# Presentation: 450145

## Bill Cantrell

**Deputy for Small Business**
**Army Engineer Research & Development Center**
**601-634-3470**
**william.d.cantrell@erdc.usace.army.mil**

## Topics

**ERDC**
**Interactions with HBCU/MI’s**

## HBCU/MI

**Historically Black Colleges and Universities are **
**defined in Title III, Higher Education Act of 1965**
**	****1980 - Executive Order 12232****	**
**	****The HBCU list is fixed and never changes**
**Minority Institutions (greater than 50% students)**
**	****HSI - Hispanic Serving Institutions**
**	****TCU - Tribal Colleges and Universities**
**	****Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian Serving**
**DoD treats HBCU/MI as an SDB and “other HEI” as large**

## To determine if a school is a minority institution

**Go to CCR and look for **
**	****	****	****	**

**UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION****ACCREDITED POSTSECONDARY MINORITY INSTITUTIONS**

**A website listing these schools is no longer available.**

**	****	****	**_**Business Types/Grants**_
**1A - Minority Institutions**

***Ignore the Small Business Types section that will probably show them as not being a small business***
- _[D:\TAMU Corpus Christi.htm](file:///D:/TAMU%20Corpus%20Christi.htm)_

## Engineer Research andDevelopment Center

**ERDC COMMAND HQ**
**Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory**
**Environmental Laboratory**
**Geotechnical  and Structures Laboratory**
**Information Technology Laboratory**

**Alaska Projects Office**

**Anchorage Field Office**

**Construction Engineering**
**Research Laboratory**

**Cold Regions Research**
**Engineering Laboratory**

**Topographic Engineering**
**Center**

**Field Exposure Station**

**Trotters Shoals Limnological**
**Research Facility**

**Lewisville Aquatic Ecosystems**
**Research Facility**

**Eau Galle Laboratory**

**Chemistry Quality**
**Assurance Laboratory**

**Big Black Test Facility**

**The Dalles Research Facility**

**Columbia River Fisheries Research Facility**

**Field Research Facility**

**European Research Office**

**Engineer Research and****Development Center**

**Notes:**
ERDC is the Corps’s Research and Development Organization, a disbursed Command of 7 unique technical laboratories with primary facilities in four states (MS, NH, IL, and VA)
ERDC was officially formed 1 October 1998; Headquarters are in Vicksburg, MS
Research facilities and activities around the country and the world
Collecting cosmic dust in Antarctica
Searching for insects in South America
Advising NATO in Europe

## ERDC By The Numbers

**Government Team**
**On-Site Contractors**
**Student Technical Support**
**Scientists / Engineers**
**     ****Master’s**
**      ****Ph.D.’s**
**Program (FY05)                 >**
**Research Facilities &    ****	****Equipment**

**2000**
**  ****500+**
**~150**
**1059**
**  ****438**
**   ****302**
**$700 M**
**$1.2 B**

## Unique Research Facilities & Equipment

**Large **
**Physical Models**

**Centrifuge **

**Hazardous/Toxic Waste Facility****  **

**Ice Engineering**
**Facilities**

**DoD High Performance Computing Center  **

**$1.2B**

**Notes:**
Unique Facilities – $1.2 Billion in Research Facilities and Equipment

$1.2 Billion in Research and Development facilities

One of the 15 largest High Performance Computing facilities in the world (1,737 Gigaflops – or 1,737 Billion calculations per second)

The largest research Centrifuge in the world

Very large refrigerated facilities for ice engineering

Triaxial Shock Test Facility

## Over 500 Customers

## DoD S&T Leadership

**Airfields & Pavements**
**Survivability & Protective Structures**
**Sustainment Engineering**
**Facilities & Infrastructure**
**Environmental Cleanup**
**Environmental Conservation**
**Topography & Terrain**
**Cold Regions Engineering**
**Water Resources**

