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Alabama AM University Research Institute

• D. ILA, Executive Director
• AAMURI Briefing

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Alabama AM University Research Institute
STTR/SBIR 2008 Meeting Daryush ILA, Executive
Director 28 January 2008 Voice [phone],
Fax [phone] ILA_at_AAMURI.AAMU.EDU
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Established June 1999
Established June 1999
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Who We Are

• Founded 1875
• 1890 Land Grant University
• Historically Black College University
• Enrollment of over 6300 students, over 1500
  Graduate Students, 4 Ph.D. programs
• All programs fully accredited by the Southern
  Association of Colleges and Schools

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Who We Are

• Hydrology, Soil, Climatology Remote Sensing
• Center for Irradiation of Materials
• Small Business Economic Development
• Center for Environmental Research Training
• Center of Excellence in Forestry Ecology
• Advanced Propulsion Materials Res. Ctr.
• AAMU Research Institute

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VISION

• Independently Supported Contract Institute
• Serve as a Conduit for Contracts at AAMU
• Support Economic Improvement Betterment of life
  in Alabama

2005
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Who We Are

• Independently Supported Contract Arm of AAMU
• DCAA Audited
• Secured Facility and Staff
• Low GA / Low IDC
• Full-Cost Accounting
• Contract Past Performance
• Flexible Contract support
• Capability Databases (Resume/HR)

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What We Do

• AAMURI
• Pursues, negotiates, and enters into contracts in
  a timely and professional manner for AAMU
• Acts as a catalyst and provides opportunities to
  develop and market AAMURI's capabilities
• Draws upon the existing research and educational
  capabilities of AAMU
• Provides operating capital for reinvestment in
  technology
• Supports economic improvement betterment of
  life in Alabama

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What We Do

• AAMURI

• Respond to the Needs of Government and
  Industry through Multi-Disciplinary Research
  Strategic Collaboration.
• Help to retain high quality faculty and staff.
• Help to recruit high quality faculty, staff,
  and students.
• Help the faculty and staff to attract grants
  to AAMU.

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Core Competencies

• Contracted Advanced Research Services
• Science and Engineering
• Business
• Training and support services
• Information technology
• Environmental services
• Advanced technology Dev. Prototyping
• Materials research and development
• Small business development and training

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Highlighted Expertise

• Engineering services
• Mentor-Protégé (over six Nunn-Perry Awards from
  DoD)
• SBIRs and STTRs jointly with small businesses
• Specialized small business training program
• World-class composite, Nano-science and
  Nano-Technology facilities, Sensors
• Advanced Environmental and Forensic facility
• Highly Competent IT Engineers and Scientists

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Action Items

• Marketing and
• Business Development
• Building Capability
• Act as a Catalyst

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Marketing Programs

• Propulsion
• Increase partnerships (NASA, DOD, Industries and
  Universities).
• Topics TEG, Support for NASA/Customers Mission,
  Carbon Base High Temperature Materials, Sensors
  for Extreme Environment, Power Generation and
  Radiation Effects, Carbon Composites and Metal
  Composite adhesion.
• IERS Forensic, Environmental Training and
  Remediation, Public outreach
• SBIR/STTR, SB Training, Mentor-Protégé
• Nano-Science and nano-technology
• Services HR, IT, Research Contract

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Center for Irradiation of Materials

• Operates Two Tandem Particle Accelerators each 2
  MV Accelerators
• Nano-Science and Nanotechnology (NSF, DOE, NASA,
  DOD)
• Surface and Interface Processing
• Materials Processing
• Thermoelectric Mat.
• Ion Implantation
• Materials Analysis
• High Temp. Carbon
• Composites
• Environmental RD,
• Forensic

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GOALS

• Secure State Infrastructure Funding
• Secure Federal, State and Private Contracts
• Increase Contracts and Grants
• Performance Measure Bottom-Line ()

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ORGANIZATION CHART
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MANAGEMENT TEAM
Dr. D. ILA, Exec. Dir. of AAMURI Dr. Gladies
Herron, Assoc. Dir., Ops. Manager Dr. Leslie
Evelyn, GC Specialist Col. James Johnson,
Logistics, MP/FSO/SO/TM Mr. Art McDonald,
Program Management Ms. Veena Sharma, Management
Assistant Ms. Vannessa McGlathery, Acc.
Administrator Ms. Cynthia Lankford,
Administrative support
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MANAGEMENT TEAM

• Ms. Chandra Ray, Accounting Clerk
• Ms. Linda Starks, Payroll Specialist
• Ms. Lois Thompson, HR Consultant
• Mr. Wayne McDonald, IT support
• Ms. Traci McCarthy, Office Supports
• Several GUG Students IT support and
  Admin. Support

