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Grants, Awards & Certifications

Grants

  • Purdue, Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation (IMPACT) grant ($10,000)

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  • Purdue Polytechnic FWL Research Impact Area 2022 FY seed grant award - Exploration and Evaluation of two Digital Twin Platforms for Virtual Commissioning of an Industrial Articulated Robotic System ($10,000).

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  • “RoboRun Simulation Software for Fanuc”, donated by Michigan Tech / Bay College, NSF funded research.

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  • ST Industries Vision Coordinate Measuring Machine donation ($18,000), 2016.

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  • MAX Scholarships: Mentored Academic Experience & Professional Development for a Multidisciplinary STEM Cohort. NSF S-STEM ($300,000).

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  • Developed and conducted Minnesota Academic Standards Workshops (engineering) for middle school teachers ($30.000).

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  • “Develop a Certificate in Additive Manufacturing”, ($27,000) Strategic Priority Funding, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2015, PI – Dr. Agarwal & Dr. Sealy.

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  • “Development of Minnesota Center of Additive Manufacturing”, ($101,000), Minnesota State Colleges and University System, 2015, collaboration with Dr. Agarwal & Dr. Sealy.

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  • “Additive Manufacturing Workshop pair”, ($49,464) MN Center for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence, 2015 CoPI – Dr. Agarwal.

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  • Mlab 3D Printing equipment donation by ExOne Inc. ($150,000), 2013.

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Certifications & Awards

  • Certified Mechanical Drafter (American Design Drafting Association - ADDA) 

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  • Certified GD&T professional (ADDA)

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  • Certified Technology Manager (Association of Technology Management & Applied Engineering - ATMAE)

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  • Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

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  • National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)

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  • Awarded Faculty Improvement Grant (FIG) to develop and conduct Raspberry Pi workshops for High school teachers and students in St. Lucia, Caribbean ($3000)

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  • Grant Award, Increasing Minority Presence within Academia through Continuous Training (IMPACT). NSF funded through Georgia Tech.

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  • Clois Kicklighter Doctoral Scholarship ($1000), ATMAE, 2013

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  • Travel assist grant ($2000) to attend NSF funded Minority Faculty Development Workshop, Harvard University

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  • Travel assist grant ($2000) to attend NSF funded Minority Faculty Development Workshop, UC Berkeley

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  • Travel assist grant ($2000) to attend NSF funded Minority Faculty Development Workshop, University of Houston

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  • Travel Assist grant ($500) to attend NSF funded robotics workshop at Bay College, MI

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  • Awarded classroom robotic kits for unified curriculum and course design for mechatronics and robotics engineering ($2000).

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Invited Talks & Presentations

  • University of Maryland, Baltimore CURE scholars program presentation, March 2022

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  • “Black Engineering Faculty Speaks” Call to action document, and video series created by black engineering faculty nation-wide. Academic Research and Leadership, Georgia Tech. August 2020.

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  •  “Future Manufacturing Trends” Integrated Engineering, Minnesota State University, Iron Range, MN. October 2020.

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  •  “Metrology of Geometric, Dimensioning, and Tolerancing (GD&T) Workshop” Universidad APEC, Dominican Republic, January 2017 • “Research Presentation on Fused Deposition Modeled Sacrificial Patterns in Investment Casting Applications”, Universidad APEC, Dominican Republic, January 2017

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  • Welcome speaker for African-American Academic Engineering Day Conference, Minnesota State University, Mankato, October 2017

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  • National Society of Black Engineers Student Chapter, “Additive Manufacturing Workshop”, Minnesota State University, Mankato, November, 2017

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  • National Society of Black Engineers, “Meet The Professionals” panel discussion, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, November, 2016

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  • “Manufacturing of Patient Specific Schlemm’s Canal Using Fused Deposition Modeling”, SME Rapid Conference, Detroit, MI, June 2014 (co-present: Dr. Agarwal)

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  • Keynote speaker for African-American Academic Engineering Day Conference, Minnesota State University, Mankato, October 2013

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