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COMPONENTS OF
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Cover Sheet
Project
Summary
ELEMENTS TO
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See GPG Chapter II.C.2.a.
Three separate
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three separate
parts.
Part 1. Overview - Describe proposed activities, state objectives and
methods.
Part 2. Statement on the intellectual merit of the proposed activity. Describe
potential of proposed work to advance knowledge.
Part 3. Statement on the broader impacts of the proposed activity. Describe
potential of work to benefit society and contribute to achievement of specific,
desired societal outcome.
Limited to 4600 characters (spaces included) and 51 lines total for all
three sections. Write in third person, informative to others in related fields,
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1. Overview and Objectives
a. Include Hypothesis, overall Objective, Aims or Goals, overall
Strategy or Approach.
2. Expected Significance. What benefits could accrue if the project is
successful?
3. Background a. Relation of proposed project to the PI’s longer term goals.
b. Relation of proposed project to the present state of knowledge in the
field.
c. Relation of proposed project to other work in progress, by the PI
and by others.
4. Research Plan. What you want to do, why you want to do it, how you
plan to do it, how you will know if you succeed, and what benefits could
accrue if the project is successful.
a. For each Aim: Rationale and Research Questions, Approaches and
Methods, Data Collection and Analysis, Expected Outcomes and
Interpretation, Potential Problems and Alternative Approaches,
Evaluation
b. Timeline
5. Research Team
a. Qualifications
b. Management Plan (if applicable)
6. Broader Impacts. See GPG Chapter III.A. Merit Review Principles and
Criteria. From GPG: Broader impacts may be accomplished through the
research itself, through the activities that are directly related to specific
research projects, or through activities that are supported by, but are
complementary to the project.
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of activities, describe plan to document the outputs of the activities. The
following are stressed by NSF, so include if applicable.
a. Dissemination Education
b. Integration of Diversity
6. Results from Prior NSF Support. Required for PIs and co-PIs who
have received NSF support within the last five years. Information
should be included whether or not the support was directly related to
the proposal. If PI or Co-PI has more than one award, include only
the most closely related to the current proposal.
a. The NSF award number, amount and period of support;
b. The title of the project;
c. Summarize the results of the completed work, including
accomplishments, described in two separate sections: Intellectual
Merit and Broader Impact. Be as specific as possible.
d. Publications resulting from the NSF award;
e. Evidence of research products and their availability, including, but
not limited to: data, publications, samples, physical collections,
software, and models, as described in any Data Management Plan;
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References Cited
Biographical
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If there are no references cited, a statement to that effect should be
included in this section and uploaded into FastLane.
No page limit.
See GPG Chapter II.C.2.e.
“Products” section may include, but is not limited to, publications, data
sets, software, patents, and copyrights.
List appointments and positions in reverse chronological order.
Limited to 2 pages. Format & Example provided
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See GPG Chapter II.C.2.g.
Budget
Justification
Limited to 3 pages.
Current &
Pending Support
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Equipment and
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Supplementary
Documentation
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In narrative style, include an aggregated description of the internal and
external resources (both physical and personnel) that the organization
and its collaborators will provide to the project.
Describe only those resources that are directly applicable. If this
information is not relevant, include a statement to that effect.
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Data
Management
Plan
Describe how the proposal will conform to NSF policy on the dissemination
and sharing of research results.
Limited to 2 pages. Example provided
Letters of
Collaboration
Any substantial collaboration with individuals not included in the budget
should be described and documented with a letter from each collaborator.
Collaborative activities that are identified in the budget should follow the
instructions in GPG Chapter II.D.4.
Letters of
Support
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Generally not
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Appendices may not be included unless a deviation has been authorized. See
GPG Chapter II.A.
Appendices
Any additional materials requested by funding agency.
See GPG Chapter II.D.
Special
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Not for submission; for preparer’s use only.
See GPG Chapter II. Exhibit II-1.
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are especially well qualified to review the proposal.
Proposers also may designate persons they would prefer not review the
proposal, indicating why.
GPG Exhibit II-2 contains information on conflicts of interest that may
be useful in preparation of this list.
Relevant Deans'/Chairs' Signatures
PI and Co-PIs
Financial
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Senior Personnel
A biographical sketch (limited to two pages) is required for each individual identified as senior project
personnel. (See GPG Exhibit II-7 for the definitions of Senior Personnel.) The following information
must be provided in the order and format specified below. Inclusion of additional information beyond
that specified below may result in the proposal being returned without review.
