Research Grants and Supports
Funding Secured (CSU's share):
- Principal Investigator (PI): $5,489,459
- PI (assumed from a former PI): $776,941
- Sub-award Principal Investigator: $207,800
- Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI): $718,402
- Lead PI, Intel Corporation, 2027 Intel-Sponsored Summer Program in Semiconductors and Microelectronics ($250,000, 01/2027-12/2027) [Project Website]
- PI, National Science Foundation, The HBCU AI & Quantum Innovation Network (HAQIN) ($5.0M, CSU's share: $720,000, 10/2026-09/2028)
- Sole PI, National Science Foundation, Excellence in Research: Quantum Few-Body Systems in Quantum Materials ($499,998, 09/2026-08/2029) [Project Website]
- Lead PI, Intel Corporation, 2026 Intel-Sponsored Summer Program in Semiconductors and Microelectronics ($200,000, 01/2026-12/2026) [Project Website]
- Lead PI, Intel Corporation, 2025 Intel-Sponsored Summer Program in Semiconductors and Microelectronics ($230,000, 01/2025-12/2025) [Project Website]
- Lead PI, National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research: Ideas Lab: Partnership for Advancing Research Capacity in Semiconductors at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (PARCS-HBCU) ($3M, CSU's share: $1,316,951, 09/2024-08/2027) [Project Website]
- PI, National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research: Advancing Semiconductor Education through Expansion and Diversification (ASEED) ($1M, CSU's share: $299,977, 08/2024-07/2027) [Project Website]
- Lead PI, Intel Corporation, 2024 Intel-Sponsored Summer Program in Semiconductors and Microelectronics ($221,700, 01/2024-12/2024) [Project Website]
- Lead PI, Intel Corporation, Intel Semiconductor Education Program at Central State University (ISEP-CSU) ($1,333,000, 08/2022-07/2026) [Project Website]
- PI, National Science Foundation, Strengthening the undergraduate STEM programs at Central State University through the infusion of computational contents and a computer-assisted personalized approach ($303,242, 09/2021-12/2025)
- Sole PI, National Science Foundation, Excellence in Research: Yakubovsky calculations for six-nucleon bound states ($367,591, 07/2020-06/2025)
- PI, Department of Commerce, Workforce Initiative for a Sustainable Environment (WISE), Former PI: Ibrahim Katampe ($581,004, 10/2024-09/2029)
- PI, National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research: COLLABORATIVE RET Site: Teacher POWER (Preparing Our Workforce through Electronics and Research), Former PI: Leanne Petry ($195,937, 09/2024-08/2027)
- Sub-award PI, Intel Corporation, OASiS: Ohio-southwest Alliance on Semiconductors and Integrated Scalable-Manufacturing, Lead Institution: University of Cincinnati, Lead PI: Marc Cahay ($207,800, 09/2022-08/2027) [Project Website]
- Co-PI, The Ohio Department of Higher Education, Super RAPIDS: A Strategic Initiative to Improve Workforce Education and Training for Regional Underrepresented Minorities, PI: Deng Cao ($718,402, 12/2023-12/2025)
- Computational Support, Ohio Supercomputer Center (04/2016-present)