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Executive Summary
This report documents the 1999-00 activities of the Nurturing ECSU Research Talent Program. The NERT program is supported by three active grants. The parent grant number is N0014-99-1-0990 (phaseout funds through 7-31-2002). The summer program involving internships and on-campus research training, is supported by the AASERT grant N00014-97-1-0650 (funded through 6-1-2000). During the 1999-00 academic year all new students in the program were supported by the NERT-2003 grant N00014-98-0749 (funded through 7-30-2003). The program activities are documented on the World Wide Web at http://nia.ecsu.edu/onr/onr.html The 1999-00 Office of Naval Research Nurturing ECSU Research Talent Program involved 24 undergraduates, mathematics, computer science, physics, and technology majors. Research training meetings began September 8, 1999 and were held every Tuesday and Thursday through April 18, 2000. Meetings were conducted from 5-8 pm. Research training meetings start with a 20-30 minute announcement period during which time students learn about internship opportunities, hear program announcements, give team reports, discuss travel logistics and goals of the program. Following the announcement period, students meet with faculty mentors or attend training on tools used for research. The closing program was held on two nights in April. During the closing program, students made oral presentations of their research training activites. All research teams were also required to complete written reports. Copies of the written reports are included. In addition, students spend 20 hours/week in the undergraduate research computer laboratory completing task sheet requirements and research assignments. The program this year resulted in 6 out of 6 of the graduating seniors being admitted to graduate school. Statistics on GPA and Enrollment Statistics can be found on page 3. Summer internship placement was also impressive including: The Naval Research Virtual Reality Laboratory, The Department of Energy, Institute in Computational Science - Scientific Visualization, SCSU Research Institute in Astrophysics, and Univ. of Wisconsin Visualization Research Program. Internship abstracts for 1999 are included in this report. A listing of summer 2000 internship placements is included in this report. A total of $110,000.00 in scholarships was awarded during academic year 99-00. An additional $15,000.00 was awarded through the Graduate Success Program to support program alumni who are pursuing graduate degrees. With respect to the Graduate Success Program, three students completed a Masters of Science degree in computer science from North Carolina A&T University. Students presented their research activities at several undergraduate research conferences including, the Seizing Opportunities to Advance Research (SOAR) on the campus of North Carolina A&T University, and NAFEO High Tech Expo in Washington DC. In addition, juniors attended the Graduate School Focus Program on the campus of Georgia Tech, while seniors attended the Graduate Records Examination Forum in New York. All juniors and seniors registered for and took the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Twelve of the program participants received the ONR-NERT Research Program Award (certificate plus $50.00) for having a 3.0 or above cumulative or current GPA in 30 or more hours of coursework. Four students received the ONR-NERT Research Scholars Award (certificate plus $100.00) for having a 3.0 or above cumulative and current GPA in 30 or more hours of coursework. Three students received the ONR-NERT Award of excellence (certificate plus $1000.00). Each met the requirement for having a 3.0 GPA and having been awarded a fellowship and admission to a graduate program for Fall'00. Included in the appendix is a copy of the Honors Convocation program which lists not only the awards described but also a list of those students who made the Chancellor's List, Vice Chancellor's List, and Honor List. With regards to department infrastructure, The Mathematics and Computer Science Department now offers a course in Introduction to Computational Science and Computer Visualization Techniques. Also the revised Computer Graphics Course is now supported by a laboratory of SUN workstations. Six Silicon Graphics O2 workstations have been added to the undergraduate computer research laboratory network. |
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Visiting Lecture Series
Dr. Johnny Houston, professor of mathematics and computer science, arranged the visiting lecture series during 1999-00. The visiting lectures were members of the faculty of 6 Historically Black Institutions and 2 international universities. A list of visiting lectures and topics follows.