Do not submit personal information such as home address; home telephone, fax, or cell phone
numbers; home e-mail address; date of birth; citizenship; drivers’ license numbers; marital status;
personal hobbies; and the like. Such personal information is irrelevant to the merits of the proposal.
If such information is included, NSF will make every effort to prevent unauthorized access to such
material, but the Foundation is not responsible or in any way liable for the release of such material.
(See also GPG Chapter III.G).
(a)
Professional Preparation
A list of the individual’s undergraduate and graduate education and postdoctoral training as indicated
below:
Undergraduate Institution(s)
Graduate Institution(s)
Postdoctoral Institution(s)
(b)
Major
Major
Area
Degree & Year
Degree & Year
Inclusive Dates (years)
Appointments
A list, in reverse chronological order, of all the individual’s academic/professional appointments
beginning with the current appointment.
(c)
Products
A list of: (i) up to five products most closely related to the proposed project; and (ii) up to five other
significant products, whether or not related to the proposed project. Acceptable products must be
citable and accessible including but not limited to publications, data sets, software, patents, and
copyrights. Unacceptable products are unpublished documents not yet submitted for publication,
invited lectures, and additional lists of products. Only the list of 10 will be used in the review of the
proposal.
Each product must include full citation information including (where applicable and practicable)
names of all authors, date of publication or release, title, title of enclosing work such as journal or
book, volume, issue, pages, website and Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or other Persistent
Identifier.
If only publications are included, the heading “Publications” may be used for this section of the
Biographical Sketch.
(d)
Synergistic Activities
A list of up to five examples that demonstrate the broader impact of the individual’s professional and
scholarly activities that focuses on the integration and transfer of knowledge as well as its
creation. Examples could include, among others: innovations in teaching and training (e.g.,
development of curricular materials and pedagogical methods); contributions to the science of
learning; development and/or refinement of research tools; computation methodologies, and
algorithms for problem-solving; development of databases to support research and education;
broadening the participation of groups underrepresented in science, mathematics, engineering and
technology; and service to the scientific and engineering community outside of the individual’s
immediate organization.
(e)
Collaborators & Other Affiliations
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Collaborators and Co-Editors. A list of all persons in alphabetical order (including
their current organizational affiliations) who are currently, or who have been collaborators
or co-authors with the individual on a project, book, article, report, abstract or paper
during the 48 months preceding the submission of the proposal. Also include those
individuals who are currently or have been co-editors of a journal, compendium, or
conference proceedings during the 24 months preceding the submission of the proposal. If
there are no collaborators or co-editors to report, this should be so indicated.
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Graduate Advisors and Postdoctoral Sponsors. A list of the names of the individual’s own
graduate advisor(s) and principal postdoctoral sponsor(s), and their current organizational
affiliations.
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Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor.
A list of all persons
(including their organizational affiliations), with whom the individual has had an
association as thesis advisor, or withwhom the individual has had an association within the
last five years as a postgraduate-scholar sponsor. The total number of graduate students
advised and postdoctoral scholars sponsored also must be identified.
The information in section (e) above of the biographical sketch is used to help identify potential conflicts
or bias in the selection of reviewers. See GPG Exhibit II-2 for additional information on potential
reviewer conflicts.
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If the proposer has a website address readily available, that information should be included in the citation, as
stated above. It is not NSF's intent, however, to place an undue burden on proposers to search for the URL of
every referenced publication. Therefore, inclusion of a website address is optional. A proposal that includes
reference citation(s) that do not specify a URL address is not considered to be in violation of NSF proposal
preparation guidelines and the proposal will still be reviewed.
S. Keith Hargrove
Tennessee State University
College of Engineering
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd – Torrence Bldg
Phone: (615) 963-5401, Fax: (615) 963-5397
E-mail: [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
Ph.D. Industrial & Manufacturing Eng
M.S. Engineering
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
University of Iowa
Missouri University of Science & Tech
Tennessee State University
APPOINTMENTS
6/2009 – Present Dean, College of Engineering
8/2002 – 5/2009 Chairperson and Associate Professor, Department of Industrial,
Manufacturing & Information Engineering
Morgan State University Clarence Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering,
Baltimore, MD
8/2005 – 6/2006 Harvard Administrative Fellowship Program
Division of Engineering & Applied Science, Harvard University
8/1998 – 8/2002 Assistant to the Dean and Associate Professor, College of
Engineering, Architecture & Physical Sciences, Tuskegee University
8/1993 – 8/1999 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Tuskegee
University
PUBLICATIONS
Selected publications:
1. S.K. Hargrove, et. al, "Virtual and Augmented Reality Based Assembly Design
Systems for Personalized Learning", International Journal of Advanced Computer
Science and Applications, in publication, 2013.
