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��Interdisciplinary Consortium for Research and Educational Access in �Science and Engineering �(InCREASE)���Sekazi K. Mtingwa�INCREASE President�TriSEED Consultants, LLC��US-ATLAS Education and Outreach��February 23, 2022�

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Goal

To promote STEM research and education at Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), involving utilization of national user facilities, eg.

    • Brookhaven National Lab (BNL)

Home of InCREASE is at BNL

    • Argonne National Lab (ANL)
    • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL)
    • SLAC National Accelerator Center (SLAC)
    • Cornell University

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Minority-Serving Institutions(MSIs)

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

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Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs)

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Native American-Institutions (NASIs)

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Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (PISIs)

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Why Focus on MSIs?

  • Lower than needed participation by MSI faculty and students in large research facilities

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  • Insufficient budgets on most campuses for investing in large research infrastructures

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  • Desire by many MSI researchers to develop multi-institutional teams, including those from national labs, other MSIs, and other major research universities that can compete effectively for large research funding

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  • Need to develop research programs that would make it attractive for any research university to form collaborations with them

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Activities for Achieving Goal

  • Faciliting collaborations through
    • Deciding upon focused research themes
    • Sponsoring workshops around focused research themes and infrastructures
    • Utilizing funding opportunities

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  • Developing courses on accelerator sciences for MSIs, as well as the wider national and international STEM communities 

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  • Tackling educational and research issues pertinent to MSIs.

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Achievements

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    • Hosted a number of successful workshops, both on-site and virtual.
    • Generated a number of new faculty and student users at the national lab facilities.
    • Assisted faculty with securing funding.
    • Gained national and international visibility.
    • Developed strong partnerships with BNL, ANL, LBNL, SLAC, and Cornell.

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InCREASE Officers

Executive Committee

  • Chair: Eric Sheppard, Nat’l Science Foundation
  • Vice Chair: Carlos Cabrera, U. of Texas – El Paso
  • Research Coordinator:Tabbetha Dobbins, Rowan U.

�Operations

  • President: Sekazi K. Mtingwa, TriSEED Consultants
  • Nat’l Lab Representative: Noel Blackburn, BNL

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Signing of MoU �BNL and MSI Presidents�May 2011 at BNL

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Hosted Onsite Workshops + Tours

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Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL)�Advanced Light Source (ALS)

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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Inside SLAC

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Hosted Online Courses

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Hosted Webinars

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THANKS FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION

Sekazi K. Mtingwa

sekazi.mtingwa@gmail.com

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President, InCREASE

http://increaseonline.org/

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Administrative Judge, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/organization/aslbpfuncdesc.html

  

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