Katheleen Collins and Steve Thorpe North Carolina Super Computing Center A Report on Visit and Scholarly Presentations in Ghana and South Africa Summer 1999 Dr. Johnny L. Houston Elizabeth City State University Computational Fluid Dynamic Applications on Parallel Computers Dr. Kwai Lam Wong Joint Institute for Computational Science Center Sequences and Operator Algebra Dr. Hemant Pendharkar Elizabeth City State University Some Challenging Programs in Computation Science Prof. H. Thomas Banks Center of Research and Scientific Computation Mining Reusable Software Code Mr. James Overton Mississippi State University |
1999-00 Graduate Success Report
Name University Degree Sought/Earned Anderson, Melvin NCA&T MS in CS Archer, Darnley ODU MS in CS Banks, Belinda NSU MS in Communication Basnight, Renee Hampton Univ. MS in CS Bowser, Felicia NC State MS in CS Bright, Teresa Ohio State MS in CS Brown, Michelle Hampton University MS in CS Charity, Donald Howard Univ. MS in CS Creekmore, Santiel Hampton Univ. MS in Physics Felton, Curtis NCA&T MS in CS Felton, Karen NCA&T MS in Chemistry Fields, Courtney NCA&T MS in CS Fenner, Auther NCA&T MS in Physics Fofana, Abdula Howard Univ. MS in CS Gardner, Bonnie Univ. of Maryland MS in CS Gatling, Charles NCA&T MS in CS Gayle, Chonda Hampton Univ. MS in CS Gordon, Kim Virginia State MS in Math Hayden, Kuchumbi NCA&T MS in CS Harrell, Jovita Hampton Univ. MS in CS Jones, Alicia Howard Univ. MS in CS Jones, Clarence Hampton Univ. MS in Physics Jordan, Brian Hampton Univ. MS in Math Joyner, Sheri Howard Univ. MS in CS King, Barbara NOVA Southeast MS in CS Koltuniak, Eva Dail Hampton Univ. MS in CS McCray, Tim Hampton Univ. MS in CS Mcfadden, Stacia Michigan State MS in CS Monk, Cultilda Fayetteville State MS in Math Education Saunders, Sharon Hampton Univ. MS in CS Thomas, Cathy Ohio State MS in CS Vaughan, Stephanie Hampton Univ. MS in CS Williams, LaVerne East Carolina U. MBA |
Summer 2000 Internship Report
Student Class Cur. Cum. Placement Newby, Golar CS 3.47 3.58 Naval Research Lab - Virtual Reality Banks, Katrina CS 2.80 2.98 SCSU Research Institute in Astrophysics Davis, Vincent Phy 4.00 4.00 SCSU Research Institute in Astrophysics Brooks, Shayla CS 3.39 3.20 SCSU Research Institute in Astrophysics Bah, Ramatoulie CS 4.00 3.91 Network Resources and Training Site Creekmore, Torrie CS 3.29 3.34 Hampton University AURORA Program Williams, Gregory CS 2.44 2.91 SCSU Research Institute in Astrophysics Bailey, Bernard CS 3.71 3.67 NSU REESS Lassiter, Gregory CS 2.00 2.75 Dept. of Energy Mattocks, Melvin CS 3.53 3.41 ECSU Ronald McNair Research Program Gale, Jospeh CS 3.29 3.01 GOFAS Howard Univ. Powell, Je'aime CS 3.29 3.21 Naval Research Lab - Virtual Reality Walker, Ernest CS 3.53 3.41 Institute in Comp. Science - Scientific Visualization Lister, Issac Jr. Math 3.03 3.20 SCSU Research Institute in Astrophysics Charity, Donald Math 3.50 3.44 GOFAS Fellowship - Howard University Godwin, Katrina* CS 4.00 3.44 Howard U/Lucent Technologies Jones, Alicia CS 3.75 3.52 GOFAS Fellowship - Howard University Joyner, Sheri* CS 4.00 3.70 Howard U/John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Kaur, Ravindar CS 4.00 4.00 U. California Berkeley - ONR Fellowship King, Barbara CS 3.75 3.25 Graduate School - Nova University *GEM Fellowship |
1999-2000 Statistics
Number of students Number of Students Number of Number of enrolled at school enrolled in ONR students Graduate (by year) Program (by year) graduated Professional School Major/Dicipline FR SO JR SR FR SO JR SR Total ONR Total ONR Chemistry 0 2 2 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 Comp. Science 66 47 28 39 6 4 4 5 12 5 5 5 Mathematics 2 5 6 21 0 0 1 1 4 2 2 1 Physics 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 71 54 36 67 7 4 5 6 20 7 8 6 Mean GPA for all Mean GPA for ONR Freshman 2.36 3.41 Sophomore 2.48 3.15 Junior 2.76 3.22 Senior 2.96 3.65 Total 2.64 3.36 ONR GRE Average Score: 1350 |
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