The Department of Defense (DoD) announced that 98 university researchers at 71 institutions have been selected to receive instrumentation awards

to enhance their research and education programs. The awards totaling

$50.1 million will be made under the FY 2024 DoD Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority‐Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program.

FY 2024 DoD HBCU/MI Research and Education Program

Minority
Institution Principal Investigator Proposal Title City ST Service USD(R&E) Priority Research Area
Designation
Acquisition of Thin Film Deposition System, Laser marker, Optical and Chemical
Characterization Systems to be used in energy harvesting and energy storage to Renewable Energy Generation and
1 Alabama A&M University Budak, Satilmis enhance the education of students in STEM Normal AL ARO HBCU Storage; Advance Materials

Acquisition of VSM-Torque System for Nano-magnetism Research at Alabama

2 Alabama A&M University Liu, Congxiao A&M University Normal AL AFOSR HBCU Microelectronics; Advanced Materials
Acquisition of a Scanning Electronic Microscopy-Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy-
Electron Beam Lithography (SEM-EDS-EBL) System for Analysis of Biological Advanced Materials; Biotechnology;
3 Alabama A&M University Yuan, Qunying Materials and Nanomaterials at AAMU Normal AL ARO HBCU Chemistry

4 Andrews University Lyons, Peter Instrumentation for purification and analysis of proteolytic enzymes Berrien Springs MI ARO MI/AANAPISI Biotechnology; Chemistry
Future Generation Wireless
AI-FutureG: An AI-Powered FutureG Wireless System for Information Assurance Technology; Artificial Intelligence and
5 Arizona State University Zhang, Yanchao Research and Education Tempe AZ ARO MI/HSI Machine Learning

Multipurpose high-resolution x-ray diffraction facility: Structural dynamics of

6 Bowie State University Choe, Hyeokmin energy harvesting materials under external perturbations Bowie MD ARO HBCU Advanced Materials

Bowie State University Autonomous Technologies Lab (BSU@Lab) Robotics

7 Bowie State University Josyula, Darsana Infrastructure and Systems Enhancement Bowie MD ARO HBCU Autonomy

Magnetic Materials Characterization Supporting Additive Manufacturing of

8 California Polytechnic State University Ahlgren, William Electric Machines San Luis Obispo CA ONR MI/AANAPISI Advanced Materials

California State Polytechnic University, Acquisition of Reconfigurable High-Performance Computing System for Multi-
9 Pomona Aly, Mohamed disciplinary research and training activities at CPP Pomona CA ONR MI/HSI STEM Education

Expanding Robotics Lab for Student Research with Focus on Mobile Object
10 California State University - Channel Islands Isaacs, Jason Manipulations and Human-Robot Interaction at CSUCI Camarillo CA ONR MI/HSI Human-Machine Interfaces

Acquisition of a Multi-Agent Experimental Platform for Multifaceted Research in Integrated Network System-of-
11 California State University - Long Beach Liu, Tairan Networked Systems and Promoting Workforce Diversity Long Beach CA AFOSR MI/HSI Systems; Autonomy
Acquisition of Cyber Security Autonomous Heterogeneous Vehicles Laboratory Integrated Sensing and Cyber;
for Research and Teaching in Applied Cyber-Physical Multi-Agent Control Autonomy; Artificial Intelligence and
12 California State University - Sacramento Moghadam, Rohollah Systems and Outreach to High School Students\Teachers Sacramento CA ONR MI/HSI Machine Learning

Acquiring a Cryogenic Piezo-Positioning Stage with Magneto-Optics for

13 California State University - San Bernardino Kim, Young Min Quantum Information Research on Solid-State Defects San Bernardino CA AFOSR MI/HSI Quantum Science, Advanced Materials

Acquisition of Instrumentation Cluster for Enhancing Multidisciplinary STEM

14 California State University-Fullerton Mohapatra, Ankita Research and Curriculum in Biomedical Engineering Fullerton CA ARO MI/HSI Biotechnology
Probing the micro-scale world of Earth and Life Materials with students of a
primarily undergraduate, Hispanic-serving institution using a state-of-the-art Environmental Science; Advanced
15 California State University-Fullerton Phelps, Patrick Scanning Electron Microscope Fullerton CA ARO MI/HSI Materials

Nondestructive evaluation of additively manufactured functional metals with

16 California State University-Northridge Li, Bingbing micro-scale precision Northridge CA ONR MI/HSI Advanced Materials

HBCU-Historically Black College/Univ.