2. S.K. Hargrove, et. al, "Reduced Order Mathematical Model for Lithium-Ion
Batteries on "Fuzzy-If" Unit Functions", submitted to International Journal of
Electrochemistry, Hindawi Publishing Corp.
3. S.K. Hargrove, et. al, "Sustain City - A Cyber-Infrastructured-Enabled Game
Systems for Science & Engineering Design", Journal of Computational Science
Education, In press, 2012.
4. S.K. Hargrove, et al, “A Study of the Morphological Deformation of Latex
Mesosphere Masks”, Tennessee Academy of Science Meeting, Belmont
University, April 16, 2011.
5. S. K. Hargrove, et al, “Nano-grafting Thiols on Gold Substrates Using a Nanografting Program purchased from Agilent Technologies”, TSU 33rd Research
Symposium, March 16, 2011.
6. S. K. Hargrove, et al “Cross-Sectional Analysis of Nano-particle Pattern Arrays”,
TSU 33rd Research Symposium, March 16, 2011.
7. S. K. Hargrove, “An Industry-Academia Partnership for the Design of a Robotics
Technician Curriculum”, 16th International Industry, Engineering & Management
Systems Conference, March 2010.
8. S. K. Hargrove, “Towards Gender Equity in Research Participation within STEM
Disciplines at TSU”, 16th International Industry, Engineering & Management
Systems Conference, March 2010.
9. S. K. Hargrove, “Facilitating the Partnership of Industry & Academia: The Role of
Research & Sponsored Programs at TSU”, 16th International Industry,
Engineering & Management Systems Conference, March 2010.
10. S.K. Hargrove and D. Ding, “The Effect of Individual Learning Styles on Student
GPA in Engineering Education at Morgan State University”, Journal of STEM
Education, December 2008.
Selected Engineering Education Publications
1.S.K, Hargrove, “Survey of Career Pathways of Engineering Deans in the US", Clute
Institute International Academic Conference, Orlando, FL, January, 2014.
2. S.K. Hargrove, "Re-engineering the Promotion & Tenure Process”, Chapter,
The War Against the Professions: The Impact of Politics and Economics
on the Idea of the University”, Sense Publishers, 2008.
3. S.K. Hargrove, “Academic Leadership Development for Faculty”, Success
Guide for Black Professionals in Education, Greenwood Press, 2005.
4. S. K. Hargrove, “A Call for Reform at HBCUs”, ASEE Prism Journal, April
2004.
5. S.K. Hargrove, “How to Select A Graduate School”, Graduating Engineer &
Computer Careers, Fall 2003 Issue, Career Recruitment Media.
6. S.K. Hargrove, “The Significance of Obtaining a Graduate or Professional
School Degree”, Black Student’s Guide to Graduate & Professional
School Success, Greenwood Press, 2003.
PROFESSIONAL & OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
• Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers, Nashville, TN
• Speaker/Collaborator – Martin Luther King High School, Nashville, TN
• STEM Prep Charter School – Founding Board Member
COLLABORATORS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS
Dr. J. Hu, University of Michigan
Dr. Ying Tang, Rowan University
Dr. Mike Allen, VP of Research, Middle Tennessee State University
Dr. Ray Bullock, Research Professor, Fisk University
Master of Engineering Students – Jerrika Cox, Jamaal Henderson, John Drew, Chantel
Jones, Richard Queen, Marwan Wingate, Therese Andeme, R. Whittington, Ricardo Camilo,
Lyndon Cornwall, Maisha Drew, Deborah Ihezie, Natasha Williams, Akeila Richards.
Doctorate of Engineering Students – Jonathan Reynolds, Adrian Parker, Amen Ra
Mashariki, James Ngeru, Kimberly Gold
Current and Pending
Support
(See GPG Section II.C.2.h for guidance on information to include on this
form.)
The following information should be provided for each investigator and other senior personnel. Failure to provide this information may delay consideration of this proposal.
Other agencies (including NSF) to which this proposal has been/will be submitted.
Investigator: Lonnie Sharpe
Support:
Current
Project/Proposal Title:
Pending
Submission Planned in Near Future
*Transfer of Support
Tennessee Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation
(TLSAMP)
NSF
Source of Support:
Total Award Amount: $ 2,466,035 Total Award Period Covered:
09/15/13 - 08/31/18
Location of Project:
Tennessee State University
Person-Months Per Year Committed to the Project.
