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The Enterprise and Empowerment Foundation of
Norfolk State University
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Grand Entrance to the
Technological Transformation
of the Hampton Roads Region
 The
gateway to the RISE Campus™ and the City of Norfolk’s
vibrant downtown area, the brand new Marie V. McDemmond
Center for Applied Research is a State-owned, six-story,
approximately 128,000-square-foot structure. Opened in April
2007, this immaculate state-of-the-art facility is the anchor
for applied research, graduate-level education and training, and
the future home of enterprise formation for the workforce and
businesses of the future in science and technology.
The Marie V. McDemmond Center for Applied Research is
home to advanced research in Computational Science,
Engineering, and Materials Science and the future home of
NSU’s advanced research in Information Assurance, as well as
its enterprise and skills development initiatives.
Researchers based in the new facility now have access to
next-generation laboratories supporting work in modeling and
simulation, photonics, nanotechnology, crystal growth,
device fabrication, and sensors development. Additionally, a
state of the art Class 100/1000 Cleanroom is available in
the facility for education and high end research.
 The
thematic research taking place in the Marie V. McDemmond Center
for Applied Research can be broadly described as in the area of
homeland security and national defense. The McDemmond Center
will serve as the anchor for subsequent applied research themes
on the RISE Campus™. NSU’s Advanced Materials, Computational
Science, and Advanced Technology (e.g. Devices and Engineering
Systems) clusters serve as key elements of the overall research
portfolio of the RISE Campus™.
The Marie V. McDemmond Center for Applied Research incorporates
one of NSU’s most successful Centers of Excellence: The Center
for Materials Research (CMR). CMR conducts cutting-edge research
in the areas of crystal growth and nanotechnology, polymer
processing and thin film deposition, nonlinear optics and laser
design, optical spectroscopy and magnetic resonance. CMR researchers focus on problems of fundamental and practical
importance in photonics and spin electronics; specifically, in
random medium lasers, nanomaterials, transparent gain ceramics,
optical composites, photovoltaic polymers, and spin-polarized
transport phenomena.
With the advent of the Marie V. McDemmond Center for Applied
Research, our engineering research program now has access to
a state-of-the-art Class 100/1000 cleanroom facility with
various capabilities that make it unique in the Hampton Roads
region.
Researchers working in the Marie V. McDemmond Center for
Applied Research facility are connected to the world via the
Enterprise and Empowerment Foundation’s RISE SuperNodeSM,
a private synchronous optical network (SONET) with ultra-high
capacity, fault-tolerant design, supporting speeds from 1.5
megabits per second (DS-1) up through multiple 10 Gbps (10,000
megabits per second) Lightwave networks. The RISE
SuperNodeSM,
provides Internet connectivity across the University’s entire
enterprise.
The Marie V. McDemmond Center for Applied Research is the
new home of NSU’s Division of Research and Technology, which
includes:
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State-of-the-Art Data Center
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Office
of Information Technology (academic and administrative
computing)
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Research contracting and technology transfer management
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RISE
Campus Administration
These are
truly exciting times at Norfolk State University and its
Enterprise and Empowerment Foundation*. The applied
research and supporting activities in the Marie V.
McDemmond Center for Applied Research are expected to
lead to technological breakthroughs and innovations that
will spur continued economic growth in the Hampton Roads
region as well as contribute to the strengthening of the of
the nation’s on-going military and homeland security
efforts.
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