TCU-Tribal College/Univ.
MI-Minority Serving Institution. ARO-Army
-AANAPI-AsianAmNativeAmPacific Isl. ONR-Navy
-AIAN-AmerIndian AlaskaNative AFOSR-Air Force
-HSI-Hispanic Serving Institution Page 1 of 6
 The Department of Defense (DoD) announced that 98 university researchers at 71 institutions have been selected to receive instrumentation awards to enhance their research and education programs. The awards totaling
$50.1 million will be made under the FY 2024 DoD Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority‐Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program.

FY 2024 DoD HBCU/MI Research and Education Program

Minority
Institution Principal Investigator Proposal Title City ST Service USD(R&E) Priority Research Area
Designation

17 California State University-Northridge Zirakian, Tadeh Advancing Research Facilities on the Dynamics of Materials and Structures Northridge CA ONR MI/HSI Advanced Materials

FY24 DOD HBCU/MI Equipment/Instrumentation: Claflin University,

18 Claflin University Pawar, Shrikant Orangeburg, South Carolina Orangeburg SC ARO HBCU STEM Education

Acquisition of an Instron 68FM-100 Floor Model Universal Tester for Polymer

19 Clark Atlanta University Khan, Ishrat and Materials Science research and education at Clark Atlanta University Atlanta GA ARO HBCU Advanced Materials

Acquisition of a Chemi-/Physi-sorption/Micropore Analytic system for Research,

20 Clark Atlanta University Li, Junrui Education and Capacity Building in Materials Science at CAU Atlanta GA ONR HBCU Advanced Materials

GPU-accelerated Server for Accelerating Molecular Dynamics-Assisted

21 CUNY - Hunter College Marianski, Mateusz Discovery of Functional Biomaterials New York NY AFOSR MI/HSI Biotechnology, Chemistry

22 CUNY - Queens College Benseman, Timothy Wide-range FTIR spectrometer for photonics research and education Flushing NY ARO MI/HSI Microelectronics

Acquisition of a Transmission Electron Microscope for research and Education

23 CUNY - York College Garcia-Marin, Virginia of Students on Mitochondria Bioenergetics. Jamaica NY ARO MI/HSI Biotechnology; STEM Education

24 CUNY-City College of New York Koder, Ronald A facility at The City College of New York for protein production New York NY AFOSR MI/HSI Biotechnology; STEM Education
A Collaborative Research Hub for Advancing Soldier Performance: Equipment
for the Fabrication and Evaluation of Lightweight Wearable Assistive Robots Advanced Materials; Advanced
25 CUNY-City College of New York Sanz Pena, Inigo with Embedded Sensing Capabilities. New York NY ARO MI/HSI Manufacturing Robotics

Acquisition of a Ellipsometer Spectroscopy System for Research and Education

26 Delaware State University Xu, Yanan Training of Students on Device Characterization Dover DE AFOSR HBCU Advanced Materials; Microelectronics

Advance Materials; Integrated Sensors

27 Dillard University Darwish, Abdalla Instrumentation for the Investigation of Photonic Nanocomoposite Films New Orleans LA AFOSR HBCU and Cyber

Equipment and Instrumentation to Support Biomedical Sciences Training and

28 Dine College Tabassum Hakim, Shazia Research at Diné College, Navajo Nation, Arizona Tsaile AZ AFOSR TCU Biotechnology; STEM Education

Advancing National Security through Workforce Development, Diversity, and

29 Dine College Skaltsas, Demetra Next-Generation Sequencing on the Navajo Nation Tsaile AZ AFOSR TCU Biotechnology; STEM Education

30 Elizabeth City State University Adedeji, Adetayo Robust and Versatile X-Ray Diffractometer for Research and Education Elizabeth City NC AFOSR HBCU Advanced Materials

Elmhurst University Computational Outreach, Research, and Education (EU-

31 Elmhurst University Brown, David CORE) VR/AR Makerspace Elmhurst IL ARO MI/HSI STEM Education

Acquisition of a Super Resolution Resonant Confocal Imaging System for

32 Florida A&M University Ali, Jamel Defense Applicable Extreme Biohybrid Materials Research and Education Tallahassee FL AFOSR HBCU Advanced Materials

HBCU-Historically Black College/Univ.

TCU-Tribal College/Univ.
MI-Minority Serving Institution. ARO-Army
-AANAPI-AsianAmNativeAmPacific Isl. ONR-Navy
-AIAN-AmerIndian AlaskaNative AFOSR-Air Force
-HSI-Hispanic Serving Institution Page 2 of 6
 The Department of Defense (DoD) announced that 98 university researchers at 71 institutions have been selected to receive instrumentation awards to enhance their research and education programs. The awards totaling
$50.1 million will be made under the FY 2024 DoD Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority‐Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program.