Cal:0.00
Acad: 0.00 Sumr: 0.00
Support:
Current
Project/Proposal Title:
Pending
Submission Planned in Near Future
*Transfer of Support
Environmental Justice Technology and Training for Community
Capacity
U.S. Department of Energy
Source of Support:
Total Award Amount: $ 3,333,000 Total Award Period Covered:
09/30/10 - 09/30/19
Location of Project:
Tennessee State University
Person-Months Per Year Committed to the Project.
Cal:3.00
Acad: 0.00 Sumr: 0.00
Support:
Current
Project/Proposal Title:
Pending
Submission Planned in Near Future
*Transfer of Support
DOE Massie Chair of Excellence Professional in Engineering
Chemical Fate and Detection in the Environment
U.S. Department of Energy
Source of Support:
Total Award Amount: $ 1,500,000 Total Award Period Covered:
10/01/10 - 09/30/15
Location of Project:
Tennessee State University
Person-Months Per Year Committed to the Project.
Cal:3.00
Acad: 0.00 Sumr: 0.00
Research Data Management Plan
Project Name
Title Name
Project Period
2 years (04/01/15-03/31/17)
Funding Agency(ies)
National Science Foundation
Data will be stored on TSU authenticated laptops and desktops, backed-up weekly, and accessible via
university authentication passwords only.
Data Management Policies and Procedures for TSU
Data Sharing Policy –
Data to be shared
When will data be Restrictions on use
shared
All books, journals, conference, and other Upon publication
publications will be submitted in PDF format
No restrictions other
than the copyright
infringement
rules
imposed
by
the
publication source
Data Citation Policy – Data should be cited using the standard APA citation style when used by persons
involved in this project.
i)
Data Preservation Policy – Electronic data described above in the Data Sharing Policy will be
retained by the TSU Library for an indefinite period not less than 5 years. Preliminary/early
versions of electronic files will not be preserved.
ii) Other Relevant Policies – All relevant project data will be archived at TSU using established
data management procedures. The TSU System recognizes that the legitimate proprietary
concerns of research sponsors, and the effective protection and commercial application of
inventions and works, may require confidentiality and limited delays in the publication of
certain information or the sharing of data.
Data Acquisition, Processing, and Quality Assurance/Quality Control Procedures –
1) Quality assurance of journal and conference publications will be performed via internal review and
external peer review.
2) Data will be accessible to the public and scientific community through publications in peer-reviewed
journals, conference presentations, and books. The PIs publication record is accessible through
electronic databases such as Compendex and Inspec accessible at the TSU library.
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3) Metadata Format and Documentation - There are no metadata standards for the type of project data.
Files will be shared with appropriate descriptive elements to facilitate reuse and citation. Data is
typically stored as files in the original commercial software format or as exported data files in ASCII
format or images in common graphic formats (JPG, BMP, TIFF etc.)
4) Data Preservation Plan – A long-term data preservation plan will be used to store the following
beyond the life of the project. Scholarly research can be deposited into the University Digital
archives. This institutional repository is open access for wide distribution and access, will provide
long-term preservation of digital objects with migration (limited format types), backup, bit-level
checksums, and a permanent URL for archival citations. Data will be made available via University
resources as needed.
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FACILITIES AND OTHER RESOURCES
TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
Tennessee State University, an 1890 land grant institution, is a major state-supported, urban
and comprehensive university located in Nashville, Tennessee enrolling over 8,000 students
and offering 45 bachelor's degrees, 24 master's degrees, and 7 doctoral degrees. This unique
combination of characteristics differentiates the University from others and shapes its
instructional, research, and service programs designed to serve Metropolitan Nashville, Middle
Tennessee, the State of Tennessee, the nation, and the global community. The University is
committed to maintaining its diverse student body, faculty, and staff.
The University has two convenient campus sites. Its central or main campus is located between
28th and 39th Avenues North and is bounded by the Cumberland River on the North and Albion
Street on the South. The main campus occupies more than 450 acres with 65 buildings, parking
lots, outdoor facilities, pasture and farm lands.
The Avon N. Williams, Jr. campus is located at Tenth and Charlotte Avenues, in downtown
Nashville, with adjacent parking facilities. The “downtown campus” is the site for the Center for
Extended Education and Public Service, the College of Public Service and Urban Affairs, the
College of Business, the Testing Center and departmental office, programs, and courses for the
Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Education, and Health Sciences. Other facilities include faculty
offices, classrooms, lecture halls, computer laboratories, library, and a 400-seat auditorium.
