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MAROON RESEARCH FALL 2013
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Research and Economic Development News from Mississippi State University
FALL 2013
ON THE
David Shaw
COVER
is vice president for research and
economic development at Mississippi
State University. Contact him at
[email protected].
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Mississippi State University undergraduates and
faculty browse poster displays at the summer
2013 Undergraduate Research Symposium in
August. Read more on page 7.
College Board Approves The Mill
MSU’s E.E. Cooley Building, originally Starkville’s
John M. Stone Cotton Mill, lost its recognizable
“face” in mid-October when university journey
linemen Bubba Forrester and Ken Palmer removed
A FEW WORDS ABOUT FUNDING
I hope that your fall went well. It has been a very successful semester in the Office of
Research and Economic Development, and I am pleased to be able to share a selection of our
activities with you in this issue of Maroon Research.
the fiberglass Bully statue that had adorned the
front entrance since the early 1960s. The iconic
As you can imagine, having the funding necessary to support our research remains a top
figure has been moved to the Gast Building,
priority for us. Appropriation cuts, the federal budget sequester, and the recent government
where previous Cooley Building employees now
shutdown have all contributed to heightened concern. Quite frankly, less money for research
work. The Cooley Building has been vacated
affects major land-grant universities like MSU in a number of counterproductive ways.
recently in anticipation of renovation work for
The Mill multi-use development project. Read
We are working diligently to mitigate these effects by, among other things, supporting
more on page 10.
faculty with their funding proposals, and providing resources to enable successful grant
Mississippi Economic Council
writing. Contact Assistant Vice President for Research Teresa Gammill at tgammill@research.
Mississippi State University President Mark E.
msstate.edu with your questions, or visit http://www.research.msstate.edu/rresources for
Keenum addressed the Mississippi Economic Council
more information.
board of directors Oct. 4 during its meeting at
the Hunter Henry Center on the campus of MSU.
As you may know, MSU recently launched the public phase of a major fundraising program
The MEC is best known as “the state chamber
called Infinite Impact: The Mississippi State University Campaign. We work closely with the
of commerce” and has been at the forefront of
MSU Foundation, and its work plays a crucial role in supporting research at our institution,
good government and pro-education issues for
and so will this capital campaign. I encourage you to learn more about Infinite Impact at
decades. MSU and MEC partner on the STAR
http://www.infiniteimpactmsu.com
Scholarship for students who earn MEC STAR
Student status.
As always, thank you for taking the time to read this quarter’s issue of Maroon Research.
Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] with your research or
economic development questions or suggestions.
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MISSISSIPPI STATE IN TOP 100 FOR RESEARCH
Mississippi State continues to rank among the nation’s top
At 48 percent, MSU’s research expenditures accounted for nearly
research universities, according to new data from the National
half of the total for Mississippi institutions, the survey found.
Science Foundation.
Additionally, the university had more than 4,000 research
The recently released NSF Higher Education Research and
personnel — accounting for 60 percent of the total for the state.
Development Survey for Fiscal Year 2011 places Mississippi State
“We have an innovation ecosystem in place on campus that is
at 91st overall among public and private institutions based on
leveraging our research to grow capacity and the economy by creating
$226.1 million in total research and development expenditures.
jobs, enhancing quality of life and providing new opportunities
Nationally, MSU is ranked 53rd in non-medical school
in communities around our state,” Shaw said.
R&D expenditures.
The full NSF report is online at www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf13325/
The land-grant institution remains a top 10 school in the U.S. for
pdf/nsf13325.pdf.
agricultural sciences, as well as a top 50 university in engineering.
In addition to its NSF status, Mississippi State is designated by the
In computer science, MSU climbed from 39th to 37th. It also
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a “Very
achieved top 30 status in social sciences, and rose from 82nd to
High Research Activity University,” which represents the highest
75th in environmental science, according to the NSF.
level of research activity for doctorate-granting universities in the
“These significant totals are the result of very hard work by
country. MSU is the only school in the state with the distinction,
our faculty, and they represent the commitment we have as a
and one of only 108 nationwide.
university to providing innovative solutions, creative works and
Visit www.research.msstate.edu to learn more about Mississippi
new scholarship that address pressing local, state, regional, national
State’s research and economic development activities.
and global needs,” said David Shaw, the university’s vice president
for research and economic development.
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VILSACK PRAISES MSU’S AGRICULTURAL
RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, left, toured several U.S. Department of Agriculture research projects being conducted on the Starkville campus of Mississippi
State University on Sept. 25, and joined MSU President Mark E. Keenum for a press conference after the tour. Keenum is a former Under Secretary of Agriculture.
Vilsack also met with a group of students from the Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine during his MSU visit.
Mississippi State University officials toured U.S. Secretary of
MSU ranks ninth in the country by the National Science
Agriculture Tom Vilsack around campus in late September in a
Foundation for research and development expenditures in
rare opportunity to brief a sitting Cabinet member on significant
agricultural sciences among private and public institutions. In
federally funded research projects.
2011, the university conducted nearly $97 million in agriculture-
Vilsack spent a whirlwind afternoon with MSU researchers
related research, and last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture
and students, learning about ongoing research and answering
granted MSU more than $28 million in federal research dollars.
questions and listening to comments from MSU students.
“Mississippi State is targeted right where it needs to be,” Vilsack
said. “It’s important to this country that we continue to have a vital
economy, and to do that, we have to have production agriculture,
and we need to continue to expand agriculture, and particularly
export opportunities.
“Here we are at the veterinary school, which basically allows
Mississippi producers and others to continue to be productive in
agriculture of all kinds,” he said.
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“I’m proud of the relationship we have between USDA and
Mississippi State,” Vilsack said.
MSU President Mark E. Keenum, a past undersecretary of
agriculture, welcomed Vilsack’s interest in MSU research.
“The USDA touches everyone in our country, and one-fourth of
income in Mississippi comes from agriculture,” Keenum said. “Secretary
Vilsack is over one of the largest departments in the American
government, and one that touches practically every American.”
MSU RANKS IN THE TOP 10 FOR
AG SCIENCES RESEARCH
Mississippi State University research in support of the state’s $2.5 billion poultry industry, such as that conducted by Dr. Alejandro Banda at the College of Veterinary
Medicine’s Poultry Research and Diagnostic Laboratory in Pearl, helped MSU rank ninth in the nation in agricultural sciences research and development spending.
Mississippi State University’s commitment to its land-grant mission
and practical solutions to the agricultural challenges of producing
and to the state’s $7.5 billion agriculture and forestry industry resulted
food, fiber and fuel in the 21st century.”
in a top spot in a recently released National Science Foundation report.
The Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine
The National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and
includes the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the Mississippi
Development Survey for Fiscal Year 2011 ranked MSU ninth in the
Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, the College of Forest
nation for research and development expenditures in agricultural
Resources, the Forest and Wildlife Research Center, the College of
sciences among public and private institutions. MSU has ranked in
Veterinary Medicine and the MSU Extension Service.
the top 10 in this category for 11 consecutive years. The university
George Hopper, who directs four of the division’s six units, said
spent $96.6 million in agriculture-related research.
stations and centers around the state allow scientists to address a
The report ranked MSU 91st overall among public and private
wide variety of research topics that target the unique needs of the
institutions based on $226.1 million in research and development
state’s agricultural producers and landowners.
spending in FY 2011.
“From the row crop and catfish research at the Delta Research
“Our talented faculty members, researchers and Extension specialists
and Extension Center in Stoneville to the horticulture, truck crops,
address real-world problems that impact people in Mississippi and
forestry, poultry and beef cattle research throughout the state, MSU
across the globe,” said Greg Bohach, vice president of MSU’s Division
experts work hard to respond to the needs of our farmers, landowners
of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine. “Their work
and manufacturing industries while contributing to the greater body
inspires the next generation of MSU scientists to look for innovative
of knowledge in a variety of fields,” Hopper said.
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HPC2 BOOSTS MSU
SUPERCOMPUTING POWER
The state’s premier research university
is boosting its high-performance computing capabilities with the installation of a
new supercomputer.
the temperature of the outside air, up to
104 degrees, with almost no additional air
conditioning required,” Breckenridge said.
Computing Collaboratory (HPC2) will soon be
“There are a few systems doing this in
home to a CS300-LC cluster supercomputer — a
Canada and northern Europe, but as far as
liquid-cooled system manufactured by Cray
I know, we are the first to ever try this in a
Inc. (Nasdaq: CRAY).
subtropical environment,” he added.
