty and Co-PI: Liang Hong), subcontracted from Rowan University, $131,080 (TSU Portion).
"Targeted Infusion Grant: Cyber Security Education and Research Training for ECE and CS programs ", NSF, 09/11/2011 - 08/31/2014, (PI: Tamara Rogers, Co-PI: Sachin Shetty and S.K. Hargrove), $299,805.
"DoD HBCU/MI Research and Educational Program: Heterogeneous VM Replication: A New Approach to Intrusion Detection, Active Response, and Recovery in Cloud Data Centers", AFOSR, 12/1/2011 - 12/31/2014, (PI: Mohan Malkani, Co-PI: Sachin Shetty and Peng Liu @ PSU), $616,278.
"Research Initiation Grant: Secure Measurement-Based IP Geolocation for Cloud Auditing", NSF, 09/1/2011 - 08/31/2013, (PI: Sachin Shetty), $199,755.
"Targeted Infusion Grant: Development of a Virtual and Augmented Reality Laboratory for Research and Education at Tennessee State University", NSF, 09/15/2010 - 08/31/2013, ( PI: S.K. Hargrove, Co-PI: Sachin Shetty) , $299,577.
"CI-TEAM Demonstration: Interactive and Collaborative Learning Environment using Virtual Reality Games Promoting Metacognition for Science and Engineering Design in Context" NSF, 09/1/2010 - 08/31/2013, (PI: Sachin Shetty, Co-PI: S.K. Hargrove), subcontracted from Rowan University, $84,000 (TSU portion).