The Interdisciplinary Scientific Environment Technology Cooperative Science Center at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University recently recognized its outstanding students from the university.

Brandis Matthews, graduate student in the MS computer Science Program received the Graduate Science Program Award from the 2009 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Matthews will be working at the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.

William Wright, Ph.D. EES received the N.C. A&T State University's McNair Symposium Award 2009 for the Most Outstanding Graduate Oral Presentation. His presentation was titled "Smart Sensor Webs using Agents and Web Services."

Galen Smith, Ph.D. EES was awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Graduate Student Award at N.C. A&T and Matthew Mickens, Ph.D. EES of A&T received the 2009 NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-Doctoral Fellowship.

The NOAA Interdisciplinary Scientific Environmental Technology Cooperative Science Center (ISETCSC) is led by North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University in collaboration with seven partners: North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, The City College of the City of New York, University of Alaska Southeast, California State University-Fresno, Fisk University and University of Minnesota. The Center is part of NOAA’s Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions. The goal of the ISET Cooperative Science Center (ISETCSC) is to increase the number of highly qualified, well-trained graduates in the fields of NOAA-related sensor science, sensor technology and information technology applications for atmospheric and climate sciences for career opportunities with NOAA and other federal agencies. The Center is now supporting about fifty students across all institutions and ten of these are PhD students working in atmospheric chemistry, climate modeling, lidar development, data fusion and mining.