Named “Shadow,” the new system will serve
Shadow will be housed at the HPC2 facility
as the primary high-performance computing
in the Thad Cochran Research, Technology
asset for shared research, according to an
and Economic Development Park adjacent
MSU official.
to the MSU campus in Starkville.
“This investment is the latest example of
“Shadow achieves its tremendous comput-
Mississippi State’s commitment to providing
ing power largely due to the use of 260 new
powerful, technologically-advanced resources
Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors. They are so
for our researchers,” said Trey Breckenridge,
powerful that two of them, which combined
director of high performance computing.
are smaller than a loaf of bread, are as fast as
The installation is expected to be completed
our fastest computer just 10 years ago — and
by December. Once operational, Shadow
that system was the size of six refrigerators,”
will be 10 times faster than the university’s
Breckenridge said.
energy, Breckenridge said.
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ary. The water used to cool the system is
Mississippi State’s High Performance
previous fastest system, but consume far less
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“This new cooling technique is revolution-
The supercomputer will support research
for the land-grant institution’s Center for
According to the company, the CS300-LC
Advanced Vehicular Systems, Center for
system features an innovative, liquid-cooled
Computational Sciences, Geosystems Research
design that uses warm water heat exchangers
Institute, Center for Battlefield Innovations
instead of chillers to directly cool the computer’s
and Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing
processors and memory, allowing for a more
and Biotechnology, as well as the MSU-led
efficient removal of system heat.
Northern Gulf Institute.
UNIVERSITY RECOGNIZES
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
HPC2’s members are focused on multidisciplinary, team activities that share a common
objective of advancing the state-of-the-art in
computational science and engineering using
high-performance computing, Breckenridge
said.
“The supercomputing power we have in
Mississippi is becoming more important as
the state and region develop an economy
where businesses built on technology thrive,”
Breckenridge said.
“The economic impact of Shadow and
our other resources is significant now and
will be much more so in the years to come,”
he added.
Mississippi State University recognized the 2013 Summer Research Program for Undergraduate
Underrepresented Minority Students who participated in the summer 2013 Undergraduate
Research Symposium. From left are Morgan Ford of Olive Branch, Ianna May of Indianola,
MSU Provost and Executive Vice President Jerry Gilbert and Britney Mack of Edwards.
The Cray system will run a broad set of
applications for research projects, including
Dedicated Mississippi State undergradu-
fluid dynamics, structural mechanics, materials
ates from Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas,
modeling, astrophysics, molecular modeling,
Louisiana, Tennessee and abroad didn’t
“These posters and papers that were
transportation modeling and planning, weather
take a break from their research during
presented here today suggest that you are
and ocean modeling, geographic information
the summer.
beginning on the path to discovery that
systems, genomics and bioinformatics.
and to understand how new knowledge
is discovered.”
Instead, they explored questions relevant
will take you to remarkable places,” said
Mississippi State consistently ranks among
to their majors, which culminated in honors
Christopher A. Snyder, dean of Shackouls
the nation’s fastest academic computing
and recognition at the university’s summer
Honors College and MSU history professor.
sites as compiled by TOP500.org, which
Undergraduate Research Symposium in
Students competed in one of four
is an international organization dedicated
August. MSU’s Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
categories: arts and humanities, biological
to cataloging the world’s most powerful
sponsored gift cards for the winners, who
sciences and engineering, physical sciences
supercomputers.
also received award certificates.
and engineering, and social sciences.
“Whatever you do, the experiences of
The best poster presentations were
doing undergraduate research — wrestling
recognized, and the top three projects in
with interesting and important questions
biological sciences and engineering, and in
— really have an impact on you for the rest
physical sciences and engineering received
of your life,” said Seth F. Oppenheimer,
awards. The arts and humanities track
professor of mathematics and director of
had one winner and physical sciences and
undergraduate research for MSU’s Shackouls
engineering had two because those categories
Honors College. “It will make you much
had fewer participants, Oppenheimer said.
more competent to judge issues in the world
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YOKOHAMA TIRE OPENS OFFICE IN COCHRAN RESEARCH PARK
Joey Deason, left, chief operating officer for
the Golden Triangle Development Link;
Marc McGee, director of the Mississippi
State University Research and Technology
Corp.; and Alan Easome, senior director
of operations-new plant development for
Yokohama Tire Corp., pose for a photograph
in front of Yokohama’s new office in the
Cochran Research Park in August.
One of the world’s leading premium tire manufacturing companies
encourage and foster not only a relationship with the university, but also
recognized for its technology and innovation is locating in the Thad
with Starkville and Oktibbeha County. It will drive economic growth and
Cochran Research, Technology and Economic Development Park.
showcase the quality of life for the local community.”
Yokohama Tire Corporation is opening an office in the state’s largest
David Shaw, MSU’s vice president for research and economic
research park that will serve as the company’s operational headquarters
development, said that the land-grant institution is looking forward to
while its new manufacturing plant in Clay County is under construction,
working further with Yokohama Tire, its suppliers, economic developers
according to a Mississippi State University official.
and elected officials as the project moves forward.
“We are very pleased to welcome members of the Yokohama Tire
“Yokohama Tire’s decision to build in the Golden Triangle is a very
team to the Thad Cochran Research Park and Industry Partners Building,
strong example of how a major research university is a significant economic
and to develop a new pipeline of communication between us,” said Marc
development asset,” he added.
McGee, director of the MSU Research and Technology Corporation, the
entity that manages the park.
County and the university, with the MSU RTC responsible for day-to-day
The Research Park space will form the center for strategic and logistical
management. A recent expansion added an additional 45 acres complete
operations for Yokohama Tire while overseeing the development of its
with roads, dual-fiber capabilities and utilities. The 38,000-square-foot
manufacturing facility. It will house several business functions including
Industry Partners Building opened in 2010 and is among 10 buildings
general management, human resources management, information
in the park.
management and business planning.
The plant is expected to have a total investment of $300 million initially
and employ approximately 500 employees. Additional phases are expected
to create up to 2,000 jobs and up to $1.2 billion over the next decade.
According to Joey Deason, chief operating officer for the Golden
Triangle Development Link and vice president for Oktibbeha Economic
Development, “Yokohama’s presence in the Thad Cochran Park will
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The 272-acre park is a joint venture of the City of Starkville, Oktibbeha
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For additional information about locating or building in the park,
contact McGee at [email protected] or 662-325-9575.
Yokohama Tire Corporation, the North American manufacturing
and marketing arm of Tokyo, Japan-based The Yokohama Rubber Co.,
Ltd., is online at www.yokohamatire.com.
C SPIRE SELECTS RESEARCH PARK FOR DATA CENTER
David Shaw (right), vice president for research
and economic development at Mississippi
State University, joined local elected officials,
economic developers and company executives
in October for C Spire’s announcement that
the Ridgeland-based company will build a
state-of-the-art data center in the Cochran
Research Park.
A leading Mississippi-based communication and technology solutions
Along with its location in a low-risk geographic zone, the center
provider will build a new $20 million, 22,400-square-foot data center in the
boasts direct access to C Spire’s ring-protected fiber network and will
Thad Cochran Research, Technology and Economic Development Park.
be managed 24 hours, seven days a week and 365 days a year by the
C Spire Wireless officials announced their plans during an October
news conference at Mississippi State University’s High Performance
Computing Collaboratory, which is also located in the park.
“This is a great day,” said David Shaw, MSU’s vice president for research
and economic development.
company’s locally-based IT staff.
“This project is an excellent example of how a university-led research
park can make a significant economic contribution to the communities it
serves, particularly in a rural state like Mississippi,” Shaw said, following
the announcement.
The state-of-the-art facility will offer businesses a full suite of cloud
“We are very pleased by C Spire’s decision to build in the park,
solutions to help them manage mission-critical data, infrastructure and
and look forward to working with them further as this project moves
enterprise applications.
forward,” he said.
“Now, more than ever before, businesses need to intelligently manage
The 272-acre park is a joint venture of the City of Starkville, Oktibbeha
their data and critical operational processes to handle the explosive
County and the university, with the MSU Research and Technology
growth of mobile, Internet and corporate-based data demands through
Corporation responsible for day-to-day management. The park is home to
cloud-based solutions,” said Kevin Hankins, chief operations officer for
more than 1,500 employees, 10 buildings and a diverse lineup of tenants,
C Spire, citing recent trends that show data center IP traffic is continuing
including private businesses, start-up companies, government offices and
to grow at an annual rate of 31 percent.
research centers and institutes.