FY 2024 DoD HBCU/MI Research and Education Program

Minority
Institution Principal Investigator Proposal Title City ST Service USD(R&E) Priority Research Area
Designation

Acquisition of an X-ray Micro Computed Tomography (micro-CT) System for Advanced Materials; Integrated
33 Florida Atlantic University Kim, Myeongsub Multidisciplinary Research and Integrated Education Boca Raton FL ONR MI/HSI Sensors and Cyber; Biotechnology

X-ray Powder Diffraction: An indispensable tool for research and education in

34 Florida Atlantic University Merk, Vivian science and engineering Boca Raton FL ONR MI/HSI Biotechnology; STEM Education
Integrated Sensing and Cyber;
Autonomy; Artificial Intelligence and
35 Florida Atlantic University Pados, Dimitris A Digital Twin Platform for Computational T&E of Connected AI Autonomy Boca Raton FL AFOSR MI/HSI Machine Learning

36 Florida International University Chuvashova, Irina X-ray diffraction system for materials characterization at extreme environments Miami FL ONR MI/HSI Advanced Materials; STEM Education

Characterization Testbed for Research on mmWave Communication and Future Generation Wireless
37 Florida International University Georgakopoulos, Stavros Remote Sensing Systems Miami FL AFOSR MI/HSI Technology

DoD: Acquisition of a Transmission Electron Microscope for Advanced

38 Hampton University Pradhan, Aswini Renewable Energy and Quantum Materials Research, Education and Training Hampton VA ONR HBCU Advanced Materials

Enhancing Autonomous Vehicles Research and STEM Education Through Studio

39 Howard University Lashhab, Fadel and Control Equipment Acquisition Washington DC ARO HBCU Autonomy

Acquisition of a Fourier Transform-Confocal Raman Microscope for

Investigating Quantum Dots and Nanomaterials for Research and Education at
40 Howard University Misra, Prabhakar Howard University Washington DC ARO HBCU Quantum Science

41 Howard University Owolabi, Gbadebo Acquisition of Ultra-High-Speed Deformation and Strain Measurement System Washington DC ARO HBCU Advanced Materials

Acquisition of an Advanced Potentiostat for Research and Training in the

42 Jackson State University Islam, Muhammad Jackson State University Jackson MS ARO HBCU Materials

Optical Laser Lithography Fabrication System and Local Multiferroelectric

43 Jackson State University Pradhan, Nihar Properties of Van der Waals Materials and Their Heterostructure Jackson MS ARO HBCU Quantum Science

Acquisition of A Multi-Detector Equipped-Gel Permeation Chromatography for

44 Montclair State University Sarkar, Amrita Polymer Research & STEM Education at Montclair State University, New Jersey. Montclair NJ ARO MI/HSI Advanced Materials; Chemistry
Integrated Network System-of-
45 Morgan State University Cole, Cliston RAN-IP: Resilient Autonomous Nation In-the-loop Baltimore MD AFOSR HBCU Systems;

New Mexico Institute of Mining and State-of-the-art Mixer and Micro-CT Scanner for Advanced Manufacturing and Advanced Manufacturing; Advanced
46 Technology Hargather, Chelsey Energetic Materials Research Socorro NM AFOSR MI/HSI Materials

Advancing Intelligent Multi-Agent Networked Systems: The Robotics and

47 New Mexico State University Garcia Carrillo, Luis Rodolfo Autonomy Research and Teaching Studio at New Mexico State University Las Cruces NM ONR MI/HSI STEM Education

Acquisition of Plasma Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition (PEALD) System for

48 North Carolina A&T State University Aravamudhan, Shyam Advanced Materials Research and Education Greensboro NC ONR HBCU Quantum Science
Acquisition of Characterization and Measurement System (Correlative Raman-
AFM Microscopy) for Development of Polymer/Polymerization-Based Integrated Sensing and Cyber;
49 North Carolina A&T State University He, Peng Bioanalytical Sensors Greensboro NC ARO HBCU Advanced Materials

HBCU-Historically Black College/Univ.

