North Carolina
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NSF and North Carolina
In FY 2001, the NSF provided over 504 awards totaling
over $96 million to 38 institutions in the State
of North Carolina as well as $1,101,000 in fellowships.
Institutions in North Carolina receiving awards
in FY 2001 include Elizabeth City State University,
Duke University, North Carolina A&T State
University, North Carolina State University, Western
Carolina University, Semiconductor Research, Inc.,
and Durham public schools.
Examples of Projects Currently Funded by NSF in
the State of North Carolina:
The
Center for Environmentally Responsible Solvents
and Processes — This Science and
Technology Center at the University
of North Carolina – Chapel Hill supports a
multidisciplinary research program to establish
the fundamental understanding necessary to enable
liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide to replace
aqueous and organic solvents in a large number
of key manufacturing and service processes. The
Center is organized around four research thrust
areas: interfacial and colloid science in compressible
media; molecular thermodynamics and computer simulations;
rate and transport processes; and chemistry and
catalysis. The Center also supports a range of
educational activities including a novel program
for undergraduate and graduate students in collaboration
and innovation process skills and the development
of K-12 education modules.
Science and Mathematics Excellence
is an NSF Urban Systemic Initiative in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County School District with the goal that
all students will graduate with the capability
to pursue post-secondary studies and careers in
science and mathematics. Its specific objectives
are: to complete the implementation of standards-based
K-12 mathematics and science programs within the
District for all students in all classrooms; to
increase K-8 proficiency by 4% in end-of-grade
testing in mathematics, by 5% in 8th grade Algebra
I, and by 5 percentile points each year; to increase
enrollment in upper level mathematics and science
courses by 10% each year and to achieve an overall
completion or 80%; and to partner with universities
to ensure that new teachers arrive in the school
system with the training needed to teach a high-quality,
standards-based science and mathematics curriculum.
Small Business Innovation Research
— An NSF SBIR
award to Triangle Research and Development Corp.
supports continued development of the spinning
performance of melt spun fibers containing microencapsulated
phase change materials. Research will focus on
process and materials variables that affect the
structure and properties of the as-spun fiber
and the overall spinning process. Innovative spinning
concepts will be employed to improve the capture
of microencapsulated phase change materials to
maximize thermal energy storage properties. The
commercial availability of melt spun fibers and
the resulting fabrics with enhanced thermal energy
storage capabilities will enable products with
superior performance for use in situations where
comfort, endurance, or survivability in cold of
hot environments is demanded.
Assembly and Expression of MHC Class II
Chains in the Channel Catfish — The availability
of catfish lymphoid, microphage and fibroblast
cell lines, along with previous characterization
of two expressed major histocompatibility complexes
(MHC) class II A and class II B loci make the
channel catfish a unique system among teleosts.
The purpose of this Research
in Undergraduate Institutions investigation
at East
Carolina University is to characterize and
define the specific processing events necessary
for cell surface expression of MHC class II molecules
in a teleosts species.
For more information on North Carolina and NSF,
please contact the Office of Legislative and Public
Affairs at 703-292-8070.
Useful Links:
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Carolina State Home Page
North
Carolina Governor's Office
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