“Business is not going to the cloud. Business has gone to the cloud,”
he said.
A recent expansion added an additional 45 acres complete with roads,
dual-fiber capabilities and utilities.
Construction on the 6.5-acre site is scheduled to begin in November,
and is expected to take about a year to complete, according to Hankins.
The company has plans for two more phases.
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COLLEGE BOARD APPROVES THE MILL AT MSU DEVELOPMENT
MSU’s Facilities Management staff is already
moving out of the Cooley Building, which has
been their base of operations for many years. The
division will be housed in various temporary
locations until a replacement facility can be built
on Buckner Lane, near existing services such as
landscaping and transportation—actions which
the College Board also approved.
Keenum said: “Mississippi State has needed
a conference center capable of accommodating
large academic and professional meetings for
many years. The university also needs a more
dynamic gateway directly across the street from
this main entrance to campus, where we adjoin
the city of Starkville.
The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State
around MSU’s historic E.E. Cooley Building. The
“The project as a whole will be a boon to our
Institutions of Higher Learning Oct. 17 approved
Mill development includes three main projects:
ability to attract important academic conferences
a series of interrelated agreements that finalize
transforming the landmark former cotton mill
and visitors, provide much needed office space,
plans for The Mill development, according to
into a conference center with adjacent office
and make us more appealing to prospective
Mississippi State University President Mark E.
space, building an adjacent hotel and developing
students and faculty members,” said Keenum.
Keenum.
mixed-use business parcels in the land adjacent
“It will also create closer town-gown relations
to the university’s old physical plant.
and give an economic boost to the area. And it
“We have refused to settle for anything
that did not meet our highest expectations—
Plans call for MSU to sell some property to
logistically, aesthetically or financially,” said
the developer to become the site of a Marriott
Keenum. “And we are confident that we have
Courtyard Hotel and one or more restaurants,
“Efforts to bring this development to fruition
it right and we’re grateful that the state College
lease the Cooley Building to the developer to be
on this site have been under way for about 10
Board shares our vision.”
renovated as a conference center, and for MSU
years,” said Keenum. “It has been a long and rocky
to lease back some office space in the building
road, as you well know. But our staff, working
for university use.
with the city, state and federal offices, the current
The project will bring a conference center,
hotel and parking garage complex centered
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will preserve and protect one of the oldest and
most historic buildings on our campus.
BROWN NAMED
NEW LAB DIRECTOR, STATE CHEMIST
private partner and others, have been persistent.”
An accomplished Mississippi State researcher
MSU purchased the John M. Stone Cotton
and administrator for the Mississippi State
Mill in 1965 and renamed it after the school’s
Chemical Laboratory is taking the helm of
former superintendent of utilities, E.E. Cooley.
that state agency housed on the land-grant
The building was placed on the National Register
institution’s campus.
of Historic Places in 1975.
Ashli Brown has been named State
In August, the state College Board approved
Chemist and director of the MSCL, effective
a land-use agreement between MSU and the
Oct. 1 and pending formal approval by the
city of Starkville for the project’s parking garage.
Mississippi Senate.
The prior agreement leased a 1.67-acre parcel
Previously, she served as the MSCL’s
on which a 450-space parking garage will be
director of research and agriculture forensics.
constructed to lease to the city for 10 years. The city
will use an $8 million Community Development
Ashli Brown
The lab provides critical support to Mississippi
agriculture — the state’s No. 1 industry,
Block Grant from the Mississippi Development
generating approximately $7 billion in revenue in 2012, according to data from the
Authority to construct the facility. At the end of
MSU Extension Service. Additionally, agriculture employs nearly 30 percent of the
the lease, the garage will become MSU’s property.
state’s workforce directly or indirectly.
The August agreement provided that MSU
“The lab’s work affects Mississippians throughout the state every day,” Brown said.
and the city will equally share any profits generated
Established in 1892 at the university — then Mississippi A&M College — the
from the garage and obligated the university to
MSCL is a state regulatory agency. Offices are located in the Hand Chemical Laboratory
provide public parking space, including slots for
Building.
the planned Cooley Center’s conference and office
space and the incoming Marriot hotel.
Working with the Mississippi departments of Agriculture and Commerce, of
Health and of Marine Resources, the MSCL jointly develops, promulgates, modifies
In April, the Starkville Board of Aldermen
and enforces regulations, standards and specifications of animal feeds, food, fertilizers,
approved a 15-year, $3.25 million-maximum tax
gasoline, kerosene, diesel and antifreeze sold within the state’s borders. The agencies
increment financing agreement associated with
also provide analytical data to ensure the quality, accurate labeling of these materials.
the project. The TIF utilizes 75 percent of ad
Other MSCL duties include research to promote the regulatory sciences, including
valorem and sales tax returns for debt payments.
a fellows program in which MSU faculty and students may collaborate on projects of
Monies from the agreement will help pay for
mutual interest. (For more, visit www.mscl.msstate.edu/.)
various infrastructure projects associated with
The Mill at MSU.
Brown, a University of South Florida doctoral graduate, is a biochemist and
molecular biologist with a research and teaching focus on aflatoxin — a group of toxic
compounds produced by some molds that can contaminate stored food supplies like
animal feed and peanuts.
Her research interests include physical biochemistry, enzymology, protein kinases,
insect pheromones, and gas chromatography and mass spectrometry.
She is on the faculty of MSU’s Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology,
Entomology and Plant Pathology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
and is also a scientist in the university’s Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry
Experiment Station.
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RCU AT MSU DEVELOPS NEW HIGH SCHOOL
CURRICULUM FOR ENERGY STUDY
By creating a new energy curriculum for high
students, as well as working with industries to write
school students, the Research and Curriculum Unit at
the curriculum,” Mulvihill said. “RCU also does the
Mississippi State is developing yet another collaboration
professional development for our teachers to make
between education and industry.
sure they’re properly trained to teach the students.
The latest career pathway constitutes the 17th
They help in the assessment, too.
developed by the university resource center, in
“They have the expertise and opportunity to do
partnership with the Mississippi Department of
that type of research and find the trends and best
Education and Mississippi Energy Workforce
practices. They get us the best coursework that we
Consortium.
can get,” he continued.
The curriculum was pilot tested in three public
Other Mississippi school districts considering
school districts during the 2012-13 academic year —
adoption of the energy curriculum during the 2013-14
Lamar and Lawrence counties and Pascagoula, said
school year include Claiborne, DeSoto and Jefferson
LeAnn Miller, RCU instructional design specialist.
counties, as well as Madison, Mulvihill said.
Mike Mulvihill, bureau director for the MDE’s
Entergy, Mississippi Power, Gulf Power, Strategic
Office of Career and Technical Education, said RCU’s
Biomass Solutions, and Alstom are among the
role in writing the curriculum was just one facet of the
participants that helped develop the curriculum.
long-term partnership between the state department
Miller said Southern Power, the Southern Company’s
and the university research unit.
electric generation company, as well as the National
“RCU does a lot of the research as to what the
national trends are and the best practices for teaching
Center for Construction Education and Research
also provided valuable input.
MOFFATT TO SERVE AS
RESEARCH ETHICS CONSULTANT FOR STUDENTS
Enhancing research opportunities for our undergraduate and graduate students is a very important
priority for Mississippi State, and the university is taking a number of steps to support faculty and student
researchers in their endeavors.
Recently, the MSU selected Bart Moffatt, assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion,
to serve as the new research ethics consultant for students. In this role, he is available to interact with any
undergraduate or graduate student with questions about research ethics.
Students may do so anonymously by using this email address: [email protected] -- or
they may interact directly with him by contacting him at [email protected] and setting up a consultation.
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MISSISSIPPI STATE RESEARCHERS SECURE MAJOR NIH GRANT
CVM’s head of basic sciences and principal investigator on the COBRE
grant. “Most of the applicants are human medical colleges, so we were
in the minority as a veterinary college. We have great leadership and a
talented group of researchers that helped us achieve this.”
The unique nature of the grant establishes a mentoring program for
a core group of researchers. The MSU researchers in this group include
Janet Donaldson, associate professor in biological sciences; Mariola
Edelmann, assistant research professor with the Institute of Genomics,
Biocomputing and Biotechnology; Bindu Nanduri and Keun Seok Seo,
both MSU-CVM assistant professors in basic sciences; and Henry Wan,
an MSU-CVM associate professor. Over the course of the five-year grant,
the researchers will work on projects that promote a greater understanding
of animal and human health. The success of the grant will be measured
by the researchers’ ability to get additional NIH-funded grants to further
research in infectious diseases that impact both animal and human health.
