2010 annual report - Texas Southern University

Renaissance researCHTechnological Strides in the College of Science and TechnologyDr. Oscar Criner, Chair, Computer Science and Physics, led ateam in the design and implementation of a nationwide realtimehazardous incident monitoring system for the Departmentof Homeland Security in the Texas Southern University NationalTransportation Security Center of Excellence (NTS COE) forPetrochemical Transportation Security.Alamelu Sundaresan, Assistant Professor of Biology,Department of Biology presented “Placental Growth Factor(PlGf ) as a Biosignature of Inflammation in Microgravity-InCoronary Artery Disease and Stress,” an oral presentation atthe International Academy of Aerospace Medicine Congressin Singapore.Dong Liang, Ph.D. Chair, Pharmaceutical Science Departmentwas one of the College of Science and Technology was one of 36faculty scholars to be recognized by The American Associationfor Cancer Research. Awards were granted to scientists who areworking at minority-serving institutions at the level of assistantprofessor or above who are engaged in meritorious basic,clinical, translational or epidemiological cancer research.C. J. Tymczak, Associate Professor of Physics and Dr. D.Vrinceanu, Assistant Professor of Physics established a highperformance computer center that will afford TSU the capabilityof carrying out extremely large scale scientific calculations and ofconstructing large scale computational models.Jason Rosenzweig, Assistant Professor of Biology wasinvited deliver a research seminar entitled “YersinaPestis pathogenesis: a pathogen’s perspective” at theUniversity of North Texas Health Science CenterDepartment of Molecular Biology and Immunology.School of Communication Brings the Past to the PresentThree faculty members of Texas Southern University‘s School of Communication published a book entitled, “LocalNewspapers and the Houston Public School Desegregation, 1954 – 1984.” E. Bun Lee, James W. Ward and Louis A.Browne documented local newspaper coverage of Houston’s public school desegregation from 1954 through 1984.The publication analyzes the trends and themes in coverage for the entire time period with large-scale frame analysis,and compares and contrasts the different types of news coverage provided by the mainstream newspapers and weeklyAfrican American publications during this period. The book later catalogues all available news articles and editorials ofthe Houston Chronicle, the city’s major mainstream daily newspaper during this time. Finally, the appendices show theinterplay between the Houston school board’s actions and court decisions.12