Clark Atlanta University
AFRL ML-RCP Partner Institution Capabilities Assessment

Contact Information

Name: Jaideep Chaudhary

Title: Dean, School of Arts and Sciences

Institution: Clark Atlanta University

Email: jchaudhary@cau.edu

Research

1. Please select the research areas in which your institution currently engages. Please provide a faculty contact for each area.

• Functional materials & applications: Dr. Conrad Ingram (cingram@cau.edu), Dr. Ishrat Khan (ikhan@cau.edu), Dr. Eric Mintz (emintz@cau.edu), Dr. Xinle Li xli1@cau.edu), Dr. Junrui Li (jli@cau.edu)

2. Please note, in detail, any research areas of strength not listed above. This may include fundamental sciences (e.g., math, physics, biology, etc.). 

• Biology (Dr. Joann Powell, jpowell@cau.edu)

• Chemistry (Dr. Conrad Ingram, cingram@cau.edu)

• Mathematics (Dr. Sandra Rucker, srucker@cau.edu)

• Cyber-Physical Systems (Dr. Roy George, regorge@cau.edu)

• Physics (Dr. Michael William, MDWms@cau.edu)

3. Are there any emerging areas of research your institution is actively seeking to develop? 

• Data Science (Dr. Talitha (twashington@cau.edu)

• Cyber-Physical Systems (Dr. Roy George, regorge@cau.edu)

• Material Science ((Dr. Conrad Ingram, cingram@cau.edu)

4. Does your institution have any internal research centers or participate in any research consortia? If so, please describe briefly and if possible include the URL. Please provide a faculty contact for each center:

• Center for Cancer Research for Therapeutic Development (Dr. Daqing Wu, dwu@cau.edu)  

• Center of Excellence in Materials Science and Informatics (Dr. Eric Mintz, emintz@cau.edu)

• Cyber Physical Systems Intelligent Machine Cluster (IMC) (Dr. Roy George, regorge@cau.edu)

• National Data Science Alliance (NDSA) (Dr. Talitha (twashington@cau.edu)

5.    Please provide a list of relevant facilities and equipment.

• See separate document below.

6. Does your institution have a relationship with any other academic institution or research organization(s) that enables your access to their facilities and equipment?

Below is the list of collaboration partners. The interactions are based on specific needs and varies by the extent of collaboration.

• Appalachian State University

• Augusta University

• Cornell University

• Emory University

• Fisk University

• Georgia Institute of Technology

• Georgia State University

• Howard University

• Jackson State University

• Kennesaw State University

• KTSU/Texas Southern University

• Morehouse College

• Morehouse School of Medicine

• Morgan State University

• Northeastern University

• Paine College

• Spelman College

• The Ohio State University

• University of Georgia

• University of Minnesota

• University of Tennessee at Knoxville

• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

• University of West Georgia

7. Has your institution collaborated with Department of Defense in the past?  

• Yes

8. Is your institution involved in any federal STEM funding efforts?

• Yes

9. This program requires documentation (i.e., theses, dissertation, presentations, etc.) to go through the AFRL public affairs review process. Would this present a challenge for your institution?

• No, it will not pose a challenge

Research Administration and Compliance

10. Does your institution have an office of sponsored programs?

• Yes

11. Does your institution have an approval process for seeking extramural funding?

• Yes

12. Does your institution accept federal award dollars and manage standard fiscal reporting, and compliance requirements?

• Yes

13. Does your institution provide guidance to PIs for budget development?

• Yes

14. Does your institution offer proposal development services?

• Yes

15. Does your institution offer research development services, e.g., assistance with finding research funding, proposal management, team formation/development, etc?

• Yes

16. Does you institution offer research compliance training and education, i.e., roles and responsibilities of principal investigators?

• Yes

17. Does your institution have a designated Export Control Officer?

• Vice President, Research and Sponsored programs is reviewing and approving the export control documents

18. Is your institution registered with the US State Department Directorate of Defense Trade Controls? 

• No

19. Does your institution currently perform Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI/ NIST 800-171 compliant) research?

• Yes

20. Does your institution currently perform research subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations?

• Yes

21. Does your institution have a DoD Facility Security Clearance (FCL)? 

• No

ML-RCP Program Expectations

22. The objective of the AFRL ML-RCP is to enable and enhance the research capabilities of the HBCU’s/MSIs through collaborative research efforts with AFRL. What would be necessary for you to receive to meet this objective? 

• No response provided.