“Dr. Seo is leading the way in Staphylococcus aureus, or staph,
research. What he’s studying is leading to vaccines that could protect
cattle and humans from dangerous staph infections.” Pruett said. “Dr.
Donaldson is providing important research on how listeria behaves in
the gall bladder. Her discoveries are paving the way for new methods to
control or prevent dangerous listeria outbreaks.”
Dr. Keun Seok Seo examines cultures of staph organisms in his
The researchers also will work collaboratively to design new infectious
laboratory at Mississippi State University’s College of Veterinary
disease research projects and compete for further NIH funding as a team.
Medicine.
“Mississippi State has a tremendous amount of expertise in
infectious disease,” said Greg Bohach, vice president for MSU’s Division
Mississippi State University has been awarded a $10 million grant
of Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine. “We are honored to
for five years of support from the National Institutes of Health to further
have NIH recognize this and provide the funding and the trust to take
research focusing on diseases that affect animal and human health.
our research to the next level. The talent and focus is here, and we will
NIH’s Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence, or COBRE, provides
competitive grants in support of multidisciplinary centers that strengthen
continue to provide research that protects the safety of animals, humans,
and the food supply.”
institutional biomedical research capacity. MSU researchers started the
Research reported in this publication was supported by the National
planning process for competing for the grant in 2010. The research will
Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health
be conducted among three core centers at MSU: the College of Veterinary
under Award Number P20GM103646. The content is solely the responsibility
Medicine, the Institute of Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology,
of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the
and the Institute for Imaging and Analytical Technologies. The MSU-
National Institutes of Health.
CVM will administer the grant and research activities.
“It is an extremely competitive process,” said Stephen Pruett, MSU-
For more information on NIH COBRE grants, visit http://www.
nigms.nih.gov/Training/IDeA/COBRE.htm.
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AAHRPP ACCREDITS UNIVERSITY’S
HUMAN-RESEARCH PROTECTIONS PROGRAM
Mississippi State is the first
“We were able to earn accreditation by working together as a
university in the state to attain a
team,” said MSU Institutional Review Board Officer Jodi Roberts, who
highly-sought endorsement from the
coordinated the university’s application.
Association for the Accreditation of
Human Research Protection Programs.
“We would like to thank all of the researchers who assisted in this
effort,” she said.
In September the nonprofit
An Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects,
organization announced that MSU has
commonly shortened to IRB, is the method by which institutions facilitate
earned full accreditation for three years.
human subjects research and ensure that the rights and welfare of the
“This accreditation is very important to our research enterprise
subjects are protected. It is a major component of an overall human
because it ensures funding agencies and sponsors of our commitment to
research protection program.
the protection of human subjects and building public trust,” said David
“AAHRPP accreditation illustrates our focus on the safety of
Shaw, MSU’s vice president for research and economic development.
human subjects, regulatory compliance and high ethical standards,”
AAHRPP provides accreditation for U.S. and international
said Kacey Strickland, the director of the land-grant institution’s Office
organizations that conduct biomedical, behavioral or social sciences
research involving human participants and can demonstrate that their
protections exceed the safeguards required by the U.S. government.
of Research Compliance.
“Ongoing quality improvement and performance assessments are
priorities for our Human Resources Protection Programs” she said.
“AAHRPP accreditation is widely regarded as the mark of a quality
Mississippi State is classified as a “Very High Research Activity”
human research protection program worldwide,” said Marjorie A.
university by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Speers, AAHRPP president and CEO.
This designation represents the highest level of research activity for
According to an MSU official, the multi-year process to achieve
doctorate-granting universities in the U.S. Mississippi State is the only
accreditation required extensive planning and preparation by faculty
school in the state with the distinction, and one of only 108 nationwide.
and staff that culminated in a site visit over the summer.
For more, visit www.research.msstate.edu.
SPONSORED PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION HERE TO HELP
Sponsored Programs Administration at Mississippi State University is committed to helping faculty find the resources needed to support
research endeavors.
Recognizing that not all faculty members have departmental support for proposal development, SPA is working to provide this support as
needed.
Please let Jennifer Easley know if the SPA team can assist you with creating your proposal budget, completing Grants.Gov forms, or performing
other administrative tasks related to your funding proposals.
Contact her at [email protected] or 662-325-3751.
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KITECH TAPS MSU’S KING FOR ADVISORY BOARD
A South Korean institute
of the manufacturing industry, including casting, molding, forming,
has asked a senior research
surface treatment, thermal treatment, welding/joining technologies
administrator at Mississippi State
and related fields.
University to provide counsel on
international collaborative issues.
The Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, known as
Roger King
The partnership has fostered joint research projects, as well as
facilitated personnel exchanges, King said.
“We have two KITECH researchers working at CAVS right now,”
he said.
KITECH, has appointed Roger
Hwi-jun Kim is working on experimentation and modeling of
King to its international advisory
compaction and extrusion of novel aluminum metal matrix composite,
board, which has a focus on the
while Jung-hwan Bang is working on fatigue analysis of lead-free
industrialization of advanced
soldering printed circuit boards using finite elements.
technologies. Board members
include eminent scientists and engineers from around the world.
In addition to a focus on root technology for industry, manufacturing
system technology and industry convergence technology are priorities
“It is an honor to assist KITECH, and I am looking forward to
for KITECH, which has created an effective system to move research
working with institute officials and other board members,” said King,
from the lab into real-world situations that benefit companies, according
who is director of the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems and Giles
to King.
Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at MSU.
“Moving forward, I anticipate many more opportunities for our
“I believe we will be able to enhance international partnerships
institutions to work together — through technology transfer and
with South Korea and the state of Mississippi, as well as expand MSU’s
relationship with KITECH,” he said.
application for companies, for example,” King said.
Located in the Cochran Research Park, CAVS is a premier research
In 2012, the land-grant institution and KITECH signed a memorandum
center within the Bagley College of Engineering. The research and
of understanding to support global manufacturers’ efforts, like Hyundai
economic impact produced by the center and its extension office
and Kia, to develop products and train employees for their facilities in
in Canton has garnered prestigious national awards. For additional
the southeastern United States.
information, visit www.cavs.msstate.edu.
The agreement created the KITECH-CAVS Center for Root
Technologies. “Root technology” refers to several key technologies
OETT WELCOMES HILL AND LOPEZ
Eric Hill and Julie Lopez have joined the Office of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer team at Mississippi State University.
Hill is now coordinating OETT’s entrepreneurship-related endeavors, and Lopez is the new licensing associate.
Innovation, entrepreneurship and taking ideas from inception into the marketplace are priorities on our campus, and OETT is playing a
vital role in these activities.
Learn more about OETT at www.oett.msstate.edu.
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MSU, LELAND RECEIVE NEA GRANT FOR CREATIVE PARK
Joan Shigekaw, NEA acting chair, said these
awards fund community projects designed
to improve quality of life through creative
placemaking. The grant will be used to develop
the Creative Park, to be located along the shores
of Deer Creek where the Muppets creator may
have first imagined Kermit the Frog.
Joe Fratesi, Stennis project director;
Jeremy Murdock, Stennis research associate;
and Taze Fulford, MSU associate professor
of landscape architecture, were instrumental
in securing the selective grant. Of the 59
awarded communities, Leland is the only
The future home of Leland’s Creative Park will be funded, in part, by a recent $25,000 one in Mississippi and one of just seven firstfederal grant resulting from collaboration between the city and Mississippi State University.
time grantees with populations under 5,000.
Mississippi State’s land-grant tradition of service through learning
“Being the land-grant institution that we are, it is our mission and our
and research was recently recognized by a $25,000 National Endowment
privilege to work with Leland and offer assistance in landscape architecture
for the Arts grant benefitting the city of Leland.
and community planning,” Fratesi said. “That expertise, combined with
Officials with the university’s landscape architecture program and
the institute’s ability to identify what resources the university can provide,
John C. Stennis Institute of Government and Community Development
is just another good example of the university engaging the community.”
collaborated with counterparts in the Washington County municipality
and its Jim Henson Museum to apply for an “Our Town” grant.
Art created as part of the T.K. Martin Center for Technology and
Disability “EXPRESS Yourself!”
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MSU RESEARCHERS SEEK TO DEVELOP
NERVE AGENT ANTIDOTES
Ever since World War II, nerve agents have been a concern in modern
Plant Pathology and Steven Gwaltney, professor in MSU’s Department
warfare and up until now, the only antidotes available acted after the agents
of Chemistry, could save victims from the usual signs of nerve agent
damaged the nervous system. However, new research at the Mississippi
poisoning which include tremors, seizures, and respiratory collapse.
