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NOAA Funds $12.5M Interdisciplinary Center at North Carolina A&T

Researchers at North Carolina A&T State University have received a $12.5 million grant from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to fund an Interdisciplinary Scientific Environmental Technology (ISET) Cooperative Research and Education Center on the campus. 

According to Dr. Solomon Bililign, Chair of the Department of Physics and Principal Investigator on the grant, "The ISET Center will cooperate with NOAA's Earth Science Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado and is aligned with NOAA's mission to provide the data needed to address specific climate and weather related concerns, such as hurricanes, droughts, tornadoes, global warming, and ecosystem degradation.  The ISET Center will provide opportunities for underrepresented students to study in NOAA related sciences."

The Center will perform research in areas including: sensor science and sensor technology for oceanic and atmospheric applications; analysis of global observing systems that includes numerical and physical research and analysis of hurricanes; and information technology tools for data fusion, data mining, and geospatial modeling and analysis. 

Said Dr. N. Radhakrishnan, Vice Chancellor for Research & Economic Development, "We are very excited about this grant, which gives us the opportunity to partner with NOAA.  A&T has internationally known researchers, whose work is capable of impacting the world.  This grant is evidence of that fact."

Dr. Bililign's team includes a diverse network of scientists, engineers, and students from A&T, North Carolina State University, University of Minnesota, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, City University of New York, University of Alaska Southeast, California State University-Fresno, Fisk University as well as industrial, state and federal government partners.  Cooperating units at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University include the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Engineering, and the School of Graduate Studies.

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