**DoD S&T Leadership**

**Notes:**

DoD S&T Leadership

The ERDC has the Lead for all  DoD Laboratories in these 9 areas

World Class Leadership

## Pentagon Interior Damage

**55 Feet North of Impact**

**Without**** ERDC Technology**
**295 Feet North of Impact**

**Typical Third Floor Views**

**Pentagon Interior Damage**

**Notes:**
The efficacy of the anti-terrorism blast protection in the Pentagon is shown vividly in the two offices shown.  Both are on the 3rd floor on the same side of the plane impact.  The office that was only 55 feet from impact and probably had some pictures fall off the walls, but it was essentially unaffected by the blast.  The office almost a football field away in the same direction had its windows blown out and its inter-wall (two layers of brick) spalled, throwing fragments of brick throughout the room thereby threatening its occupant with serious injury or death.  
The reason that the office only 50 feet from the blast did so well is that the blast was relatively week.  That is, most of the jet fuel remained liquid and burned for hours.  This is unlike a high-explosive blast where all of the energy of the explosive is released at one time.  You can see what even a low-level blast can do to an office almost a football field away from impact.  Our challenge is to protect against high-explosive blasts that have much more energy than the plane impact.

## ERDC Program

***Battlespace Environment***

***Installations/EQ***

***Military Engineering***

***Civil Works***

*** ******Military Engineering ***
*** ******Installations/Environment Quality***
*** ******Battlespace Environment***
*** ******Civil Works – Water Resources***

***75% Reimbursable***
***25% Direct***

***26%***

***20%***

*** ******28%***

***26%***

***FY05 TOA***
**>$700M**

## Military Engineering

**Terrorist Threat Protection**

**Hard-Target Defeat**

**Mobility**

**TeleEngineering**

**Notes:**
Military Engineering is one ERDC business area.
The ERDC has long been involved in mobility research.  E.g., The wheels on the lunar land rover were designed and tested in the ERDC.  
The ERDC has tested the mobility of all major Army vehicles including the M1 Tank and the Bradley Fighting Vehicle 
The ERDC has been involved in design and testing of all the “bunker busting bombs” in the Air Force arsenal.
The ERDC has the DoD lead for terrorist threat protection.  Much of today’s research focuses on anti-terrorism activities (Example – White House stand-off distances and work for State Department in protecting embassies.)
TeleEngineering has been key to getting engineer expertise to the battlefield in Afghanistan and Iraq

ERDC has transformed cold war expertise in nuclear blast effects into the premier DoD facility for research in survivability and protective structures

Much of today’s research focuses on anti-terrorism activities
Example – White House stand-off distances

Work for State Department in protecting embassies

Research to protect troops in the battlefield using state-of-the-art materials and techniques

## Military Engineering

**Joint Rapid Airfield Construction**

**Rapid Port Enhancement**

**Force Projection**

**Logistics Over the Shore**

**Notes:**
Military Engineering focuses in several area of research to support our Armed Forces

## Battlespace Environment

**Combat Terrain**
**Info Systems (CTIS)**

** ****Terrain Generation**

**Information Dominance**

**Visualization**

**Notes:**
Battlespace Environment R&D Program Purpose:  R&D emphasizing the characterization and modeling of physical phenomena, processes, interactions and effects associated with terrain and its surface and surface features, and its influence on the atmospheric boundary layer at scales important to the land warfare.

Anticipated Customer Outcomes:
Timely, accurate knowledge of how the environment impacts land warfare.
Improved understanding of the impact of the environment on the design and operations of combat systems including personnel, platforms, sensors, and weapons. 
Comprehensive integration of environmental factors and effects in operations as well as modeling and simulation.
Improved understanding of the environmental effects on sensor performance for sensor and weapon system developers.
Tailorable mechanisms to leverage and/or mitigate environmental effects for  commander’s needs.
Assured tactical mobility

## Military Installations

**Facilities Construction/  **
**Rehabilitation**

**Installation Operations**

**Installation Transformation**

**Immune Buildings**

**Notes:**
Facilities and Infrastructure

Discovering ways to build and maintain better, more economical military facilities

