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NSF and Georgia
- In FY 2002, NSF provided over 470 awards totaling over $91 million to 34 institutions in the State of Georgia.
- Institutions in Georgia that received NSF support in FY 2002 include Agnes Scott College, Emory University, Clark Atlanta University, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia State University, Morehouse College, Southern Polytechnic State, and SAK Logistics.
Examples of Projects Currently Funded by NSF in
the State of Georgia
- The Research Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues is a collaboration between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University School of Medicine. The tissue engineering industry is at a nascent stage, and many of the developments in the field are based on empiricism or art. This Center brings a more fundamental understanding of the underlying biological and engineering principle to the area of tissue engineering, filling the gap that currently exists between academic understanding and industrial reduction to practice. Equally, if not more importantly, this Center will produce well trained engineers with a strong background in the biological and medical sciences who have worked closely with clinical practitioners and industry.
- Small Business Innovative Research: The efficiency of the thermal combustion of a fuel controls the efficiency and emissions of a process. Two governing factors in the combustion of a liquid fuel are atomization and vaporization of the liquid prior to its ignition. Under an NSF SBIR award, MicroCoating Technologies will research combustion chemical vapor deposition (CCVD), a vapor deposition method providing more efficient atomization and vaporization. The CCVD process incorporates a patented atomization method for liquid fuels. The project will expand the levels of analysis and modeling of the CCVD process to develop a thorough, predictive model and thereby improve the CCVD process.
- Long-Term Studies of Disturbances as They Affect Ecological Processes in Landscapes of the Southern Appalachians: This research project at the University of Georgia will continue investigations into the extent and complexity of natural and human-caused disturbances and how they interact with ecological processes along environmental gradients in the landscape. The research team will focus on three areas of inquiry 1) characterization of disturbance and environmental heterogeneity in the southern Appalachians, 2) effects on populations, and 3) effects on biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem processes.
- The Atlanta Consortium for Research in the Earth Sciences (ACRES) — Supported by a Research Experiences for Undergraduates award, this program at Georgia State University provides opportunities for undergraduates to participate in geoscience research in the Atlanta area. Participants will work with ACRES faculty on selected research problems learning how to conduct research while also learning about the nature of the process of scientific investigation through readings, discussions, and personal reflections. ACRES faculty come from a diversity of academic institutions including Clark Atlanta University, Fort Valley State University, Georgia Perimeter College, and Columbus State University.
For more information on your state and NSF, please
contact the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs
at 703-292-8070.
Useful Links:
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