State University College of Veterinary Medicine may lead to the creation
of an antidote that works before severe damage occurs.
Jan Chambers, director of the MSU-CVM Center for Environmental
“Many of us have seen some of the devastating effects of the nerve
agent, sarin, on television news reports on its recent use in Syria,” Chambers
said. “These are the toxic reactions we are trying to prevent.”
Health Sciences, and her colleagues have grant funding through the
Because many insecticides work in the same way that nerve agents
Department of Defense’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency to develop
do, the antidote being developed by the MSU research team may also be
nerve agent antidotes that can be used by DOD in cases of chemical warfare.
used in cases of insecticide poisoning.
No actual nerve agents used in chemical warfare are being stored or used
The compounds used in the research were first invented by Dr.
at MSU; instead, the researchers are using compounds that resemble the
Howard Chambers and are being tested in the MSU-CVM Center for
agents, so that they can safely conduct testing.
Environmental Health Sciences laboratory. The laboratory has been
Current antidotes act by restoring function to the nervous system
after the nerve agent has already degraded it.
“There is the possibility that too much damage to the nervous system
occurs before the antidote can reverse the damage and save the victim’s
recognized for its safety and adherence to state and federal compliance
regulations.
Currently, the research team is working through the patent approval
process and is collecting more data.
life,” Chambers, a Giles Distinguished Professor, said. “The antidote
“There is nothing currently available that acts in the same way as the
compounds we are developing would enhance the ability of a blood
antidote compounds we are researching,” Chambers said. “The process
enzyme, called paraoxonase or PON, to degrade the nerve agents before
of making the compounds available for use will be a long one, but we
they enter the nervous system.”
look forward to the next steps and further collaboration across MSU
The antidote, being developed with Howard Chambers, professor in
and with other agencies.”
MSU’s Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and
STATE ARTS COMMISSION SUPPORTS
T.K. MARTIN CENTER WITH NEW GRANT
Mississippi State’s T.K. Martin Center is receiving another grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission to enable individuals with severe physical
disabilities to express themselves through art.
Officially known as the T.K. Martin Center for Technology and Disability, the university facility works to provide comprehensive, multi-disciplinary
evaluations to remove limitations through the application of assistive technology. Enabling individuals to participate in educational, vocational and
leisure activities to the fullest degree they choose is its primary mission.
As have others in previous years, this year’s arts commission award of $3,800 supports “EXPRESS Yourself!,” the Martin Center’s widely
recognized art project.
“The creative economy has never been more vibrant than it is today in the communities across Mississippi,” said Sallye Killebrew, MAC’s former
interim executive director.
Killebrew said her agency was honored to assist the Martin Center and other organizations “to continue their work of reinforcing the value of
the arts and the role they play in creative place-making and economic development.”
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MSU RESEARCH: EFFECTIVE ARTS INTEGRATION
IMPROVES TEST SCORES
Lori Neuenfeldt, coordinator of Mississippi State University’s Visual Arts Center Gallery and Outreach Programs, reinforces a lesson about
animals with an arts activity. A new report by MSU’s Stennis Institute of Government and Community Development finds classroom arts
integration can reduce or eliminate students’ educational achievement gaps.
Effective classroom arts integration can reduce or eliminate educational
Initiative: A Stennis Institute Study for Decision-Makers.” The report
achievement gaps for economically disadvantaged students, according
initially was presented at the Mississippi Arts Commission’s 2013 Whole
to a Mississippi State University research report.
Schools Initiative Summer Institute.
In other words, when teachers reinforce academic concepts with the
arts, students learn more and score higher on standardized tests.
classroom learning.
MSU’s John C. Stennis Institute of Government and Community
“Schools that effectively implement arts integration have either
Development generated the report, which evaluated the impacts of the
significantly reduced or completely eliminated the educational achievement
Mississippi Whole Schools Initiative. The program supports teachers’
gap for economically disadvantaged students,” she said. “This research
efforts to use the arts—composing, painting, drawing or sculpting; playing,
indicates that arts integration can achieve that objective in Mississippi
singing or listening to music; and dancing and dramatic performance—to
public schools.”
foster retention and learning.
Judith Philips, Stennis research associate, headed the development of
“Arts Integration and the Mississippi Arts Commission’s Whole Schools
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Philips said the research verifies that effective arts integration reinforces
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CAMPUS BLINDNESS RESEARCH CENTER RECEIVES
ANOTHER NATIONAL GRANT
A major research grant to Mississippi State’s National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision is expected to
have a national impact on services for persons with combined vision and hearing loss.
The university center recently received more than $300,000 to conduct and analyze three national surveys for the Helen Keller
National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults. The HKNC is located in Sands Point, N.Y.
Funded by the Helmsley Charitable Trust of New York, the project will continue through September 2015 and represents the
most recent partnership between the two entities.
The surveys will focus on the needs of adults 55 years of age and over with both vision and hearing losses, and the availability of
mental health and support services providers for the entire population of deaf-blind people in the U.S.
“The surveys will examine where the needs are in terms of training and what professionals need to know in order to work with
the population,” said research professor Michele McDonnall, NRTC’s interim director.
“This is a great opportunity for us to continue to work with the HKNC, as well as do some more research in the area of deafblindness,” she added.
Established at MSU more than three decades ago, the research and training center is the only U.S. Department of Educationfunded program focused on employment outcomes of persons with blindness or low vision. Its professional staff regularly provides
technical assistance to comsumers, families and professionals throughout the country.
McDonnall said research projects over the decades have provided invaluable information used by professionals ranging from
direct-service practitioners to state and federal agency program administrators.
“We offer vision specialist graduate certificate training, annual K-12 teacher workshops and educational outreach to school
districts in North Mississippi,” she said, citing just a few of the services currently provided.
Authorized by a 1967 congressional act, the HKNC serves both deaf-blind youth and adults. The center also operates a national
residential and training facility at its Sands Point, N.Y., headquarters.
For more information about the NRTC and its work, contact McDonnall at 662-325-2001 or [email protected].
SEC VISITING FACULTY TRAVEL GRANTS AWARDED
After carefully reviewing 31 applications for the 2014 SEC Visiting Faculty Travel Grant Program, the Office of Research
and Economic Development recently joined the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost and the Division of
Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine to announce this year’s recipients from Mississippi State:
• Robert Crossler, assistant professor of management and information systems;
• Nick Fitzkee, assistant professor of chemistry;
• Daniel Petrolia, associate professor of agricultural economics; and,
• Morgan Varner, assistant professor of forestry.
Each will receive a $2,500 grant intended to enhance faculty collaborations that stimulate scholarly initiatives between
SEC universities.
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BROWN, RESEARCH TEAM DISCOVER UNICELLULAR PROTIST
genes that scientists had believed to be animal-specific,” Brown said.
“Integrins and the whole suite of proteins that work with integrins
were thought to be something innate to multicellularity and used
only for cell-to-cell communication.
“This discovery shows that these genes have been co-opted for a
different use. We don’t know what it does in unicellular organisms,
but we can now place the origin of genes that are associated with
multicellularity in unicellular organisms.”
Additionally, the anaerobic protist has mitochondria, energy
factories that produce adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. Brown said
ATP production typically requires oxygen, but the protist lives in
oxygen depleted envrionments. As a result, Pygsuia biforma raises
questions related to the presence and function of mitochondria in
anaerobic unicellular organisms.
These discoveries and new research questions they raise are
Mississippi State University’s Matthew Brown, assistant professor of important because they offer new insights into the science of
biological sciences, led a team that recently classified this newly discovered evolution, Brown explained.
protist, Pygsuia biforma.
“By tracking the evolutionary history of these particular organisms,
we’re able to look at ancestral states of certain gene suites, and that’s
From Massachusetts to Mississippi, a unicellular protist is hinting
the really important thing — we need a better understanding of protist
at answers about the evolution of multicellularity while raising a whole
diversity and protist genome evolution to understand how organisms
new set of questions.
like animals evolved,” Brown said.