ERDC is the CADD/GIS Technology Center of expertise for all three DoD services

Quality, affordable military facilities will be key to Army Transformation

Looking at Fort Smart and Fort Future

## Military InstallationsEnvironmental Quality

**Unexploded Ordnance Cleanup**

**Hazardous & Toxic Waste**

**Threatened & Endangered Species**

**Sustainable Ranges**

## Environmental Quality

**Environmental Quality**
**Sustainable Ranges**

**Increased Mission Requirements**

**Increased Environmental Requirements**

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**Notes:**
BCT = Brigade Combat Team
TES = Threatened and Endangered Species

## Civil Works - Water Resources

**Dredging**

**Navigation**

**Shore Protection**

**Flood Control**** **

**Notes:**
Water Resources

World Renowned reputation in water resources engineering

Nations center of expertise in Coastal Engineering

Use a variety of research tools to help develop and preserve water resources (Physical models, numerical models and hybrid models)

Improve and maintain flood control and navigation infrastructure

## Civil Works - Water Resources

**Wetland Restoration**

**Contaminated Sediments**

**Groundwater Contamination**

**Invasive Species**

**Threatened & Endangered Species **

**Environmental Effects of Dredging**

## Interactions with HBCU/MI’s

## Educational Outreach Activities

## Educational Outreach K thru 8+ 

**Annual Soil & Water Conservation Carnival**
**National Junior Solar Sprint Program**
**Robotics Competition**
**Job Shadowing Program**
**Volunteer Subject Matter Experts for:**

**Lectures**
**Field Trips**
**Demonstrations**
**Classroom assistance**

**Tutoring**
**Science Fairs**

**Notes:**
The bullets on the slide are just selected examples of the types of ERDC Outreach Activities with local school districts.
Note: ERDC V’burg has a signed Educ. Partnership Agrmt with V’burg/Warren Co. School Dist.
Annual Soil and Water Conservation Carnival, hosted for 10 years at Vicksburg site.  Fifth graders ina two-county region come for a one-day field trip to learn about soil and water conservation (the lower picture on the slide shows a visit from Smoky the Bear one year).  In FY03, over 500 studentsparticipated.   
National Junior Solar Sprint Program:  ERDC-CRREL participates in this program managed by US Dept of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab.  It is a classroom-base hands-on program for 6-8 graders.  Student teams apply math, science, and creativity to construct model solar-powered cars and race them.  Last year 300+ students from 17 schools raced 120 cars and in the process gained understanding of scientific concepts and renewable energy technologies.   
Robotics Competition; this is formally called the FIRST Program (For Inspiration and Recognition in Science Technology) at ERDC in Vicksburg.  For 12 years, ERDC engineers have teamed up annually over a 6-weeks period with junior high and high students to build a computer-programmed robot, based on the student’s ideas, to compete against other robots in a regional competition.  In March 2003, the Vicksburg ERDC team competed against 43 other robots.  This event allows students to appreciate first (hence the program’s acronynm)  hand  that their school lessons have real life applications.
Job Shadowing;  for the last 3 years, ERDC Vicksburg has hosted 30-35 students each year who have an interest in science and engineering.  The students spend a day with an ERDC researcher to gain a better understanding of a research environment and an appreciation of a career in science and engineering.

## Educational OutreachHigh School

** ****Student Temporary Employment Program**
** ****Internship Science & Engineering Program**
** ****Illinois Minority Pre-College Internship**
** ****Science & Engineer Apprenticeship Program**
** ****SAME Engineering & Construction Summer Camp**
** ****DoD Science & Engineering High School Apprentice ****	****	****	****Program**

