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Dr. Guang-Lin Zhao Professor of Physics and Principal Investigator-DOD Project Since 2004 Dr. Zhao has served as a proposal reviewer


for the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), a public-private partnership that promotes scientific and technical collaboration through grants, technical resources, and training. CRDF Global was originally named the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. Zhao has taught computational and experimental research since 1997. He has also served as a Visiting Fellow


and Visiting Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, at Princeton University and at the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials. His research focuses on developing a new method for abinitio molecular dynamics simulations for materials research. As a post-doc fellow, he did research in computations for electronic, structural, and mechanical properties of Al2O3 and Al2O3 (0001)/Cu (111) interface. He successfully solved the anisotropic Eliashberg gap equations using an accurate electronic structure and phonon spectrum for the studies of high Tc superconductor YBa2Cu3O7.


Tennessee State University BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Dr. Venkataswarup Tiriveedhi Assistant Professor Dr. Venkataswarup Tiriveedhi is a cancer and immunology specialist and assistant professor of biological sciences. He and a group of researchers from Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis have come up with an experimental vaccine for breast cancer that appears to be safe in preliminary trials. Dr. Tiriveedhi obtained his doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Southern Mississippi. Following his post-doctoral work in molecular biology from Johns Hopkins University and also in immunogenetics from Washington University School of Medicine, he currently works as an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at College of Agriculture, Human & Natural Sciences at Tennessee State University. His research interests are the role of cytokines in the development of inflammatory injury mediated carcinogenesis.


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Tennessee State University INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING Dr. Lesia Crumpton-Young Chief Research Officer and VP Research & Institutional Advancement Lesia Crumpton-Young received her bachelor’s, master’s,


and Ph.D. degrees in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University, where she was the first African-American female to receive a Ph.D. in engineering. She has served on the National Science Foundation (NSF) Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering, the Engineering Advisory Committee, and the U.S. Army Science Board. She is the founder and former CEO of Powerful Education Technologies, a company dedicated to enhancing the personal and professional development of youth and adults. She is also the creator of the “You’ve Got the Power!” workbook series. Currently, she is working on developing the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence, which will provide research and resources for helping faculty improve performance and productivity. She has coauthored a workbook entitled Advancing Your Faculty Career that is helping faculty members around the country. Also, she is a certified career coach who uses her knowledge and experience to help further the career of STEM faculty throughout the nation. She previously founded the Power Promise Organization, a non-profit entity dedicated to helping students realize the promise of a brighter future. In 2010 she received the U.S. Presidential Award for Excellence in Mentoring from President Barack Obama.


CONFERENCE ISSUE 2017 I USBE&IT 87


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