“The BS program will start accepting students in the fall of ’09, followed by the MS program in fall ’10 and the Ph.D. in fall ’11,” says Dr. N. Radhakrishnan, vice chancellor for research and at A&T. “We will be submitting a request for funds to design and construct a new building for the ERC shortly that will also accommodate our new bioengineering program.”
ERC grants are among the most widely sought after awards offered by the NSF. The research grants are part of a cooperative effort between universities, local industries and the NSF to promote engineering advancement, research and education.
In a recent statement Lynn Preston, a deputy division director at NSF and leader of the Engineering Research Centers Program, said NSF welcomes the addition of North Carolina A&T to help expand its valuable research efforts in the area of regenerative medicine.
“This ERC educational program will significantly impact the diversity of the engineering work force because of its location at A&T and its synergistic partnership with the new A&T department of bioengineering,” Preston said. “We look forward to the pre-college partnerships in this ERC attracting a broadly diverse group of students to engineering and medicine.”
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