TCU-Tribal College/Univ.
MI-Minority Serving Institution. ARO-Army
-AANAPI-AsianAmNativeAmPacific Isl. ONR-Navy
-AIAN-AmerIndian AlaskaNative AFOSR-Air Force
-HSI-Hispanic Serving Institution Page 3 of 6
 The Department of Defense (DoD) announced that 98 university researchers at 71 institutions have been selected to receive instrumentation awards to enhance their research and education programs. The awards totaling
$50.1 million will be made under the FY 2024 DoD Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority‐Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program.

FY 2024 DoD HBCU/MI Research and Education Program

Minority
Institution Principal Investigator Proposal Title City ST Service USD(R&E) Priority Research Area
Designation

Development of an Optical Spectroscopy Lab for In situ Vibrational Micro- Renewable Energy Generation and
50 Northeastern State University Burba, Christopher spectroscopy Tahlequah OK ONR MI/AIANSI Storage;

Advanced Microscopes to Strengthen Teaching and Research at Northeastern

51 Northeastern State University Iyer, Janaki State University, Oklahoma Tahlequah OK ARO MI/AIANSI STEM Education

Enhancing Research and Education Through the Acquisition of a Selective Laser

52 Old Dominion University Eisazadeh, Hamid Melting System for Advanced 3D Metal Printing Norfolk VA ARO MI/AANAPISI Advanced Manufacturing
Acquisition of a Laser-based Floating Zone Furnace for single crystal growth and
a real-time transmission or back-reflection Laue system for Material Science
53 Prairie View A&M University Karna, Sunil Education and Research at PVAMU Prairie View TX ARO HBCU Advanced Materials, Quantum Science
Acquisition of a Scanning X-Ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS) to Expand
and Enhance Multidisciplinary Research in the Department of Chemistry and Advanced Materials; Biotechnology;
54 Prairie View A&M University Fernando, Harshica Physics at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) Prairie View TX AFOSR HBCU Chemistry

Developing new research and teaching capabilities in Understanding Dynamic Multiple Research Areas; STEM
55 San Francisco State University Jiang, Zhaoshuo Systems and Control Theory at SFSU San Francisco CA AFOSR MI/HSI Education
Acquisition of Instrumental Treadmill, Markerless Motion Capture, and Human-
Machine Equipment for a Human-Machine Performance Laboratory to Enhance
56 San Francisco State University Quintero, David Research in Engineering and Kinesiology at SFSU San Francisco CA AFOSR MI/HSI Human- Machine Interfaces

Enhancing Research and Education in High Resolution Active Remote Sensing

57 San Jose State University Madden, Elizabeth Technology and Landscape Modeling San Jose CA ARO MI/HSI Earth Science; STEM Education

Acquisition of Automated Instrumentation to Enhance Multidisciplinary

58 Shaw University Vasquez-Kool, Jorge Research, Education and Training Capabilities at Shaw University Raleigh NC ONR HBCU Biotechnology; STEM Education

Southern University A&M College Baton Acquisition of a Multi-material Laser Powder Bed Fusion Equipment for
59 Rouge, LA Mensah, Patrick Advanced Manufacturing Research and Education Baton Rouge LA ONR HBCU Advanced Manufacturing

Southern University A&M College Baton Acquisition of a Raman Spectroscope for Extreme Environment Materials
60 Rouge, LA Yang, Shizhong Characterization Baton Rouge LA AFOSR HBCU Advanced Materials

61 Southern University New Orleans, LA Tietzel, Illya Equipment for a Center of Applied Life Sciences at the HBCU SUNO New Orleans LA ARO HBCU Biotechnology; STEM Education
Autonomy; Integrated Sensing and
Enhancing Autonomous Vehicles Cybersecurity Through Innovative Software Cyber; Artificial Intelligence and
62 St. Mary's University Torre, Damiano Systems San Antonio TX ONR MI/HSI Machine Learning

Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems Lab for Assured and Secure Operations

63 Tennessee State University Keel, Leehyun (ICPSLASO) Nashville TN ARO HBCU Integrated Sensing and Cyber

Research and Teaching Enhancement in Cyber Physical Systems using Pseudo Integrated Sensing and Cyber; Artificial
64 Texas A&M International University Hasan, Muhammad Smart City Studio Laredo TX AFOSR MI/HSI Intelligence and Machine Learning

Hexapods and digital signal processing units for inertial navigation with
65 Texas A&M University-College Station Munoz, Jose optomechanical accelerometers College Station TX ONR MI/HSI Integrated Sensing and Cyber

HBCU-Historically Black College/Univ.

