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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 19px;">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.</span></span></span>

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<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 19px;">Dr. Kadir Aslan</span>'''</span><br/></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br/></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 19px;">Dr Aslan, a P</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 19px; font-size: larger;">rofessor of Chemistry at Morgan State University, 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.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br/></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 19px;">Dr. Viji Sitther</span></span>'''<br/></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br/></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 19px;">Dr. Sitther , an assistant proffesor of biology, received a $100,000 Maryland Innovation Initiative grant to begin development of a method to produce biofuel from cyanobacteria in naturally available salt water.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br/></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''Omar S. Muhammad'''</span><br/></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br/></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Omar S. Muhammad is another faculty member that leads innovation at Morgan. Mr. Muhammad serves as the "D</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: larger;">irector&nbsp;Entrepreneurial Development and Assistance Center" and single handly connects morgans resources with the students. He is currently working on multidiscipinary programs, such as the five year Engineering + M.B.A degree program.&nbsp;</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br/></span></div>