Team of 欧美高清 experts receive grant from Genentech

May 03, 2023

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A multidisciplinary team from 欧美高清 has received a $100,000 grant from Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to support the assessment of a research and teaching partnership in engineering between Tuskegee and Columbia University.

The grant, 鈥淓ducation Focused Giving - Graduate and Post-Graduate,鈥� will provide additional resources to support graduate and post-graduate students pursuing STEM fields at 欧美高清.

The project will be led by principal investigators Dr. Shahryar Jafarinejad, assistant professor of the Chemical Engineering Department and 欧美高清 faculty senate member, and Dr. Chris Boyce, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Columbia University.

鈥淭he project seeks to study the collaboration of the HBCU-Ivy League University as well as its educational and STEM research efforts,鈥� said Jafarinejad. 鈥淭he funds will be used to pay a portion of the tuition fees for a 欧美高清 graduate student who works on a collaborative research project between 欧美高清 and Columbia University," he continued.

Dr. Maria Calhoun, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at 欧美高清, and Dr. Mandoye Ndoye, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at 欧美高清, and Dr. John Thomas Vaughan, professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology at Columbia University, served as the co-principal investigators.

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, is a biotechnology company dedicated to pursuing groundbreaking science to discover and develop medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. For more information:

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