School:Morgan State University

Founded in 1867, Morgan State University is a Carnegie classified Doctoral Research Institution offering more than 70 academic programs leading to bachelor’s degrees as well as programs at the masters and doctoral levels. As Maryland’s Public Urban Research University, Morgan serves a multi-ethnic and multi-racial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible.

Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Student Research

Biology

• Stress and Cardiovascular Diseases

• HIV/AIDS

• Neurodevelopment/Neuro-disorders

• Environmental Toxicology

• Environmental Microbiology

• Molecular Biology/Gene Expression

• Bioinformatics

• Vision Science

Chemistry

• Synthesis, Modification, Characteriation and Biological Applications of Heptamethine Near-Infrared Dyes

• Development of novel chitosan based materials for the fabrication of biosensor systems

• Development of Anion and Amines Sensors

• Crystallization of small molecules and macromolecules using metal-assisted and microwave-accelerated evaporative crystallization

• Rapid bioassays for clinically relevant biomolecules using microwave-accelerated bioassays

Computer Science

• Artificial Intelligence

• Computer Modeling

• Computer Engineering

• Computational Sciences

• Bioinformatics

Mathematics

• Mathematical Biology

• Mathematical

• Modeling

• Topology

• Evolution Equations

• Ultrafilters

• Topological Semigroups

• Bioinformatics

Physics

• Nanomagnetic Applications

• Digital Image Processing

• Scanning, Atomic Force, and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

• Mössbauer Spectroscopy

• Condensed Matter Physics

• Magnetic Thin Films

• Bioinformatics

Morgan Innovation Day

The annual showcase of faculty and student research and industrial development offers an interactive opportunity for lawmakers and citizens to learn more about Morgan’s strategic plans for commercializing science and technological innovation for Maryland’s emerging STEM industries.

Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Dr Aslan: Professor of Chemistry, has recently described and demonstrated the use of a new crystallization technology, called metal-assisted and microwave-assisted evaporative crystallization (MA-MAEC). The MA-MAEC technology was the subject of Morgan’s first ever patent full application in its over 140-year history.

Omar Muhammad: manages the Entrepreneurial Development & Assistance Center (EDAC). Past work experience includes small business lending and helping women start businesses.

Dr. Sitther : received a $100,000 Maryland Innovation Initiative grant to begin development of a method to produce biofuel from cyanobacteria in naturally available salt water.

Craig J. Scott: Engineering Visualization for network security, computer vision and image/spatial data fusion; technology assisted formative assessment and differentiated instruction.

Yacob Astatke:Performance and QoS management in mixed wireless networks and online engineering course development and delivery.

Arlene Cole-Rhodes: Image processing with applications in remote sensing and avionics and signal processing for wireless communications.

Richard A. Dean: Spectrum and QoS management with clustering, and network security for Mixed Wireless Networks; Aeronautical radio link simulation for network enhanced telemetry system.

Corey Dickens: Fabrication, characterization and simulation of wide and gap semiconductor materials and devices; GaN device HMETCIS solar cell research; SiGe HBT reliability simulations.

Kemi Ladeji-Osias: Synthetic Vision Systems, Haptic training in Biomedical Engineering, and integration of technology in the classroom.

Farzad Moazzami: Wireless communications, Signal Processing, Information assurance

Kofi Nyarko: Computational engineering, scientific/ engineering simulation & visualization, complex computer algorithm development, computer network theory (including Ad-Hoc Mobile Networks), portable computing design and development, advanced computer display technologies, and avionic system software development.

Michel Reece: Device characterization and modeling using MMIC and MIC technologies at RF, microwave, and millimeter wave frequencies.

James E. Whitney: Algorithm development and hardware design using digital and statistical signal processing; detection, estimation, and multispectral sensing and image processing.

Gregory M. Wilkins: Applications of computational electro-magnetic 
methods for the solution field behavior in guided wave structures 
and radiating systems (antennas).

University-Industry Collaboration

Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR)

A multidisciplinary team of Morgan State University scientists, under the leadership of Dr. Joseph A. Whittaker, successfully won a joint cooperative agreement from the Earth Sciences Division of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) worth nearly $96M, the largest federal contract in the institution's history. Through funding, the MSU component of the GESTAR Program began in May 2011. This program brings more than 40 established and internationally recognized scientists to MSU and creates broad research and internship opportunities in earth and atmospheric sciences for our students. 

Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts

Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL)

Research conducted at the state-of-the art facility located near the Patuxent River (part of Chesapeake Bay watershed) is designed to increase the understanding of coastal ecosystems so that they may be properly managed and protected. Much of the work is focused on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, such as the Patuxent River.