Matthew Brown, assistant professor of biological sciences at
Evidently, the international scientific community agrees: The team’s
Mississippi State University, recently led a research team that identified
research paper detailing these discoveries, “Phylogenomics demonstrates
the protist as a new organism and classified its genomics.
that breviate flagellates are related to opisthokonts and apusomonads,”
Jeffrey Silberman collected sediment specimens in Marstons Mills,
a village in Barnstable, Mass., and the University of Arkansas associate
United Kingdom biological research journal.
professor isolated an organism he found. Since Brown had begun post-
Because of Brown’s bioinformatics expertise in genetic and protein
doctoral work in genomics at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia,
sequencing, as well as his leadership role in documenting the protist’s
Silberman offered his former UA doctoral student the opportunity to
morphology, he was the paper’s lead author.
name and classify it on the evolutionary tree of life.
His work continues in the MSU biological sciences’ Evolutionary
Brown headed the investigation that discovered the unicellular
Protistology Laboratory, also known on campus as Brown’s Lab. Work
organism’s proteins and genes are similar to those found in multicellular
there examines the evolution of eukaryotic lineages with comparative
life-forms. The protist Pygsuia biforma belongs to a newly identified
genomics and developmental transcriptomics.
group they named “Obazoa,” which is closely related to animals and fungi.
“We then looked for specific multicellular toolkit genes, and we found
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was recently published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the leading
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Learn more about the lab at http://mwb250.biology.msstate.edu.
MISSISSIPPI STATE AMONG NATION’S TOP CYBER EDUCATORS
Mississippi State is among the nation’s elite institutions that are
As a CAE for cyber operations, the university may now issue certificates
preparing students for highly technical cyber security jobs, and the
to graduates in the computer science master’s degree program who have
university has a new designation from the National Security Agency
completed the necessary cyber operations courses, Dampier explained.
that will expand these opportunities.
In September, the NSA announced that MSU is one of four new
schools selected for its National Centers of Academic Excellence in
“This certification further enables us to teach skills that are used
by federal agencies engaged in cyber war — giving Mississippi State
students an added edge when competing for these jobs,” he said.
Cyber Operations Program, which was “designed to cultivate more
According to Dampier, students who include the cyber ops option
U.S. cyber professionals in an ever-changing global environment,”
in their coursework will be exposed to a diverse range of cyber security
according to the agency.
skills and in-depth study.
Steven LaFountain, an NSA technical leader, said legal and ethical
issues in cybersecurity are a required and critical part of the effort.
“In the application process and in all of its work with selected
“Key skills will be the ability to conduct penetration tests of computer
networks, as well as reverse engineering software, including viruses,
Trojan horses and other forms of malware,” he said.
schools, NSA emphasizes the importance of integrity and compliance,”
“These skills are in demand by government agencies, as well as private
he stated in a release. “Cyber skills are increasingly important in national
contractors working on computer security-related projects,” he added.
defense, but it’s even more important to operate as responsible citizens
In addition to Dampier, the MSU team which worked to attain the
in the use of such skills.”
designation were, from computer science and engineering, Cindy Bethel,
The certification comes after a rigorous, two-year application process
Wesley McGrew, Mahalingam Ramkumar, Ed Swan and Byron Williams;
by faculty in the departments of computer science and engineering and
and from electrical and computer engineering, Sherif Abdelwahed, Pan
electrical and computer engineering.
Li, Tommy Morris and Robert Reese.
David A. Dampier, a professor of computer science and engineering
at the land-grant institution, led the effort.
“MSU is among a relatively elite group of schools helping the nation
meet its need for highly-skilled cyber warriors,” he said.
The university’s cyber security capabilities include three dedicated
research centers: the Center for Computer Security Research, the
National Forensics Training Center and the Critical Infrastructure
Protection Center.
The Air Force Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University
Additionally, MSU’s cyber security capacity is enhanced by many
and Auburn University join MSU as CAE-Cyber Operations designees
faculty holding U.S. government security clearances ranging from
for the 2013-14 academic year, the NSA said. Designations are for five
secret to top secret. Many students in the program also maintain
years, and schools across the country can compete to join each year.
active clearances.
Of note, Mississippi State also holds national CAE designations in
Since 2001, MSU has been funded by both the National Science
information assurance education and in information assurance research.
Foundation and the NSA to produce security engineers for government
Mississippi State is the only institution of higher education in the state
service under Cyber Corps scholarship programs, and has produced
to attain the three designations.
more than 100 students that are destined for government service.
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External Funding Awards: July, August & September 2013
Principal Investigator
Allen, Peter J
Department/Center/Institute
Funding Source
FWRC - Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture Agricultural Research Service
Amount
$186,362
Allen, Thomas W
Delta Research and Extension Center
Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board
$70,356
Allen, Thomas W
National Corn Growers Association
$5,000
Avery, Jimmy L
Aquaculture
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
$691,138
Baldwin, Brian S
Plant and Soil Sciences
U.S. Department of Energy
$41,000
Barefield, Danny A
Agricultural Economics
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
$90,000
Barnes, H. Michael FWRC - Forest Products
General Memoranda of Agreement*
$9,400
Barnes, H. Michael FWRC - Forest Products
Architectural Testing, Inc.
$5,200
Beck, Mary MPoultry ScienceAgricultural Research Service$335,179
Belant, Jerrold L
FWRC - Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
$72,355
Belant, Jerrold L
Center for Resolving Human-Wildlife Conflict
National Academy of Sciences
$40,000
Berg, Matthew J
Physics and Astronomy
U.S. Department of Army Research Lab
$50,000
Berg, Matthew J
U.S. Department of Army Research Lab
$19,100
Berman, Mitchell EPsychologyNational Institutes of Health$47,931
Bethel, Cindy L
Computer Science and Engineering
U.S. Department of Army
$43,821
Bhushan, Shanti Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
University of Iowa
$21,250
Bi, Guihong Plant and Soil Sciences
Agricultural Research Foundation
$18,000
Bond, Jason A
Dow AgroSciences, LLC
$4,500
Breen, Joseph J
Stennis Institute of Government and Community Dev.
DeSoto County Board of Supervisors
$12,400
Bricka, Ray M
Chemical Engineering
$130,000
Brown Johnson, Ashli E
Mississippi State Chemical Lab
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
$244,267
Brown, Richard L
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology and Plant Pathology Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
$55,220
Brown, Richard L
$90,000
Brown, Richard L
$8,086
Brown, Ronald A
ES-ASRED
Association of Southern Region Extension Directors
$337,000
Buehring, Normie W
Northeast Miss. Branch Experiment Station