TCU-Tribal College/Univ.
MI-Minority Serving Institution. ARO-Army
-AANAPI-AsianAmNativeAmPacific Isl. ONR-Navy
-AIAN-AmerIndian AlaskaNative AFOSR-Air Force
-HSI-Hispanic Serving Institution Page 4 of 6
 The Department of Defense (DoD) announced that 98 university researchers at 71 institutions have been selected to receive instrumentation awards to enhance their research and education programs. The awards totaling
$50.1 million will be made under the FY 2024 DoD Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority‐Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program.

FY 2024 DoD HBCU/MI Research and Education Program

Minority
Institution Principal Investigator Proposal Title City ST Service USD(R&E) Priority Research Area
Designation

Acquisition of an Advanced Computing Testbed for HPC, AI/ML, M&S & Digital Artificial Intelligence and Machine
66 Texas A&M University-Kingsville Kumar, Vinod Twin Research and Education Kingsville TX AFOSR MI/HSI Learning
Acquisition of Computation Server and Experiment Equipment for Enhancing
Nuclear Engineering Research and Education Program at Texas A&M University- Renewable Energy Generation and
67 Texas A&M University-Kingsville Yang, Xue Kingsville Kingsville TX ONR MI/HSI Storage; Nuclear Engineering

Acquisition of a state-of-the-art photoluminescence spectrometer for research

68 Texas State University Haque, Ariful and education San Marcos TX ARO MI/HSI Microelectronics, Advanced Materials

Two-dimensional topological materials for tunable quantum states and

69 Texas Technical University Chatzakis, Ioannis topological antiferromagnetic systems for applications in quantum technology Lubbock TX ONR MI/HSI Quantum Science; Advanced Materials

Acquisition of an Ion Chromatography (IC) System to Strengthen the STEM Education; Environmental
70 Tuskegee University Jafarinejad, Shahryar Interdisciplinary Research and Training Capabilities at Tuskegee University Tuskegee AL ARO HBCU Science

Acquisition of a Trustworthy Intelligent Multi-Domain Transportation Testbed Integrated Sensors and Cyber;
71 University of Arizona Rastgoftar, Hossein for Research in a Contested Environment Tucson AZ ONR MI/HSI Autonomy; STEM Education

Scanning Probe Microscopy for Advanced Material Structure and Property Advanced Materials; Biotechnology;
72 University of California - Irvine Hochbaum, Allon Characterization at UC Irvine Irvine CA AFOSR MI/HSI Chemistry

Acquisition of Mask Aligner/Nanoimprinter Lithography for Multi-disciplinary

73 University of California - Merced Kumar, Parveen Research and Training Merced CA ARO MI/HSI Microelectronics; Advanced Materials
STEM Education; Artificial Intelligence
74 University of California - Merced Tang, Meng Learning to See by Learning to Synthesize Images Merced CA ONR MI/HSI and Machine Learning

Dual-beam SEM/FIB instrument for research and STEM education in nanoscale Advanced Materials; Quantum
75 University of California - Santa Cruz Schmidt, Holger science and engineering Santa Cruz CA AFOSR MI/HSI Science; Microelectronics
Future G; Integrated Network System
76 University of California - Santa Cruz Sadjadpour, Hamid A Wireless Communication Testbed for the Design of Future Combat Systems Santa Cruz CA ARO MI/HSI of System

Ultra-High-Speed Burst-Mode Laser for DoD Hypersonics and Space Detonation

77 University of Central Florida Ahmed, Kareem Research Orlando FL ARO MI/HSI Hypersonics
Multi-species, mid-IR diagnostics at ultra-fast time scales to characterize
propellants and energetic materials burning for hypersonics and ordnance
78 University of Central Florida Vasu Sumathi, Subith systems Orlando FL ONR MI/HSI Hypersonics
Acquisition of high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass
spectrometer (HPLC-MSMS) system for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance
79 University of Hawaii-Manoa Kim, Juhee (PFAS) research and education Honolulu HI ARO MI/AANAPISI Environmental Science
An Additive Manufacturing System for Studies of Multiscale Functional Advanced Manufacturing; STEM
80 University of Hawaii-Manoa Ray, Tyler Materials Honolulu HI AFOSR MI/AANAPISI Education

MAGNUS: Advancing AI, Robotics, and Networking Research through a Multi- Artificial Intelligence and Machine
81 University of Maryland-Baltimore County Roy, Nirmalya Domain Testbed for Defense Innovation Baltimore MD ARO MI/AANAPISI Learning Autonomy

Developing a New Research and Teaching Laboratory for Networked AI at Artificial Intelligence and Machine
82 University of Massachusetts-Boston Sheng, Bo UMass Boston Boston MA ONR MI/AANAPISI Learning Autonomy

HBCU-Historically Black College/Univ.