The Martha M. Brown-Lois H. Daniel Library is a three-story, contemporary structure built in
1977. The main library for the campus has 82,000 square feet of space with special study and
research facilities for faculty and graduate students. A unique special collections room houses
the Library’s historical archives, theses, dissertations, art objects, and special collections
including documents related to the University’s unique and colorful history. Media Centers on
the main and downtown campuses offer audio visual services and a variety of computer-based
information is available such as online access for university researchers to PubMed of the U.S.
National Library of Medicine and numerous other online research databases and full-text journal
articles. A full-range of services, including books, microfilm, microfiche, periodicals and
computerized data bases is also available at the downtown Avon N. Williams, Jr. facility.
The Research and Sponsored Programs Building (RSP) of Tennessee State University is a
48,909 square-foot, three-story facility that houses RSP administration and approximately
24,000 square feet of dedicated laboratory and office space for multi-user equipment and multidisciplinary research that support the R&D efforts of faculty members, graduate and
undergraduate students, and industrial partners. The building has two state-of-the-art seminar
rooms which can host 48 audience members with teleconference capability from multiple
cameras, projectors, and microphones. Long-standing plans for an expansion of research
infrastructure have culminated in incremental funding for the new T.I.G.E.R. Institute described
herein. The RSP research facility has had a significant educational impact on broadening
diversity in research through employment of over 50 undergraduate research assistants and 20
graduate research assistants, 80% of whom are African American and underrepresented in
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) and health research. The
administrative suite of the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs that houses the Vice
President and her staff is located on the first floor and provides support for apprenticing and
seasoned Principal Investigators. The Division and the Office of Grants Accounting, which is
located in the Ned Ray McWherter Administration Building, provide support in processing grant
submissions and awards and in complying with federal regulations including reporting
requirements.
The Center for Health Research (CHR) at Tennessee State University is housed in a separate
12-room office building of approximately 2,046 sq. ft. including 10 offices and a conference
room. The Gigabit Local Area Network (LAN) includes 8 dual-processor Macintosh computers, 2
G4 dual-processor Macintosh computers, 1 Mac Pro Quad Core Computer, 5 Macintosh laptops
(Dual Processor MacBookPros), a Dell Dimension 8200 computer, 1 Dell Inspiron Laptop, 10
laser printers, and 1 color laser printer. Statistical software includes SPSS, SAS, HLM
(multilevel), STATA, LISREL (structural equations), and ArcGIS (geographic information
systems). In addition to datasets that we have collected from our own various studies, the
following secondary data sources are available at CHR: Medicare Billing Data (CMS) for
Tennessee (1996-2002); Hospital Discharge System (HDDS) for Tennessee (1997-2008),
including the enrollment database (EDB), inpatient, outpatient, and physician billing (carrier)
files; the Death Statistical Summary System (DSSS) for Tennessee (1996-2008); Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for Tennessee (1996 – 2008); and the National
Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (AddHealth) (1995-2007).
The Nanoscience and Biotechnology Core Facilities and Research Program (NBCF) at
Tennessee State University is located on the first and second floors of the RSP building and
comprises $2M in state-of-the-art instrumentation, 7,000 square feet of dedicated laboratory
space, and a venue for interdisciplinary collaboration. For example, the NBCF houses a JEOL
JSM-6701 which provides the capability to use both scanning and transmission electron
microscopy on the same examination area without having to exchange the sample, and is the
only system of its kind within a tri-state area. Initial funding from the Air Force Office of
Scientific Research, the Department of Defense Research and Engineering Office, and
subsequent institutional support gave the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs the
platform to implement this dedicated lab space as well as to purchase an extensive list of multiuser equipment for the lab.
The T.I.G.E.R. Institute. The Tennessee State University Interdisciplinary Graduate
Engineering Research (T.I.G.E.R.) Institute is the product of 2010 funding for this state-of-theart multidisciplinary research facility. The TIGER Institute was previously an unfinished
research shell space within the RSP building. This space was renovated thanks to NSF funding
to conduct collaborative research at the university. These successful research programs provide
significant capacity to deliver revolutionary breakthrough technologies to the American research
and science communities including: DOD, DOE, DOA, NASA, and NIH. The current research
projects in the facility include computer-based modeling and simulations, condition-based
maintenance, biomedical signal processing, hazardous waste management, gene expression,
plant genetics, agricultural biotechnology, and nanotechnology sciences.