$5,750
Buehring, Normie W
$10,000
Buehring, Normie W
$1,840
Buehring, Normie W
$345
Buehring, Normie W
$11,000
Burger, Loren W
Geosystems Research Institute
Agricultural Research Service
$325,298
Burgreen, Greg Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
ALung Technologies
$1,983
Burrage, David D
Coastal Research and Extension Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
$115,000
Burrage, David D
$23,987
Butler, James RCVM AHC AdministrationNew Med, LLC$8,559
Byrd, John D
Mississippi Department of Transportation
$806,749
Byrd, John D
$6,000
Byrd, John D
Bureau of Plant Industry
$1,000
Byrd, John D
$4,000
Byrd, John D
$2,000
Capella, Julie L
Student Support Services
U.S. Department of Education
$75,000
Capella, Julie L
Student Support Services
$233,182
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Funding Source
Amount
Carter, Rachael D
$46,748
Carter, Rachael D
City of West Point
$3,500
Catchot, Angus L
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology and Plant Pathology Monsanto Company
$29,845
Catchot, Angus L
$15,437
Catchot, Angus L
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology and Plant Pathology Cotton Incorporated
$65,448
Catchot, Angus L
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology and Plant Pathology Dow AgroSciences, LLC
$5,500
Chambers, Janice E
Center for Environmental Health Sciences
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
$400,000
Chambers, Janice E
$12,747
Chang, Kow-Ching Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion
$659,523
Cheng, Yang Aerospace EngineeringNational Science Foundation$300,000
Cirlot-New, Laura J
T.K. Martin Center for Technology and Disability
Mississippi Department of Education
$10,849
Cirlot-New, Laura J
$312,000
Cirlot-New, Laura J
Mississippi State Department of Health
$110,977
Cirlot-New, Laura J
$50,000
Cirlot-New, Laura J
$148,153
Cirlot-New, Laura J
Mississippi State Department of Health
$95,138
Claggett, Shalyn R
Institute for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities
$3,000
Clay, Rudolf T
Center for Computational Sciences
$150,000
Clevinger, Donna L
African American Studies
Starkville Area Arts Council
$300
Cox, Michael S
$4,500
Crenshaw, Mark A
Animal and Dairy Science
University of Georgia
$22,000
Cross, Ginger W
Social Science Research Center
National Institutes of Health
$251,722
Cross, Ginger W
$79,709
Cunetto, Stephen H
General Library
National Endowment for the Arts
$3,000
Dampier, David A
U.S. Department of Defense
$43,929
Dampier, David A
National Science Foundation
$1,071,220
Dampier, David A
$100,099
Dampier, David A
$105,343
Davis, Sumner D
Southern Rural Development Center
$218,995
Demarais, Stephen FWRC - Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
$62,830
Denny, Geoffrey C
$3,000
Denny, Geoffrey C
University of Florida
$4,000
Detwiler, Linda A
CVM Associate Dean Research
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
$100,000
Doane, Stephanie M
Institute for Imaging and Analytics
Office of Naval Research
$20,000
Dodds, Darrin M
$11,500
Dodds, Darrin MPlant and Soil SciencesMonsanto Company$18,225
Dodds, Darrin M
$9,750
Dodds, Darrin M
$10,500
Dodds, Darrin M
$4,500
Dodds, Darrin M
$5,000
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Funding Source
Amount
Dodds, Darrin M
$20,000
Dodds, Darrin M
$20,000
Dodds, Darrin M
$20,000
Dodds, Darrin M
$19,502
Dodds, Darrin M
$18,750
Dodds, Darrin Matthew
$2,500
Doude, Matthew C
Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
TNT Motorsports
$1,563
Doude, Matthew C
TNT Motorsports
$2,930
Duncan, Judith G
Mississippi Arts Commission
$3,800
Durst, Betty J
Communications - Theatre
Mississippi Arts Commission
$3,800
Dutta, Dipangkar Physics and Astronomy
$264,000
El Kadiri, Haitham Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
$54,535
El-Adaway, Islam H
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Golden Pyramids Plaza
$271,606
Evans, William B
Truck Crops Branch Experiment Station
Wal-Mart Foundation
$42,901
Evans, William B
$3,220
Evans, William B
$1,330
Evans, William B
$315
Ezell, Andrew W
FWRC - Forestry
Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Units
$10,000
Fratesi, Joseph N
National Endowment for the Arts
$25,000
Frey, Brent R.Forestry DepartmentU.S. Forest Service$5,000
Freyne, Seamus F
$9,987
Gammill, Teresa D
Vice President for Research
Southeastern Conference
$10,000
Goddard, Jerome CVM Mammalian Task Force
$417,708
Goddard, Jerome CVM Mammalian Task Force
$7,586
Golden, Bobby R
$133,167
Golden, Bobby R
Cotton Incorporated
$22,340
Gordon, Jason SFWRC - ForestryPracticing Foresters Institute$1,992
Gore, Jeffrey Delta Research and Extension Center
$5,500
Gore, Jeffrey Delta Research and Extension Center
$50,000
Gude, Veera G
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
$14,999
Hammi, Youssef Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
The University of Alabama
$70,150
Hanna, Heather L
Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Units
$65,000
Hay, William A
Institute for the Humanities
Apgar Foundation, Inc.
$18,000
Hay, William AInstitute for the HumanitiesEarhart Foundation$19,063
Hill, Priscilla J
Chemical Engineering
$200,000
Hood, Kristina BPsychologyNational Institutes of Health$20,000
Hopper, George Martin
MAFES Administration
$1,018,248
$3,510,984
$63,961
24
MAROON RESEARCH
Funding Source
Amount
Dean/Director, Forest and Wildlife Research Center
$769,746
Howell, George E
$49,468
Jackson, Gary B
MSU - Extension Service Administration
Jackson, Gary B
$73,397
Jackson, Gary B
$9,700
Jackson, Gary B
$9,473
Jones, Ann C
Tunica County, Mississippi
$11,000
Jones, Jeanne C
St. Catherine’s Island Research Program
$800
Jones, Paul D
FWRC - Forest Products
Jordan, Julie B
Research Curriculum Unit
Jordan, Julie B
$150,000
Jordan, Julie B
$50,000
Jordan, Julie B
$98,500
Jordan, Julie B
$185,900
Jordan, Julie B
$48,000
Jordan, Julie B
$18,000
Jordan, Julie B
Kaminski, Richard M
Natural Resources Conservation Service
$244,770
Kim, Tae Jo Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion
$45,508
King, Roger L
U.S. Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command
$149,987
Kitchens, Shane C
Architectural Testing, Inc.
$2,525
Knight, Patricia R
$27,500
Knight, Patricia R
$627,756
$6,496,267
$2,500
$2,150,000
$1,500,000
Koenig, Keith Aerospace EngineeringUniversity of Mississippi$55,000
Koger, Clifford H
$8,000
Koger, Clifford H
$3,000
Koger, Clifford H
$3,000
Kroger, Robert FWRC - Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service
$50,000
Lacy, Thomas E
Aerospace Engineering
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
$30,000
Lacy, Thomas E
Aerospace Engineering
$63,428
Larson, Erick J.
$4,000
Lawrence, Gary W
$41,755
Layton, Maurice B
Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology and Plant Pathology General Memoranda of Agreement*
$1,050
Layton, Maurice B
$3,750
Layton, Maurice B
$5,500
Layton, Maurice B
$5,500
Layton, Maurice B
$5,500
Layton, Maurice B
$1,250
Layton, Maurice B
$23,500
Layton, Maurice B
$12,000
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Funding Source
Amount
Layton, Maurice B
$2,500
Layton, Maurice B
$1,500
Lee, Sarah B
National Center for Women and Information Technology
$3,750
LeJeune, Bonnie J
Nat’l Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low VisionU.S. Department of Education
$12,975
LeJeune, Bonnie J
Lemus, Rocky W
Leopold, Bruce D
$26,464
Leopold, Bruce D
$44,000
Liao, Jun Ag and Bio Engineering
American Heart Association
$8,154
Liao, Jun Ag and Bio Engineering
American Heart Association
$74,346
Lindsey, Gail Early Childhood Institute
Mississippi Center for Education Innovation
$25,505
Linford, Robert L
CVM AHC Administration
Morris Animal Foundation
$4,000
Loper, James R
Extension Center for Tech Outreach
Catch-A-Dream Foundation, Inc.
$2,696
Lu, Shien Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology and Plant Pathology Bureau of Plant Industry
$3,088
Luke, Edward A
Luke, Edward A
Luke, Edward A
CFD Research Corp.