TCU-Tribal College/Univ.
MI-Minority Serving Institution. ARO-Army
-AANAPI-AsianAmNativeAmPacific Isl. ONR-Navy
-AIAN-AmerIndian AlaskaNative AFOSR-Air Force
-HSI-Hispanic Serving Institution Page 5 of 6
 The Department of Defense (DoD) announced that 98 university researchers at 71 institutions have been selected to receive instrumentation awards to enhance their research and education programs. The awards totaling
$50.1 million will be made under the FY 2024 DoD Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority‐Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program.

FY 2024 DoD HBCU/MI Research and Education Program

Minority
Institution Principal Investigator Proposal Title City ST Service USD(R&E) Priority Research Area
Designation

Acquisition of a direct write photolithography system for quantum science

83 University of Nevada - Las Vegas Island, Joshua research Las Vegas NV ARO MI/HSI Quantum Science; Microelectronics

Reactive Co-Sputtering Tool for Deposition of Complex Multifunctional Ternary

84 University of New Mexico Albuquerque Jackson, Nathan and Quaternary Thin films Materials Albuquerque NM AFOSR MI/HSI Microelectronic; Advanced Materials
DOD HBCU/MI Instrumentation: Acquisition of a 3D Super-Resolution Live Cell
Imaging Microscope for Interdisciplinary Graduate Research and Educational
85 University of North Carolina - Greensboro Rathnayake, Hemali Training Greensboro NC AFOSR MI/AANAPISI Biotechnology

Enhancing and augmenting the additive manufacturing and material analysis Advanced Materials; Advanced
86 University of North Carolina at Pembroke Singletary, Steven capabilities at UNC Pembroke Pembroke NC ARO MI/AIANSI Manufacturing

Conductive-Probe-AFM combined with Terahertz Scattering Near-Field

87 University of North Texas Neu, Jens Microscope (c-AFM+THz-SNOM) Denton TX ARO MI/HSI Advanced Materials

88 University of North Texas Xiao, Yuzhe Understanding infrared materials with optical ellipsometry Denton TX AFOSR MI/HSI Advanced Materials; Physics

89 University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras Tinoco, Arthur 6495 Triple Quadrupole LC/MS System for an Omics Center San Juan PR ARO MI/HSI STEM Education

University of Puerto Rico-Medical Science Acquisition of a Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope at the University of Puerto
90 Campus Miller, Mark Rico San Juan PR ARO MI/HSI Biotechnology

Acquisition of a physical properties measurement system to support research

91 University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Rua, Armando and training in Quantum Materials and Transformative Devices Mayaguez PR ARO MI/HSI Quantum Science

92 University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Suleiman, David Acquisition of an NMR for the Study of Novel Multi-Ionic Polymers Mayaguez PR ARO MI/HSI Advanced Materials; Chemistry
Equipment to Support Research to Enhance Resilience and Cyber-physical Renewable Energy Generation and
93 University of Texas at Austin Strank, Shannon Security of Military Microgrids Austin TX ONR MI/HSI Storage; Integrated Sensing and Cyber

Establishment of the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Research and Teaching

94 University of Texas at El Paso Velez-Reyes, Miguel Laboratory El Paso TX ARO MI/HSI Autonomy; STEM Education

Enabling Multidimensional Infrared Imaging of Quantitative Thermochemistry in

95 University of Texas at San Antonio Pineda, Daniel High-Enthalpy Reacting Flows San Antonio TX AFOSR MI/HSI Hypersonics

Acquisition of an Orbitrap Exploris 480 LCMS for high sensitivity proteomics

96 University of Texas at San Antonio Renthal, Robert applications San Antonio TX ARO MI/HSI Biotechnology; Chemistry
Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Heterogeneous computing environment for Generative AI and Industrial Learning; Advanced Computing and
97 Virginia State University Lee, Joon Suk Cybersecurity Petersburg VA ARO HBCU Software

98 West Virginia State University Nimmakayala, Padma Plant phenotyping infrastructure for vegetable crop improvement Institute WV ARO HBCU Biotechnology

HBCU-Historically Black College/Univ.

TCU-Tribal College/Univ.
MI-Minority Serving Institution. ARO-Army
-AANAPI-AsianAmNativeAmPacific Isl. ONR-Navy
-AIAN-AmerIndian AlaskaNative AFOSR-Air Force
-HSI-Hispanic Serving Institution Page 6 of 6