2021 Awardees

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the 2021 on-campus ceremony was cancelled. Please join us in recognizing the innovative contributions of Morgan's faculty, staff, and student awardees.

David K. Wilson, President's Award for Innovation

Innovation in Chorale Instruction & Performing Arts
Dr. Eric Conway

Intellectual Property Innovation Awards

Life Science
Corneal Topographic Diagnostic Indices Based on Fellow-Eye Differences
Dr. Shiva Mehravaran
School of Computer, Mathematics, & Natural Sciences

Information Science
Smart Antenna System
Dr. Kevin Kornegay, Dr. Hailu Kassa
School of Engineering

Physical Science
Mobile Multi-User MIMO Communications for Millimeter-Wave Networks
Dr. Arlene Cole-Rhodes, Dr. Peter Taiwo
School of Engineering

Morgan Community Innovation Awards

Student Innovator of the Year
Samson Gichuki, Ph.D Candidate
School of Computer, Mathematics & Natural Sciences, Biology Department

Instructional Innovator of the Year
Dr. Harold Morales
College of Liberal Arts, Philosophy & Religious Studies Department

Staff Innovator of the Year
Nancy Jackson
School of Engineering, National Transportation Center

Patent Awardees

U.S. Patent #10,793,883
Engineered cyanobacteria with enhanced lipid production
Dr. Viji Sitther, Somayeh Fathabad

U.S. Patent #10,831,894
Decentralized root-of-trust framework for heterogenous networks
Dr. Kevin Kornegay & Dr. Willie Thompson

U.S. Patent #10,894,084
Metal-assisted and microwave-accelerated decrystallization
Dr. Kadir Aslan

U.S. Patent #10,950,079
Method and apparatus for determining the authenticity of flat objects; bank notes, documents, security labels, and related items
Dr. Alexander Samokhvalov

U.S. Patent #10,981,836
Laser induced graphitization of boron carbide in air
Dr. Michael Spencer, Mvs Chandrashekar, Joshua Letton, Abdulganiyu Ajilore, & Travis Williams

U.S. Patent #11,005,540
Method and system for multiple input, multiple output communications in millimeter wave networks
Dr. Arlene Cole-Rhodes, Dr. Peter Taiwo