$20,000
Luke, Edward A
CFD Research Corp (CFDRC)
$3,600
Ma, Wenchao Physics and Astronomy
Macoon, Bisoondat Brown Loam Branch Experiment Station
South Dakota State University
Madsen, John D
Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation
Madsen, John D
$5,000
Mago, Pedro J
Mechanical Engineering
$27,514
Mago, Pedro J
Mechanical Engineering
$39,676
Mahmoud, Barakat S
$38,061
Marcum, David L
$30,329
Marcum, David L
Boeing Company
$25,000
Mathews, Rahel Social Science Research Center
Mississippi State Department of Health $12,164
May, Monica F
Early Childhood Institute
Mississippi Department of Human Services McCleon, Tawny E
Counseling and Educational Psychology
Louisville School District
$17,351
McCleon, Tawny E
Aberdeen School District
$17,878
McCleon, Tawny E
Aberdeen School District
$17,878
McCleon, Tawny E
West Point School District
McDonnall, Michele E
Nat’l Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low VisionHelmsley Charitable Trust
$348,576
McDonnall, Michele E
$850,000
McGee, Glenn M
Mississippi Writing and Thinking Institute
$2,000
McGee, Glenn M
$87,000
McGee, Glenn M
$5,600
McGee, Glenn M
$5,600
26
MAROON RESEARCH
$100,000
$6,005
$20,000
$35,000
$147,000
$17,000
$20,000
$2,108,248
$16,472
Funding Source
Amount
McGee, Glenn M
$1,400
McGee, Glenn M
$12,600
McGee, Glenn M
University of California-Berkeley, National Writing Project
$3,000
McGee, Glenn M
$8,400
Miranda, Leandro E
Miss. Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
$71,251
Molen, G. Marshall Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
General Motors Research and Development
$10,000
Moorhead, Robert J
Northern Gulf Institute
Moorhead, Robert J
Naval Research Laboratory
$10,000
Moorhead, Robert J
University of Southern Mississippi
$42,467
Moorhead, Robert J
$61,152
Moorhead, Robert J
$50,000
Moorhead, Robert J
$25,000
Moorhead, Robert J
$1,697,747
Moorhead, Robert J
$40,000
Moorhead, Robert J
$3,000
Moorhead, Robert J
$107,701
Moorhead, Robert J
$70,023
Moorhead, Robert J
$65,000
Moorhead, Robert J
$44,851
Moorhead, Robert J
$80,032
Moorhead, Robert J
Moorhead, Robert J
$207,475
Moorhead, Robert J
$50,000
Moorhead, Robert J
$275,588
Moorhead, Robert J
$160,000
Moorhead, Robert J
$333,304
Moorhead, Robert J
$41,761
Morgan, George W
Poultry Science
$16,547
Morgan, Kimberly L
Agricultural EconomicsNational Institute of Food and Agriculture
$35,170
Morris, Thomas H
Electrical and Computer Engineering
$51,360
Morris, Thomas H
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Purdue University
$40,586
Motoyama, Keiichi Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
Simufact-Americas, LLC
$9,992
Musser, Fred Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology and Plant Pathology Agricultural Research Service
$50,000
Novotny, Mark A
$18,200
O’Mally, Jamie L
Nat’l Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low VisionUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
$24,000
Orr, Alberta L
Nat’l Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low VisionCommonwealth of Virginia, Dept. for the Blind and Visually Impaired
$9,998
Owen, Sean M
$489,928.15
Pace, Lanny W
CVM MS Veterinary Diagnostic Lab
Mississippi Board of Animal Health
$99,337.60
Parisi, Domenico nSPARC
$1,800,000
$275,000
$467,000
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Funding Source
Amount
Parisi, Domenico nSPARCMississippi Department of Human Services$70,000
Parisi, Domenico nSPARCBossier Parish Community College$449,970
Peebles, Edgar DPoultry ScienceAgricultural Research Service$63,393
Perkes, David J
Gulf Coast Community Design Center
Biloxi Main Street
$2,500
Perkes, David J
Gulf Coast Community Design Center
Moore Community House
$10,319
Peterson, Daniel G
Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology U.S. Department of Defense
$82,200
Peterson, Daniel G
Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology National Institutes of Health
$60,000
Peterson, Daniel G
Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology Agricultural Research Service
$202,995
Peterson, Daniel G
Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology Agricultural Research Service
$242,995
Petrolia, Daniel R
$162,394
Petrolia, Daniel R
$74,999
Petrolia, Daniel RAgricultural EconomicsAgricultural Research Service$2,360
Petrolia, Daniel RAgricultural EconomicsAgricultural Research Service$22,640
Phillips, Jerry M
$94,265
Phillips, Jerry M
$35,000
Phillips, Judith G
Equity Plus, LLC.
$120,319
Pittman, Sarah E
Design Research Informatics Lab
Gum Tree Fabrics
$4,340
Posadas, Benedict C
$14,999
Posadas, Benedict C
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
$59,829
Powers, Amanda CGeneral LibraryCenter for Research Libraries$3,125
Ragsdale, Aleta K
Women’s Fund of Mississippi
$30,000
Ray, Melvin C
Threat Systems Management Office (U.S. Army)
$147,989
Reddy, Kambham R
Colorado State University
$30,000
Reynolds, Daniel BPlant and Soil SciencesMonsanto Company$12,585
Reynolds, Daniel B
$25,000
Rivera, J. D
South Mississippi Branch Experiment Station
$2,100
Robertson, Angela A
$413,655
Rousseau, Randall J
FWRC - Forestry
South Dakota State University
$32,841
Rupak, Gautam Physics and Astronomy
$104,399
Sabanadzovic, Sead Biochem, Molecular Bio, Entomology and Plant Pathology United Soybean Board
$19,500
Schramm, Harold L
U.S. Geological Survey
$9,031
Schramm, Harold L
$44,450
Scott, Deborah P
Division of Business Research
U.S. Small Business Administration
$29,378
Scott, Deborah P
Division of Business Research
U.S. Small Business Administration)
$15,846
Seale, Roy D
Drax Biomass International Inc.
$60,911
Seale, Roy D
$4,870
Seale, Roy D
$31,640
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MAROON RESEARCH
Funding Source
Amount
Sescu, Adrian Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems
$34,999
Shankle, Mark W
Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station Monsanto Company
$6,292
Shankle, Mark W
Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station General Memoranda of Agreement*
$3,680
Shankle, Mark W
$1,500
Shankle, Mark W
$1,000
Shankle, Mark W
$690
Shankle, Mark W
$1,500
Sinclair, Hillary CPsychologyCenter for Open Science$2,000
Sinclair, Hillary C
Psychology
Psi Chi International Society in Psychology
$2,000
Spencer, Barbara A
Technology Resource Institute
U.S. Economic Development Administration
$128,592
Stewart, Barry R
$1,000
Strawderman, Lesley J
Industrial and Systems Engineering
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
$49,215
$12,553
$5,502
Street, Joe E
$8,000
Street, Joe E
$5,000
Street, Joe E
$5,500
Street, Joe E
$9,600
Street, Joe E
$7,000
Street, Joe E
$10,000
Street, Joe E
$7,200
Street, Joe E
$2,000
Street, Joe E
$4,500
Street, Joe E
$4,500
Street, Joe E
$6,000
Street, Joe E
$13,000
Street, Joe E
$25,000
Street, Joe E
$8,500
Street, Joe E
$4,000
Street, Joe E
$8,750
Street, Joe E
$8,000
Street, Joe E
$8,750
Street, Joe E
$5,000
Street, Joe E
$9,800
Street, Joe E
$7,750
Street, Joe E
$7,000
Street, Joe E
$7,000
Street, Joe E
$28,000
Street, Joe E
$11,000
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Funding Source
Amount
Street, Joe E
$21,000
Street, Joe E
$4,900
Swan, John E
$68,909
Swan, John E
$101,530
Tagert, Mary L
Ag and Bio Engineering
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
$100,000
Threadgill, Paula I
Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion
$1,659,681
Tschopp, Mark A
U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research
$119,369
Varner, Julian MFWRC - ForestryU.S. Forest Service$143,158
Vilella, Francisco J
$28,301.88
Waggoner, Charles A
Energy Institute
$24,994
Waggoner, Charles A
Institute for Clean Energy Technology
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
$36,000
Wallace, Teddy P.
$41,436
Wamsley, Kelley GPoultry ScienceMerial Select, Inc.$26,609
Wan, Xiufeng CVM Environmental Toxicology
$425,359
Wang, Chuji Physics and Astronomy
$158,190
Wang, Chuji Physics and Astronomy
$44,663
Wang, Guiming Center for Resolving Human-Wildlife Conflict
$30,800
Ward, Jason MHistoryUniversity of Pennsylvania$46,500
Willard, Scott T
$6,600
Willard, Scott T
$4,500
Willard, Scott T
$30,000
Willard, Scott T
$12,500
Willard, Scott T
$7,500
Willard, Scott T
$25,500
Willard, Scott T
$3,500
Willard, Scott T
$3,600
Willard, Scott T
$2,500
Wise, David J
Thad Cochran Warmwater Aquaculture
$1,934,763
Wise, David J
Thad Cochran Warmwater Aquaculture
$750,488
Woodrey, Mark S
National Park Service
$12,616
Zhai, Wei Poultry ScienceFinnsugar$18,294
Zhang, Jilei FWRC - Forest Products
$980
Zhang, Jilei FWRC - Forest Products
$3,822
Total
$48,715,644
* As a result of the recent conversion from a legacy system to the university’s Banner financial system, Mississippi State now categorizes
general memoranda of agreement (GMOAs) by like funding sources rather than specific to the sponsor (funding source).
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662.325.3751
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DR. DREW HAMILTON
Associate Vice President
for Research
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Research Editor,
Public Affairs and
Office of Research and
Economic Development
662.325.2137
[email protected]
NEIL LEWIS
DR. MELVIN RAY
Associate Vice President
for Economic Development
[email protected]
DR. TERESA GAMMILL
Assistant Vice President
for Research
[email protected]
Director of Research Security
662.325.8682
[email protected]
MARC MCGEE
Director of Research and
Technology Corporation and
Thad Cochran Research,
Technology and Economic
Development Park
662.325.9575
[email protected]
MICHAEL PARSONS
Director of Environmental
Health and Safety
662.325.3570
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DR. LUCY SENTER
Director of Animal Resources
Attending Vet - Lab Animal Veterinarian
662.325.0632
[email protected]
KACEY STRICKLAND
Director of Research Compliance
662.325.7474
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SANDY WILLIAMSON
Director of Research
Fiscal Affairs
662.325.3573
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Director of Office of Entrepreneurship
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662.325.8223
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