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Program Management Organization Chart
Programs ID/IQs (D. ILA)
AAMURI PM
Technical/Engineers/ Consultants
Sub/ Task Leaders Task Managers
For Each Sub
For Eng. Services
Technical (Names)
Subcontractors (Names)
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Programs ID/IQs D. ILA
Customer (PM/Tech Rep)
Program Managers Center Director
Engineers
Task Managers/ Task Leaders
Technical Support
Subcontractor
AAMURI Programs/Centers and ID/IQs Org-Chart
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Task Technical Organizational Chart
COTR/PM/TM
Programs ID/IQs
AAMURI- Prime Dr. Evelyn (contract) Dr. Herron
(controller) James Johnson (HR/FSO/SB)
Subs-Contractors (Names)
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Strategic Research Areas
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NEWS

• AAMURI passed the annual DSS Industrial Security
  Program Review
• AAMURI Passed External Audit (BF as well as
  DCAA)
• Approval of the AAMURIs accounting system by
  Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA AUDIT REPORT
  NO. 1201 2007J17740001, 23 January 2007).
• Record Breaking STTR/SBIR/HBCU/MI/Small Business
  meeting at AAMU on 28 and 29 January 08
• AAMURI Hosted Nanotechnology meeting, 20-22 May
  2007
• AAMURI, a successful model (National Academies)
• (AAMURI set the requirements for large scale
  industrial application of nano-fabrication Labs)

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Selected Customers

• SAIC
• Boeing
• EGG
• LM
• Small Businesses

• DOD
• NASA
• DOE
• NSF
• DIA

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Past Performance Indicators

• ACHE (Alabama EPSCoR Program Management) (1.5M/Y
  to 7.5M/Y)
• SBA Contract to AAMURI Conduct National Business
  Training Sessions (Completed)
• ARO/NIH/DOE STTR/SBIR (gt 12)
• EGG (NASA-Technical/Engineering Services)
• SAIC (DTRA-Engineering Services)
• AAMURI granted access to DOD Joint Clearance
  Access Verification System (JCAVS)
• Nunn-Perry Award,
• (Five years consecutively)
• The prestigious Nunn-Perry Awards
• are presented each year to outstanding
• Mentor-Protégé relationships
• across the country.

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Current ID/IQ Contracts
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Mentor-Protégé Activity
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Subcontracts
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Subcontracts
Subcontracts Issued by AAMURI
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Subcontracts Awarded 07
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Small Business Subcontracts 20-50
Total
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FY06 Revenue by Category
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FY07 Awards by Category
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Employees
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SERVICES TO AAMU/Alabama

• Recruitment, Retention and Advocacy (Faculty
  Students)
• RFP, BAA, RFI, RFB notices, and Alabama EPSCOR
  (gt15M)
• Marketing and Business Development
• Prop/Team building support for ERC, SBIR/STTR,
  Chamber of Comm.
• SSTA/NSSTC (Team Building Meetings)
• Economy Impact (gt10M/year annually)
• Supervise PhD Students (gt6 GS annually)
• Other Grants and contracts at AAMU (gt1M/year)
• AAMU Revenue impact (Facility, Tuition, Fees,
  Student Supervision, Stipend, Consultation,
  Labs)gt1.5 M
• Faculty Staff Support gt 1M
• Student recruitment as well as promotion of
  educational programs

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Annual Small Business Conference
Department of Defense STTR/SBIR and Small
Business Conference
Hosted by Alabama AM University Research
Institute (AAMURI) Cosponsors SAIC, AL-EPSCoR,
AMRDEC, Boeing, And AAMURI
28-29 January 2008 Alabama AM University http//A
AMURI.AAMU.EDU
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North Alabama Nanotechnology Networking Workshop
March, May, July TBA Attendees Tennessee
Valley Academia, Industry, and Government
Agencies POC Dr. Daryush ILA (ILA_at_CIM.AAMU.EDU
) [phone], http//AAMURI.AAMU.EDU
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North Alabama Nanotechnology Networking Workshop
May, July September TBA Attendees Tennessee
Valley Academia, Industry, and Government
Agencies POC Dr. Daryush ILA (ILA_at_CIM.AAMU.EDU
) [phone], http//AAMURI.AAMU.EDU
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Alabama HBCUs Research and Development
Alliance, Established April 2002
AAMU
ASU
TU
BSCC
TC
CC
SC
GSCC
SSCC
HCTS
SU
OC
JFDS
MC
LSCC
State of Alabama and AAMURI [phone] http//a
amuri.aamu.edu/Alabama-HBCUs/HBCU.htm