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.
Contents
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
M.S.E.E., Cornell University; B.S.E.E., Howard University.
Research Interests: Engineering Visualization for network security, computer vision and image/spatial data fusion; technology assisted formative assessment and differentiated instruction.
Yacob Astatke, Assistant Professor and Associate Chair for
Undergraduate Studies; D.Eng., Morgan State University; M.S.E.E.,
Johns Hopkins University; B.S.E.E., Morgan State University.
Research Interests: Performance and QoS management in mixed wireless networks and online engineering course development and delivery.
Arlene Cole-Rhodes, Professor; Ph.D., University of California Berkeley; M. Phil, Cambridge University; B.S. (Mathematics), Warwick University.
Research Interests: Image processing with applications in remote sensing and avionics and signal processing for wireless communications.
Richard A. Dean, Lecturer; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University ;M.S., University of Maryland; B.S., Manhattan College.
Research Interests: Spectrum and QoS management with clustering, and network security for Mixed Wireless Networks; Aeronautical radio link simulation for network enhanced telemetry system.
Corey Dickens, Lecturer; Ph.D., Howard University; M.S., Cornell University; B.S.E.E., Morgan State University.
Research Interests: Fabrication, characterization and simulation of wide and gap semiconductor materials and devices; GaN device HMETCIS solar cell research; SiGe HBT reliability simulations.
Kevin Kornegay, Professor; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley; M.S., University of California at Berkeley; B.S., Pratt Institute (Honors).
Kemi Ladeji-Osias, Associate Professor and Associate Chair
for Graduate Studies; Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering), Rutgers University; B.S.E.E., University of Maryland College-Park.
Research Interests: Synthetic Vision Systems, Haptic training in Biomedical Engineering, and integration of technology in the classroom.
Farzad Moazzami, Assistant Professor; D.Eng, Morgan State University; M.Eng., Morgan State University; B.S., University of Tabriz.
Research Interests: Wireless communications, Signal Processing,
Information assurance
Kofi Nyarko, Associate Professor; D.Eng, Morgan State University; M.S., Morgan State University; B.S., Morgan State University.
Research Interests: 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.
LaDawn Partlow, Lecturer; M.S., Morgan State University; B.S., MSU
Michel Reece, Associate Professor; D.Eng, Morgan State University;
M.S.E.E., Penn State University; B.S.E.E, Morgan State University.
Research Interests: Device characterization and modeling using MMIC and MIC technologies at RF, microwave, and millimeter wave frequencies.
Carl White, Professor; Associate Dean for Research and Graduate
Studies, Ph.D., Cornell University; M.S.E.E., B.S.E.E., Howard University.
James E. Whitney, II, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Marquette University; M.S.E.E., Catholic University of America; B.S.E.E., University of Maryland-College Park.
Research Interests: Algorithm development and hardware design using
digital and statistical signal processing; detection, estimation,
and multispectral sensing and image processing.
Gregory M. Wilkins, Lecturer; Ph.D., University of Illinois; M.S.E.E. The Johns Hopkins University; B.S.E.E., University of Maryland-College Park.
Research Interests: Applications of computational electro-magnetic
methods for the solution field behavior in guided wave structures
and radiating systems (antennas).