**Notes:**
Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP).  ERDC employed 123 last year.  Through this employment program, high school AND college level students are introduced to science and engineering.  Some have the opportunity to participate in mentored in research work. This program provides students with a close look at work in the Corps and familiarizes them with career opportunities, educational requirements, job availability, and salaries.
In addition to STEP, Each ERDC site offers opportunities and programs involving their local high schools.  Pictured on the slide are students gaining hands-on experience in the concrete admixtures exercise.  These are examples of those programs.
Internship Science & Engineering Program. At ERDC-CERL.  Local high school students are hired the summer prior to their senior year in high school to assist CERL researchers on their projects.  At the end of the program, students give a formal presentation on their projects.
Illinois Minority Pre-College Internship (IMPRINT).  Also at CERL, IMPRINT identifies young people of under-represented ethnic origin who have been accepted into the University of Illinois Colleges of Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Computer Science.  The students are placed for the summer in a work or research environment related to their studies. 
Science and Engineer Apprenticeship Prog. (SEAP).   ERDC TEC participates in this program administered by George Washington Univ. Talented high school students work at TEC in summer; may return as college freshmen in SEAP-Sequel program.
SAME Engineering & Construction Summer Camp. Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) hosted a one-week (held for the first time in 2003) Engineer Summer Camp for 27 high school students from MS and LA interested in an engineering career. Vicksburg and Louisiana SAME chapters hosted the camp with support by the Mississippi Valley Div, Vicksburg Distr, and ERDC.  ERDC conducted half-day sessions at Vicksburg labs on concrete mixtures (photo on the slide is from this session), information technology, and hydraulics modeling, and a full-day session on wetlands.  Students split into teams, received “hands on” experience. 
DoD Science & Engineering High School Apprenticeship Prog.   ERDC CRREL provides a unique opportunity to HS juniors with an aptitude for science/engineering.  Nominated by their HSl, juniors compete for 3 new apprenticeships each year. Students receive mentoring, on-the-job experience (including filed work), and exposure to the excitement of research and experimental engineering careers. Students work in summer and part-time during the school year, and earn money towards college. Students stay in the Program until they receive their BS Degree.  Over 25 high schools, local to Hanover, NH, and Anchorage & Fairbanks, AK participate.  Approximately 90% have remained in the science and engineering fields after graduation. 

## Educational OutreachCollege

** ****Women in Science Project**
** ****Summer Research Opportunities Program**
** ****Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation**
** ****Student Temporary Employment Program**
** ****Contract Student Employment (for research experience)**
** ****Student Career Experience Program (Co-Op Students)**
**	**

**Notes:**
Women in Science Project (WISP); was initiated at Dartmouth College in 1990 to encourage women interested in science/ engineering to pursue a major in Sci/Enrg and consider science careers. WISP combines a comprehensive strategy of mentoring, information, community, and hands-on research experiences. Dartmouth documents a much larger percent program participants continue interests in sciences compared to those who do not. CRREL, the largest off campus participant, has mentored over 60 internships.  
Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP). CERL participates annually in a 10-wk summer research program sponsored by the Univ of Ill at Urbana-Champaign.  CERL recruits students from minority universities, including Clark Atlanta, North Carolina A&T and Haskell Indian Nations Univ.  At the end of their 10-wk work experience, students give presentations on their summer research projects.
Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP).  ERDC Vicksburg participates in the National Science Foundation’s LSAMP program, designed to strengthen the preparation and increase the number of minority students who successfully complete baccalaureates in science, math, engineering, and technology (SMET) career fields. This facilitates the long-term goal to increase PhD's in SMET fields. 
Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP) is also open to HS students, per notes on previous slide.
Contract Student Employment Program (technical services for research experience).  Program not limited to summer Employment is through the Vicksburg Consolidated Contracting Office (applications are available directly or from their webside; Sally East is POC at 601-631-7259. Opportunities are available for undergrad or grad students in many science and engineering fields.  Preference is to majors in these fields. Students in good standing with their college may apply and receive consideration.  In FY02, ERDC employed 128 grad/undergrad students from 30 different colleges/univ across the US  About 2/3 were undergrade; 30% of contract students were from HBCUMI’s ;33% were women or minorities.  

