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This article originally appeared in the October 2004 edition of diversityinbusiness.com

DOD Announces Plans to Award $4 Million in Grants

to Eleven Hispanic Serving Institutions

by Dan Perkins

Source: DoD News Release

On October 5, 2004, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced plans to award 15 grants totaling $3.969 million to 11 Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). These grants will be made under the fiscal 2004 DoD Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions Infrastructure Support Program. The grants will enhance programs and capabilities at the institutions in scientific disciplines critical to national security and the DoD.

This announcement is the result of merit competition for infrastructure support funding conducted for the Office of Defense Research and Engineering by the Army Research Office. The fiscal 2004 HSIs program solicitation received 71 proposals in response to a broad agency announcement issued in April 2004. The Army Research Office plans to award seven instrumentation/equipment grants (ranging from $37,000 to $200,000) and eight research grants (ranging from $240,000 to $499,000) with performance periods of 12 and 36 months respectively.

Awards will be made only after written agreements are reached between the department and the institutions. A list of the award receipts is provided below.

FY 2004 DoD Instrumentation and Research Support for Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI)

Award Recipients

State and Institution

Principal Investigator / Proposal Title

Award Type

California State University - Fresno

Dr. Somnath Chattopadhyay

The Innovative Development of Avalanche PhotoDiode/OPFET Photodetectors for Optical Modulator/Optical Interconnects Application

Research

University of Miami

Dr. Eugene C. Rankey

Shoal Morphodynamics and the Functions of Feedbacks in Coastal Systems

Research

New Jersey City University

Dr. Alberto A. Pinkas

Strengthening the Undergraduate Physics Lab at an Urban HSI

Instrumentation

University of New Mexico

Asst. Prof. Sang M. Han

Growing HIgh-Quality Germanium on Silicon by Nanoscale Heterojunction Engineering

Research

CUNY - City College of New York

Dr. Jizhong Xiao

Co-operative Wall Climbing Robots in 3-D Environments for Surveillance and Target Tracking

Research

CUNY - City College of New York

Dr. Kollura V. Suramaniam

Blast Mitigation Using Controlled Low Strength Porous Materials and Fiber Reinforced Polymers: Experimental Investigations and Theoretical Development

Research

CUNY - City College of New York

Dr. David T. Crouse

Materials and Devices Research and Educational Infrastructure Enhancement

Instrumentation

CUNY - Lehman College

Professor Christopher C. Gerry

Modern Physics Laboratory Upgrade

Instrumentation

CUNY - New York City College of Technology

Assist. Prof. Xiangdong Li

Establishment Information Security Laboratory at New York City College of Technology

Instrumentation

University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras

Professor Marco A. Pravia

Distributed, Wireless, and Educational Computing Initiative at the College of Natural Sciences

Instrumentation

PR University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras

Professor Eugene S. Smotkin

The Role of Surface and Core Oxides Phases in Electrocatalysis

Research

University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras

Professor Fouad M. Aliev

Nanoconfined Polymers: Molecular Structure-Physical Properties Relationship at Nanoscale Level

Research

Texas A & M International University

Dr. Kenneth J. Tobin

South Texas Geosciences Project

Instrumentation

University of Texas - El Paso

Dr. Aaron A. Velasco

Seismic Instrumentation for Solidifying Research Capabilities in Defense and Earthquake Science and Education

Instrumentation

University of Texas - Pan American

Asst. Prof. Bao-Feng Feng

Mathematical Modeling of Micro and Macro Behavior of Nonlinear Materials

Research

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