The Center of Excellence for Learning Sciences. The mission of the Tennessee State
University Center of Excellence for Learning Sciences is to design and conduct research and
services that promote the educational, social, physical, and psychological well-being of children
and families and that interpret and disseminate research findings to improve public policies that
impact educational organizations and institutions in Tennessee and across the nation. The
Center receives grant awards from agencies such as the National Science Foundation,
Department of Human Services, Tennessee Higher Education Commission, and others which
allow the Center to promote innovation, enhance collaboration, and provide professional
development to educators and human service agencies. The Center administers research,
service, and academic projects.
The Andrew P. Torrence Hall of Tennessee State University is a two-story building on the
southwest side of campus first occupied during the 1982-83 academic year and provides a
specialized infrastructure for the Engineering curriculum. The building is designed as an open
environment with numerous meeting and collaboration spaces. Laboratories and classrooms in
this 50,000 sq. ft. engineering facility are highly flexible because these areas are adjustable to
serve a broad spectrum of teaching and research styles. This flexibility allows the College of
Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science to maintain a leading edge and to respond
effectively to rapid changes within key industries. Computer networking throughout the building,
via copper and wireless systems, allows students and faculty to make optimum use of computer
technology, and the conference rooms and classrooms contain the necessary connectivity for
multi-media instruction.
TSU Alger Boswell Science Complex houses research laboratories, classrooms, two
auditoriums, and faculty offices, as well as the departmental offices of the Department of
Chemistry and the Department of Physics and Mathematics.
TSU Biological Sciences occupies modern teaching and research facilities on both the Main
and the Avon Williams Campuses. In support of its teaching and research programs, the
Biology department is well equipped with the latest in audio-visual and state-of-the-art scientific
equipment. Through these holdings, students are afforded the use of extensive teaching aids,
as well as hands-on experience in the use of modern scientific instrumentation. On the Main
Campus, the Department is housed in Harned Hall and McCord Hall.
TSU College of Health Sciences has been in existence for over ten years with baccalaureate
programs in Cardio-respiratory Care, Dental Hygiene, Healthcare Administration and Health
Sciences, Health Information Management and Medical Technology. Graduate programs are
offered in Occupational therapy and in Speech Pathology and Audiology. The Master’s in
physical therapy program was transitioned to a doctoral program in 2006 and the first 19
students completed the doctoral program and graduated in May 2009. Currently, there are
approximately 800 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs in the College
wherein 80% of these students are enrolled in the undergraduate programs and the other 20%
are enrolled in Speech Pathology and Audiology, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy.
TSU Master’s in Public Health (MPH), which has a pending Ph.D. program, started with the
Fall 2009 semester and is housed in the College of Health Sciences. There are currently 14
students enrolled in the program with a projection of 30 for the next semester. The department
currently has six (6) faculty members and is in the process of hiring nine (9) additional members
by 2011. The faculty is diverse and trained in core areas of Public Health, including Behavioral
Science and Health Education, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Policy and Environmental
Health.
TSU School of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences administers the Otis L. Floyd Nursery
Research Center of Tennessee State University located in McMinnville, Tennessee which has
over 600 acres of field research space. These highly-trained faculty and students generate
scientific knowledge in a variety of high-demand areas, including animal and alternative
livestock; economics and policy; food safety, nutrition and family well-being; environmental
protection and enhancement; nursery, medicinal and alternative crops; bio-energy; and
agricultural bio-security. These research programs help prepare the future agricultural scientific
Comment [A1]: This sentence is outdated, which
makes me think the previous sentence may need to
be updated as well?
workforce by creating experiential learning opportunities for students in agricultural,
environmental, and natural resource research with an emphasis on ensuring a diverse work
population.
TSU School of Nursing. The School of Nursing was established in 1969 and is the primary
source of state-supported nursing education in the Nashville area. The School is accredited by
the National League for Nursing and currently has 27 full-time nursing faculty. The School
graduates the largest percentage of baccalaureate nursing students from diverse racial and
ethnic backgrounds in Middle Tennessee. The School offers the following degree programs:
Associate of Science, Bachelor of Science (BSN), and Master's of Science (MSN). Currently,
there are approximately 400 students enrolled. In January 2009, the enrollment per program
was as follows: Associate Degree 156, BSN 67, MSN 176. The number of graduates per
program in Summer 2009 was as follows: Associate Degree 73, BSN 31, MSN 42.
Comment [A2]: Are there newer stats for this
too?