Partnerships for Innovation
Faculty Success Stories
Dr. Shahzad Akbar
Dr. Shahzad Akbar used an electronic beam evaporator to help generate materials used to convert heat to electricity in a clean, environmentally friendly way.
Dr. Chin Chang
Dr. Chin Chang and his student team from California State Long Beach—Minh Hoang Nguyen and Diran Samarjian—advanced counterterrorism efforts at the Ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach, Ca., at the National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events.
Dr. Patricia Hatch
Dr. Patricia Hatch and Shawnta Lloyd focused their research on ricin, a natural toxin that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has designated as a possible agent of biological warfare.
Dr. Yaohang Li
Dr. Yaohang Li crunched data with Oak Ridge National Laboratory supercomputers to understand the biology behind ethanol production.
Dr. Santosh Mandal
Dr. Santosh Mandal studied the incorporation of rhenium into glass and in the process, discovered that perrhenate complexes make excellent anti-cancer drugs.
Dr. Edu B. Suarez-Martinez
Dr. Edu B. Suarez-Martinez researched the distribution of avian influenza virus receptors in Puerto Rican wild, migratory and non-migratory birds.
Dr. Tasneem Siddiquee
Dr. Tasneem Siddiquee spent the summer of 2009 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory researching ways to optimize the yield and control the size and shape of nanoparticles.