## Education OutreachTeachers/Faculty

** **** ****Teachers Experiencing the Arctic and Antarctic**
**  ****High School Science / Math Faculty Program*******
**  ****HBCU Summer Faculty GIS  Workshop **
**  ****Summer Faculty Research & Engineering Program*******
**  ****Scientific & Technical Analysis Services Program*******
**  ****Intergovernmental Personnel Act Agreements**
*** ***Army Research Office Program*

**Notes:**
Teachers Exp Arctic & Antarctic; a partnership of teachers, CRREL researchers, and the school district; funded by NSF.  K-12 teachers participate CRREL S&E in a polar field program in cutting-edge research, and transfer the experience back to the class.   ARO HS Sci & Math Faculty Prog. (full name is Summer Associates Program for HS Sciience and Math Faculty (HSSMF). CRREL and WES participate. Applicants apply to ARO, ERDC selects and funds associateships. Faculty perform research in lab environment NTE 12 wks; develop hands-on appreciation of research; gain personal experience base to encourage student interest in science/math.   HBCU Summer Faculty GIS Workshop. TEC serves each year as a sponsor of the HBCU Summer Faculty GIS Workshop conducted by Howard Univ, Washington, DC.   ARO Summer Faculty Res & Engring Prog.  Similar to HSSMF but for College/Univ Faculty. Provides collaborative research & technical/scientific exchange between faculty and Army E&S.  Max period is 12 wks performed at the lab.  Stimulates interchange, enhances research capabilities of faculty scientists.   ARO Scientific & Techl Analysis Services Prog; participating college/univ faculty work any season,  no. working days NTE 75, performance period NTE 1 yr. Lab prepares concise SOW along with a recommended source; ARO competitively solicits for the scientist to provide the assistance.   Intergovernmental Personnel Act Agrmts permit temp assignment of personnel back & forth Federal agencies and coll/univ to share professional technical expertise.  Appt NTE 2 yrs; can be extended for 2 more yrs.  Cost sharing negotiable.  Assignment implemented by written agrmts following formal application. Oversight by Office of Personnel Mgmt.

## Education Partnering Agreementswith HBCUs and MIs

**North Carolina A&T**
**State University**

**Education Partnering Agreements****with HBCUs and MIs**

**Ilisagvik College**

**Haskell Indian**
**Nations University**

**Southern University**
**and A&M College**

**Alcorn State**
**University**

**Jackson State**
**University**

**North Carolina**
**Central University**

**University**
**Puerto Rico,**
**Mayaquez**

**University of**
**Alaska Fairbanks**

**Clark Atlanta**

**Notes:**
In addition to these ERDC-Vicksburg has an agreement with Vicksburg Warren County School District which is largely minority.

## Recruitment Activities 

## Hiring Innovations

**Distinguished Scholastic Achievement Appointments**
**GPA 3.5 or greater**
**Targeted recruiting using Federal Career Intern Program procedures**
**Student Career Experience Program (Co-Op)**
**Pay Banding**
**Greater flexibility in setting entry salary**
**More rapid pay advancement for high performers**
**Modified Term Appointments**

