DELAWARE: DSU joins $2.47M grant research consortium with two other HBCUs
DE-INBRE Site PI at Delaware State University, Dr. Hacene Boukari, is the co-investigator on a $2.47M grant from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The Consortium for Laser-based Analysis of Nuclear and Environmental Materials (LANEM) brings together researchers and students from Del State, Alabama State University and Florida A&M University. In addition, two national labs – the Pacific Northwest National Lab in Richland, WA, and the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, TN – are also a part of the consortium.
The primary goal of the LANEM Consortium is to train STEM students in the science and technology of detection and identification of materials that are of interest to the NNSA and the Department of Energy. Such students (undergraduate, graduate) from the three universities will be engaged with post-doctorate and faculty members in collaborative research projects that focus on increasing the precision and accuracy of the detection and identification of materials of interest to national security.