**Notes:**
Although the DSA is geared toward E&S positions, any professional applicant can be hired under the DSA or the SCEP procedures
Over the past two years, ERDC has hired 42 E&S under the DSA and 53 under the SCEP.
Distinguished Scholastic Achievement Appointments. DSCSA authority available to ERDC under Lab Demo. can be used to hire an engineer or scientist in the DB-02, DB-03, or DB-04 pay band.  Hiring can be done in as little as a week.
Candidate must be a U.S. citizen with GPA of 3.5+ (4.0 scale) in the courses specified in qualification standards for given position Starting salary for a BS is level of a DB02 (equiv to up to GS07, step 10; for Ph.D recruit would start at a DB04 (equiv to GS12, step 10). Special vacancy announcements issued by the SW CPOC whenever authority is to be applied. In addition, the local CPAC arranges posting of the employment opportunity in places appropriate for the recruiting action.
Student Career Experience Program (Co-Op Program). SCEP), often referred to as Co-Op Program, is a highly effective means hiring students at the undergradu/graduate  level.  Student may receive 100% tuition, is paid for holidays within work periods, earns leave, is enrolled in the retirement system, is eligible for life and health insurance.  SCEP can easily convert student to permanent employment upon graduation. Starting salaries range from DB01 (GS02 equivalent for HS grad up to DB02 (at GS09 level for those with 2 yrs of grad study or, up to a DB02 (at GS11 level) for those with a MS and being recruited for research positions.  Apply to the CO-OP Office at their school for acceptance into the school's program. 
Modified Term Appt authority allows the placement of non-permanent workers in order to work on projects designed to last up to 6 years, up to 5 years based on initial appointment and one year extension by ERDC Director.  (Normal term is 4 yrs with one additional yr approved by OPM. Employees who have served under a Modified Term Appt for 2 yrs or more and have an avg performance score of 2.5+ will be able to compete as inservice candidates and, if selected, be given a permanent (career-conditional) appointment.

## Business Opportunitiesfor Academia 

## Partnering Mechanisms for Academia

**Education Partnership Agreements**
**Cooperative R&D Agreements (CRADA)**
**Testing Services Agreements**
**Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreements (Public Universities)**
**Patent Licensing Agreements**

**Notes:**
Education Partnership Agreement – authorized by 10 U.S.C. 2194.  These agreements serve to establish the basis for cooperative interactions between the ERDC laboratory and an educational institution, primarily to promote and enhance science and engineering education.  Eligible educational institutions are local education agencies (legally constituted authority for administrative control for public elementary or secondary schools), colleges, universities, and any other nonprofit institutions that are dedicated to improving science, mathematics, and engineering education.  Under such an agreement, the laboratory may:  Loan lab equipment to the institution; Transfer surplus lab equipment;- Make lab personnel available to teach science courses or assist in developing science courses and materials for the institution;- Involve faculty and students of the institution in lab research projects; Cooperate with the institution in developing a program in which students may be given academic credit for work on lab research projects; Provide academic and career advice and assistance to students of the institution.

Cooperative R&D Agreement (CRADA) - authorized by the Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (15 U.S.C. 3710a), as amended.  These agreements must involve one or more non-Federal Partners. Under a CRADA, an ERDC laboratory and one or more Partner(s) collaborate on a research project of mutual interest. The ERDC laboratory may contribute staff, facilities, equipment, and supplies to the partner under the CRADA. The partner may contribute staff, facilities, equipment, supplies, and money to the ERDC laboratory under the CRADA. 

Testing Services Agreement (TSA) – authorized by 10 U.S.C. 2539b.  DoD laboratories may make available to any person or entity (including universities), on a reimbursable basis, laboratory services for the testing of materials, equipment, models, or computer software, and other items.  

Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreement (CA) – authorized by the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 31 U.S.C. 6505.  Federal laboratories may provide assistance to public institutions of higher learning and agencies of state and local government. The partner must request such support in writing and certify that the assistance is not reasonably or expeditiously available from a private sector source.

Patent Licensing Agreement (PLA) – authorized by the Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (15 U.S.C. 3710a), as amended. These agreements license patents to a licensee, for the range of situations from a one-time use to mass production. The license may be non-exclusive, partially exclusive or exclusive. The royalty is negotiated on a case-by-case basis, and takes many factors into account, such as market size, exclusivity, additional technology development needed. The ERDC laboratory may provide technical assistance on a reimbursable basis, if needed. 

## Contracting MechanismsConducted through the Vicksburg Consolidated Contracting Office

- ERDC Broad Agency Announcement
- _[http://www.mkv.usace.army.mil/contract/docs/2005BAA.pdf](http://www.mkv.usace.army.mil/contract/docs/2005BAA.pdf)_
- 		CHL 16		GSL 22		ITL 6 		CER 23		CRL 75		TEC 46		EL 36
- Technical Services for Contract Students
- _http.//www.mvk.usace.army.mil/contract/docs/Application.pdf_

**Notes:**
ERDC Broad Agency Announcement.  Per Federal Acquisition Regulation, agencies use the BAA to solicit proposals for research within their mission (anything not related to developing specific system or hardware procurement).  The BAA describes the general areas of interest (including the name and phone of a technical POC), includes criteria for selecting proposals, and solicits offers.  Proposals are encouraged from HBCU/MIs for students to provide research support to any area listed in the announcement; this area of student research need is100% set aside for HBCU’sMI’s.  In FY04, ERDC awarded 35% of all university awards to HBCU/MI’s.
Technical Services for Contract Students.  These positions are open to graduate and undergraduate students in appropriate fields of study.  Application is through the Vicksburg Consolidated Contract Office.  (see notes page for slide 36, Educational Outreach, College).

## HBCU/MI SET-ASIDES

**	**Set-aside acquisitions for ... HBCU/ MI ... when the acquisition is for research, studies, or services of the type normally acquired from higher educational institutions and there is a reasonable expectation that—
- Offers will be submitted by at least two.....
- Award will be made at not more than 10%....
- Scientific and/or technological talent consistent      with ... the acquisition will be offered.

**HBCU/MI SET-ASIDES**

## Dedicated Contacts

**ERDC has a dedicated POC (Lab Director or other high official) for HBCU/MI interaction on:**
** ****Research & Development Activities**
** ****Contract Research Students**
** ****Small Business Innovative Research – SBIR**
** ****Small Business Technology Transfer – STTR**
** ****AMIE and NAFEO**

**     ****$4,398,301****	****   29.10%    ****(10% Goal)**
**     ****$1,095,299****	****   14.78%    ****(10% Goal)**
**     ****$2,856,000    ****	****   22.32%   ****(12.9% Goal)**
**2004     $3,732,887****	****   34.54%   ****(18.2% Goal)**
**2005     $3,438,906         19.76%****   (13.9% Goal)**

**Notes:**
In 2004, the total EDU dollars were $11.2 mil
In 2005, the total jumped to $17.4 mil

2005 HUBU $3 mil and MI $427 k

## 35  HBCU/MI Students Employed
Examples of research projects supporting HBCU/MI students:
Radar Winds in Typhoons 
University of Hawaii
Analysis of Biological and Sediment Samples Used to Detect Impacts of Beach Nourishment
 Alcorn State University
Development of Very High Strength Concrete Materials against Blast and Projectile Penetration 
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
High Performance Computing Visualization 
Jackson State University

**35  HBCU/MI Students Employed**
**Examples of research projects supporting HBCU/MI students:**
**Radar Winds in Typhoons **
**University of Hawaii**
**Analysis of Biological and Sediment Samples Used to Detect Impacts of Beach Nourishment**
** ****Alcorn State University**
**Development of Very High Strength Concrete Materials against Blast and Projectile Penetration **
**University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez**
**High Performance Computing Visualization **
**Jackson State University**

## ERDC membership on North Carolina A&T Executive Committee
Seminar series for Haskell Indian Nations University
Jackson State University summer enrichment program 
UPRM/ERDC Summer Student Program
ERDC membership on UPRM Educational Advisory Board

**ERDC membership on North Carolina A&T Executive Committee**
**Seminar series for Haskell Indian Nations University**
**Jackson State University summer enrichment program **
**UPRM/ERDC Summer Student Program**
**ERDC membership on UPRM Educational Advisory Board**

## URPM/ERDC Program

- Summer Students
**15 to 20 per year**
**Since 1991, 200+ students hired**
**Over 30 students hired for full-time employment**
- Research Projects
- Faculty Exchange

## Bill Cantrell

**Deputy for Small Business**
**Army Engineer Research & Development Center**
**601-634-3470**
**william.d.cantrell@erdc.usace.army.mil**

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